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Linking Knowledge with Action: Applied Social Science Considerations to Improve Woody Bioenergy Research and Development Effectiveness

Problem Addressed: Woody bioenergy research and development

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Summarize the findings of a social considerations study conducted with stakeholders who were invited to participate in the development of a multi-state sustainable bioenergy research proposal.

Key Findings: Results provide important and useful data for understanding key stakeholders' views on the woody bioproducts industry, interest in collaborating, and diverse perspectives and needs.

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Local Institutions and Natural Resource Management

Problem Addressed: Coupled natural-human systems

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Develop an integrated empirical modeling framework of lake association presence (formation) and lake management success

Key Findings: Little support for the integrated model incorporating selection.

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Changes in Social Capital and Networks: A Study of Community-Based Environmental Management Through a School-Centered Research Program

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Document the changes in social capital and networks that result from community based K-12 educational collaborations.

Key Findings: There were statistically significant increases in social capital and resilience in social networks after participation in the school-centered CBEMR program leading to an increased community involvement in environmental health management.

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Building Trust in Natural Resource Management Within Local Communities: A Case Study of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Problem Addressed: Communities neighboring federally protected natural areas and their administering agency's programs and policies.

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Explores perceptions of trust, expectations for management, as well as constraints to building trust.

Key Findings: Trust is perceived as important to effective management. Several constraints to building trust were identified.

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1984 Spruce Budworm Research in Maine: A Review of Research Funded by the Maine Forest Service’s Spruce Budworm Research Program

Problem Addressed: Spruce Budworm

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Briefly summarize recently completed and ongoing research projects and to make that information available to forest managers, other potential users and the general public

Key Findings: Technology transfer is a key concern for the review committee.

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Dynamics of Coarse Woody Debris Following Gap Harvesting in the Acadian Forest of Central Maine, U.S.A.

Problem Addressed: Dynamics of coarse woody debris (CWD) under an expanding-gap harvesting system in the Acadian forest of Maine

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Comparing volume, biomass, diameter-class, and decay-class distributions of CWD in permanent plots before and 3 years after harvest

Key Findings: The trend is likely more complex than what was determined due to the superimposition of small-scale natural disturbances and repeated silvicultural entries.

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Disturbance Dynamics of Old-Growth Picea rubens Forests of Northern Maine

Problem Addressed: How spatial and temporal aspects of past disturbances shaped the current structure and composition of old-growth Picea rubens forests

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Linking spatial data and temporal data to reconstruct the location and size of former canopy gaps back to 1920, and determine a more general disturbance as far back as 1740.

Key Findings: Persistence of Picea rubens is attributed to the abundance of advance regeneration, the ability to endure suppression and respond favorably to release, and longevity relative to ecologically similar species.

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The Efficacy of Salvage Logging in Reducing Subsequent Fire Severity in Conifer-Dominated Forests of Minnesota, USA

Problem Addressed: Secondary uses for salvage logging.

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Assess the impacts of blowdown and salvage logging on wildfire severity

Key Findings: Salvage logging reduced the intensity (heat released) of the subsequent fire, but the effect on severity (impact to the system) differed between the tree crowns and forest floor.

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Stand and Cohort Structures of Old-Growth Pinus Resinosa-dominated Forests of Northern Minnesota, USA

Problem Addressed: Range of variability in stand and age structure of old-growth Pinus resinosa

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Use dendrochronological data to map stem locations and reconstruct stand and age structures prior to European settlement of the region.

Key Findings: Pre-settlement forests more complex than those of the single-cohort, post-stand-replacing-fire model that has guided regional forest management.

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Forest Management for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Insights from Long-term Silviculture Experiments

Problem Addressed: Climate change effects on forest management

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Address the need of a management regime that simultaneously achieves adaptation and mitigation

Key Findings: Identified trade-offs between achievement of mitigation and adaptation objectives between each study

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