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Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research
Web Links

The following web sites provide information about the Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research (CFER) program cooperators, forestry, forest policy and management, and components of forest ecosystems.

Links to new sites will be added on an ongoing basis.

Topics:

CFER Cooperators, Forest Ecosystem Research, Forestry, Fuels Management, Lichens, Metadata/Databases, National Forest Management and Policy, and Riparian Areas/Wetlands.


CFER Cooperators


USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)

FRESC (CFER's primary funder) is a multi-disciplinary research center within the USGS Biological Resources Division. The science center provides scientific understanding and technology to support sound management and conservation of forest and rangeland ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West.
  http://fresc.usgs.gov/


USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Oregon/Washington State Office

The BLM manages 16,233,739 acres of public lands in Oregon and 370,110 acres in Washington using a multiple-use approach. Provides news and information about the BLM. Provides links to District offices within OR and WA, and also to NFP and other documents.
  http://www.blm.gov/or/index.htm


Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)

The State Forest Program manages 786,000 acres of state-owned forest land in Oregon. Describes programs and areas of the ODF (e.g. forest practices, state forest management), and lists news releases, publications, and associated links.
  http://www.odf.state.or.us/


Oregon State University (OSU)

OSU is a Land Grant, Sea Grant, and Space Grant university located in Corvallis, OR. OSU is dedicated to education, research, and extension.
  http://osu.orst.edu


OSU College of Forestry

The Department of Forest Science within the College of Forestry is a CFER cooperator. Two Forest Science faculty are part of the CFER research team.
  http://www.cof.orst.edu/


OSU College of Agricultural Sciences

The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife within the College of Ag. Sciences is a CFER cooperator. One Fisheries and Wildlife faculty is part of the CFER research team.
  http://agsci.orst.edu
 
 


Forest Ecosystem Research


Integrated Research Programs

This takes you to the Research Partnerships page within the CFER web site. This page contains links to a variety of integrated research programs focused on forest ecosystems. These programs are cooperative efforts among one or more of CFER's cooperators (BLM, ODF, OSU, USGS FRESC).
  http://www.fsl.orst.edu/cfer/infores/intgres.html

 
 


Forestry


WWW Virtural Library: Forestry

This site contains a plethora of forestry links in categories such as events, publications, products, databases, organizations (academic, educational, government, non-government, commercial), and by topics.
  http://www.metla.fi/info/vlib/Forestry/


Center for Intensive Planted-forest Silviculture (CIPS)

The mission of the Center for Intensive Planted-forest Silviculture (CIPS) is to understand the interactive effects of genetics, silviculture, protection (from insects, disease, and animal damage), competition, nutrition, and soils on the productivity, health, and sustainability of intensively-managed, planted forests.
  http://www.fsl.orst.edu/cips/index.htm


Hardwood Silviculture Cooperative (HSC)

The Hardwood Silviculture Cooperative (HSC) conducts high priority silvicultural research on hardwood species and mixed hardwood/softwood stands in the Pacific Northwest, with the goal of providing information that will improve the management of these stands.
  http://www.cof.orst.edu/coops/hsc/


Northwest Tree Improvement Cooperative (NWTIC)

The mission of the Northwest Tree Improvement Cooperative (NWTIC) is to assist and coordinate members in developing and managing their forest gene resources in the Pacific Northwest. Accordingly, NWTIC is committed to enhancing forest productivity by assisting members in developing genetically improved forest trees that yield more and better wood products and by promoting the development and sharing of technical information pertaining to applied forest genetics.
  http://www.fsl.orst.edu/nwtic/


Society of American Foresters (SAF)

S.A.F., founded in 1900 by Gifford Pinchot, is the largest professional society for foresters in the world. This site contains information pertaining to the forestry profession, forest science, forest policy, continuing education and job opportunities, and foresty publications.
  http://www.safnet.org/

 
 


Fuels Management


Fire Effects Information System (FEIS)

FEIS provides up-to-date information about fire effects on plants and animals. It was developed at the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station's Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, Montana.
  http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis
 
   


Lichens


Bruce McCune's Home Page

This site offers a variety of information about lichens and bryophytes in the Pacific Northwest. The site is maintained by Bruce McCune, a contributing scientist to the CFER program, who is the principal investigator on the "Influence of Canopy Type on Biodiversity of Epiphytic Lichens and Bryophytes in Riparian Forests" study.
  http://ucs.orst.edu/~mccuneb/


The American Bryological and Lichenological Society

The ABLS is an organization devoted to the scientific study of all aspects of the biology of bryophytes and lichen-forming fungi and is one of the nation's oldest botanical organizations.
  http://www.unomaha.edu/~abls/


Recent Literature on Lichens

A series published by the Bryologist, a journal of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. The series aims at listing all recently published papers in lichenology.
  http://www.toyen.uio.no/botanisk/bot-mus/lav/sok_rll.htm

 
 


Metadata/Databases


National Biological Information Infrastructure

The NBII, a USGS-led initiative, is dedicated to the development of an electronic "federation" of biological data and information sources. It contains a network of partners (federal, state, local, NGOs, etc.) who share biological information.
  http://www.nbii.gov/


 
 


National Forest Management and Policy


USDA Forest Service

The site for the National Headquarters of the USDA Forest Service. From here, you can access the web sites for all national forests and regions, as well as pertinent publications and programs.
  http://www.fs.fed.us/



Pacific Northwest Region, USDA Forest Service

The web site for Region 6 (Pacific Northwest), which encompasses the 19 national forests within Oregon and Washington. This site has links to the 19 national forests, cooperative programs, the PNW Research Station, and Northwest Forest Plan documents and information, among others.
  http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/


USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

The home page for the USDI BLM. This site provides news and information about the BLM, an overview of the BLM’s mission, the main activities of the BLM, and provides links to the 12 state BLM offices in the western United States.
  http://www.blm.gov/


 
 



Riparian Areas/Wetlands


West Eugene Wetlands Project

A case of successful conflict resolution involving wetlands in Eugene, OR. Provides information and links geared towards community members with an interest in wetland restoration.
  http://riceinfo.rice.edu/wetlands
 
   


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