At-risk species
Biodiversity-related issues, such as Endangered Species Act listing determinations, have significant influence on land management and wood procurement nationwide.
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Forestry
Wildlife & Biodiversity
Consideration for biological diversity has become an integral component of sustainable forestry certification programs. Demonstrating sustainability of forest practices on managed forests is critical to maintain the ability of Member Companies to manage forests and procure wood without unnecessary regulatory constraints and to maintain their social license to operate. Thus, there is a continued need for information on relationships between forest management and biodiversity, including cost-effective methods to address at-risk species on working forest landscapes.
Wildlife & Biodiversity
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Bird Communities on Managed Forests
The mission of the Sustainable Forestry and Eastern Wildlife Program is to provide sound science and technology that support the practice of sustainable forestry and the development of innovative, cost-effective management strategies that benefit the environment.
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Other Biodiversity-Related Research – Eastern US
Results from this study will strengthen the body of information about the value of working forests for pollinator communities, thus enhancing the foundation for forest management decisions and responses to policy or regulatory proposals.
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Other Biodiversity Related Research – Western US
Early seral forests contribute important heterogeneity to landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. Federal forest management and intensification of management on private lands have reduced availability of complex early seral ecosystems, contributing to calls for forestry approaches to help balance the aims of wood production and biodiversity conservation.
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Habplan is a program developed by NCASI staff to assist forest managers with harvest and habitat scheduling. Written in JAVA, Habplan uses a simulation approach, based on the Metropolis Algorithm, to generate feasible (near optimal) harvest schedules.
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Western Trade Association Partnerships
Research results from the Western Sustainable Forestry Program (WSFP) provide a scientific foundation for industry efforts to advance cost-effective approaches to conserving wildlife and biodiversity in managed forests.
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Forestry Research Highlights
This one-pager provides high-level research summaries for key issues such as biodiversity, forest and water, carbon, and trends in forest gain/loss.
Learn MoreForest Management Considerations for Bats in the Eastern United States (FS-23-02)
White-nose syndrome has been especially devastating to four bat species that depend on eastern forests; little brown, northern long-eared, Indiana, and tricolored bats. The good news is that, at the landscape scale, forest conditions and forest management are not limiting for these species. Further, many forest management activities can improve roosting and foraging habitat for bats.
Learn MoreForest management practices that enhance value of southeastern managed pine landscapes to bird communities
The southeastern US is widely known as a bastion of privately-owned, managed pine (Pinus spp.) forests, comprised primarily of native…
Learn MoreBiodiversity and Biomass Feedstock in the Southeastern US (BN-22-03)
This briefing note examines how harvesting for biomass feedstock relates to forest harvesting and identifies current knowledge gaps concerning biodiversity response to this harvesting.
Learn MoreFinding Enough Good Food to Eat Can be Challenging for Caribou in Northeastern British Columbia (FS-22-02)
Nutrition underpins virtually every life process in animals and is fundamentally important to populations through its effects on survival and reproduction.
Learn MoreAssessing the Impacts of Fire on Forests (FS-22-01)
Fire can have positive or negative effects on forest ecosystems, depending on the characteristics of the forest and of the fire.
Learn MoreManaging for Birds of Conservation Interest in the Great Lakes Region
Click here to view Fact Sheet Birds are strongly tied to the structural characteristics of forests and…
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