Ford Center

Ford Center and Forest Publications

Journal Articles

Master's Theses

Doctoral Dissertations

Master's Reports

Technical Bulletins

  • LeMasters, G.S. and E. Jones. 1984. State of Michigan peat resource estimation (Volumes I and II). Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 84-1. 
  • Willis, G.L. and M.S. Coffman. 1975. Composition, structure and dynamics of climax stands of eastern hemlock and sugar maple in the Huron Mountains. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 13. 
  • W. R. Beaufait. 1965. Characteristics of backfires and headfires in a [jack pine / prescribed-burning context; full title unresolved]. Ford Forestry Center, 21 p.
  • Bevis, F. 1964. Cladonia of the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan with a checklist of Northern Michigan lichens. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 11. 
  • Bevis, F. and R. Krueger. 1964. Phytosociology of lichen vegetation on a sandy, glacial outwash plain in Northern Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 10. 
  • Beaufait, W. 1962. Procedures in prescribed burning for jack pine regeneration. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 9. 
  • Bourdo, E.A. and Johnson. 1961. Practical small woodlot management. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 1. 
    Johnson, J.A. 1961. An aluminum telescoping pole for measuring tree heights. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 7. 
  • Lee, L. and W. Beaufait. 1961. Thermal conductivity and diffusivity of cones of Pinus banksiana. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 8. 
  • Steinhilb, H. 1961. A crown diameter finder. Ford Forestry Center, Technical Bulletin No. 6. 
    Bourdo, E.A. 1959. The use of northern hemlock in laminating arches and unit roof decking. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 3 
  • Hesterburg, G. 1959. Controlling forest in Lake States timber types and sodium-calcium borate. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 4. 
  • Thornton, P. 1959. A volume study of sugar maple sawtimber in northern Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 5. 
  • Johnson, J. 1958. A test of the effectiveness of sodium arsenite impregnated paper strips in killing aspen and northern hardwoods. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 2. 
  • Wynd, W. nd. Stand changes following commercial clearcutting in northern hardwoods, a case study. Ford Forestry Center. Technical Bulletin No. 12. 

