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Project ID: 05-2-1-86

Year: 2005

Date Started: 07/25/2005

Date Completed: 02/14/2010

Title: Restoration-Based Fuel Reduction Recommendations for Mixed-Pine Forests of Upper Michigan

Project Proposal Abstract: Mixed-pine forest ecosystems comprised of eastern white pine, red pine, and jack pine once dominated the landscape of the northern Lake States, covering almost 40% of eastern Upper Michigan. However, the legacy of turn-of-the-century logging, catastrophic wildfires, and fire suppression have resulted in increased fuel loadings that have reached potentially dangerous levels. We propose a project supported by the USDI Fish & Wildlife Service, BIA, and USGS, and the USFS, that will 1) develop a better understanding of the fire history regimes, fuel loadings, and forest composition and structural charactheristics of pre-European settlement and post-settlement mixed pine forests 2) analyze current fire hazard and forest management planning efforts of the different agencies responsible for the stewardship of mixed pine forest ecosystems and 3) develop restoration based fuel reduction recommendations for mixed pine forest ecosystems of eastern Upper Michigan. These recommendations will be developed through a series of workshops involving a panel of experts and agency representatives and using the data from objective 1&2. The shop of local and regional stakeholders, written reports, an interactive website, and an informational package developed for agency regional offices and visitor centers.

Principal Investigator: Patrick C. Goebel

Agency/Organization: Ohio State University

Branch or Dept: School of Environment & Natural Resources-Wooster

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Kim D. Brosofske	Michigan Technological University	School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science
Co-Principal Investigator	Robert G. Corace III	FWS-Fish and Wildlife Service	Seney NWR
Co-Principal Investigator	David M. Hix	Ohio State University	School of Environment & Natural Resources-Columbus
Co-Principal Investigator	Brian J. Palik	Forest Service	NRS-Northern Research Station
Co-Principal Investigator	Robyn Wilson	Ohio State University	School of Environment & Natural Resources-Columbus
Federal Cooperator	Tracy Casselman	FWS-Fish and Wildlife Service	Seney NWR

Project Locations

Consortium

Lake States

Level	State	Agency	Unit
STATE	MI	FWS	Seney National Wildlife Refuge

Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

	ID	Type	Title
	6937	Refereed Publication	Innovative Forest Mangement: Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland’s Warbler Wildlife Management Area
	8585	Refereed Publication	Identifying Land Manager Objectives and Alternatives for Mixed-Pine Forest Ecosystem Management and Restoration in Eastern Upper Michigan
	8584	Refereed Publication	Ecological Networks: Science and Practice
	8583	Refereed Publication	Ecological Forestry at National Wildlife Refuges: Experiences from Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland’s Warbler Wildlife Management Area, USA
	8582	Refereed Publication	Pre- and Post-European Settlement Fire History of Red Pine Dominated Forest Ecosystems of Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Michigan
	8581	Refereed Publication	Pre- and Post-European Settlement Fire History of Red Pine Dominated Forest Ecosystems of Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Michigan
	6936	NonRefereed Publication	Restoration-Based Fuel Reduction Recommendations for Mixed Pine Forests of Upper Michigan
	6935	NonRefereed Publication	Restoration-Based Fuel Reduction Recommendations for Mixed Pine Forests of Upper Michigan
	8597	NonRefereed Publication	To Burn or Not to Burn: Still a Question
	8576	Invited Paper/Presentation	Conservation Filters and Ecological Forestry on National Wildlife Refuges
	8580	MS Thesis	Legacies of Forest Management and Fire in Mixed-Pine Forest Ecosystems of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern Upper Michigan (S.G. Rist)
	8574	Poster	Using Fire History, Vegetation and Risk Analyses to Develop Integrated Strategies for Mixed-Pine Forest Restoration in Upper Michigan
	8571	Poster	Historical Forest Management on National Wildlife Refuges: A Case Study
	8578	Poster	Land Manager Objectives and Alternatives for Mixed-Pine Forest Ecosystem Management in Eastern Upper Michigan
	8577	Poster	Linking Ecological and Structured Decision-Making Networks to Develop Restoration Strategies for Mixed-Pine Forests of Upper Michigan, USA
	8575	Poster	Radial Growth Responses in Old-Growth Mixed-Pine Ecosystems of Upper Michigan

Supporting Documents

The following supporting documents are available for this project.

Brief

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