PORTLAND, Ore. March 6, 2008. Forests can serve society in numerous ways—by providing timber, habitat for fish and wildlife, and recreational opportunities, for example. Management of these multiple resources is a primary mission of the USDA Forest Service. In May 2007, the agency co-sponsored a biennial workshop in Ketchikan, Alaska, for silviculturists, forest practitioners, and researchers designed to present and discuss new ideas in silviculture and forest management that produce multiple resource benefits.
The 4-day “National Silviculture Workshop” is now captured in a proceedings published by the Pacific Northwest Research Station. Titled, “Integrated Restoration of Forested Ecosystems to Achieve Multiresource Benefits,” the publication contains a compilation of many of the silvicultural research and forest management papers and posters presented at the workshop.
“The proceedings papers in this report are examples of state-of-the-art research and application in different regions of the country,” said Bob Deal, research silviculturist and technical editor of the publication. “These papers demonstrate the increasing importance of collaborative efforts and successful partnerships that promote active management to achieve multiple resource forestry management objectives.”
An electronic copy of the publication currently is available online at http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/gtr733/. Printed copies will be available March 7.
To learn more about the Station’s publications and to request printed copies, visit http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications.
The PNW Research Station is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. It has 11 laboratories and centers located in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington and about 500 employees.
Publication citation: Deal, Robert L., tech. ed. 2008. Integrated restoration of forested ecosystems to achieve multiresource benefits: proceedings of the 2007 national silviculture workshop. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-733. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 306 p.