Research Notes

  • Reed, D.D., E.A. Jones, M.A. Wallach, P.C. Berrand, and K.M. Teahan. 1988. Genetic Variation among tamarack (Larix laricina) provenances and growth comparisons with European larch (Larix decidua). Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 42. 
  • Bruhn, J.N., and R.L. Heyd. 1985. Reforestation trails on harsh sandy sites in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula white grub interactions. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 40. 
  • Bryne, J.C. and D.D. Reed. 1985. Total and merchantable volume tables for red pine in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 41. 
  • LeMasters, G., E. Padley, and C. Trettin. 1984. Characterization data for selected soil of Dickinson County. Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 39. 
  • Padley, E. and C.C. Trettin. 1984. Characterization data for selected soils of Isabella County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 34. 
  • Padley, E. and C.C. Trettin. 1984. Characterization data for selected soils of Lake and Wexford County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 35. 
  • Padley, E.A., C.C. Trettin, and G.S. LeMasters. 1984. Characterization data for selected soils of Tuscola County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 33. 
  • Padley, E., C. Schwenner, and C. Trettin. 1984. Characterization data for selected soils of Menominee County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 36. 
  • Padley, E., C. Trettin, and G. LeMasters. 1984. Characterization data for selected soils of Baraga County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 37. 
  • Trettin, C., E. Padley, and W. Frederick. 1984. Characterization data for selected soils of Missaukee County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 38. 
  • Soil Survey Staff. 1983. Characterization data for selected soils of Kent County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 32. 
  • Soil Survey Staff. 1983. Characterization data for selected soils of Mecosta County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 31. 
  • Wilson, D., J. Kucab, J. Meteer, and J. Johnson. 1982. Lumber recovery board foot yield equations for northern hardwoods. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 30. 
  • Dohrenwend, R.E. 1979. Hydrologic behavior at the top of a tropical mountain. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 29. Johnson, J.A., W.A. Hillstrom, E.S. Miyata, and S.G. Shetron. 1979. Strip selection method of mechanized thinning on north hardwood pole size stands. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 27. 
  • Schwandt, D.L. 1979. Asymptotic regression with vector parameters (ARVP), a computer based technique to fit growth response curves. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 28. 
  • Dohrenwend, R.E. 1978. A water balance approach to moisture storage estimation in forest soils. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 25. 
  • Willis, G.L. and J.A. Johnson. 1978. Regeneration of yellow birch following selective cutting of old-growth northern hardwoods. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 26. 
  • Chosa, J.A. 1977. The effect of fertilization on the specific gravity of sugar maple. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 23. 
  • Dohrenwend, R.E. 1977. Raindrop erosion in the forest. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 24. 
  • Bethune, S.T., D.J. Frederick, M.F. Jurgensen, and N.F. Sloan. 1976. A review of current research on controls for Dutch elm disease. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 19. 
  • Chosa, J.A., and S.G. Shetron. 1976. Use of willow cutting to revegetate the “slime” areas of iron mine tailings basins. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 21. 
  • Coffman, M.S. 1976. Thinning highly productive red pine plantations. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 18. 
  • Cryderman, J.M., and S.G. Shetron. 1976. Cation exchange capacity, calcium, magnesium, and pH changes in iron tailing as affected by vegetation. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 20. 
  • Shetron S.G. 1976. Effect of fertilization on the tree form of sugar maple (Acer saccharum, M.). Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 22. 
  • Bourdo, E.A., and G. Willis. 1975. Borrow pit reforestation. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 17. 
  • Coffman, M.S. 1975. Tsuga Canadensis (L) Carr. Germination stimulated by red light while inhibited by gibberelin and kinetin. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 13. 
  • Johnson, J.A. and G.L. Willis. 1975. Estimating form class in standing trees. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 14. 
  • Shetron., S.G. 1975. A comparison of three species of pines in stands. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 15. 
  • Willis, G.L., E.A. Bourdo, and C.R. Crowther. 1975. Throughfall and stemflow in a northern hardwood forest. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 16. 
  • Johnson, J.A. 1974. Jack pine direct seeding on northern Michigan outwash plains. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 12. 
  • Shetron, S.G. 1974. Variation in oak on sandy soils in Baraga County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 11. 
  • Johnson, J.A. and E.A. Bourdo, Jr. 1973. Results of 14 years of small woodlot management. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 9. 
  • Shetron, S.G. 1973. Relationship of wood quality to soil, age, and density class in sugar maple. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 10. 
  • Shetron, S.G. and R. Ritter. 1973. Evaporation of water from reclaimed copper stamp sands. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 8. 
  • Meteer, J.W. and J.A. Johnson. 1970. Sawmill overrun in northern hardwoods. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 7. 
  • Shetron, S.G. 1970. Site index curves for sugar maple in Northern Lower Michigan. Ford Forester Center. Research Note No. 6. 
  • Shetron, S.G. 1969. Variation in jack pine growth by individual soil taxonomic units in Baraga County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No.5. 
  • Meteer, J.W., J.F. Jewell, and C.B. Stott. 1967. Computer checking forest inventory data for errors. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 4. 
  • Meteer, J.W., J.F. Jewell, and C.B. Stott. 1967. Conversion programs for the MTU CFI standard program. Ford Forestry Center. Research Notes No. 3. 
  • Meteer, J.W. 1966. Butt log tree grades analyzed. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 2. 
  • Meteer, J.W., C.B. Stott, and J.F. Jewell. 1966. Standard input for computer processing of forest inventory data. Ford Forestry Center. Research Note No. 1. 

Research Information Reports

  • White, D., and M.R. Gale, eds. 1992. Potential forest productivity estimates for the soil survey of Houghton County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 92-1. 
  • Jones, E.A., D.D. Reed, and T.R. Bottenfield. 1988. Productivity estimates for red pine plantations based on soil series and habitat types. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 88-1. 
  • Pflugjoeft, J.R., D.D. Reed, E.A. Jones, and C.C. Trettin. 1987. Potential mean annual increment for selected commercial tree species in the Upper Great Lakes Region. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 87-2. [Appendix C assigns report number 87-2 to two distinct works.] 
  • Trettin, C.C. 1987. Potential forest productivity estimates for the soil survey of Dickinson County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 87-3. 
  • Trettin, C.C. 1987. Potential forest productivity estimates for the soil survey of Menominee County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 87-4. 
  • Trettin, C.C. 1987. Potential forest productivity estimates for the soils survey of Baraga County, Michigan . Ford Forestry Center. 
  • Research Information Report No. 87-2. [Appendix C assigns report number 87-2 to two distinct works.] 
  • Padley, E.A., E.A. Jones. C.C. Trettin, and D.D. Reed. 1984. Site and productivity characteristics of selected forest soils in Kent County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 84-2. 
  • Padley, E.A., E.A. Jones, C.C. Trettin, and D.D. Reed. 1984. Site and productivity characteristics of selected forest soils in Lake and Wexford County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 84-3. [Year inferred from report number and surrounding sequence; year omitted in source citation.] 
  • Padley, E.A., E.A. Jones, C.C. Trettin, and D.D. Reed. 1984. Site and productivity characteristics of selected forest soils in Mecosta County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 84-1 
  • Padley, E.A., E.A. Jones, C.C. Trettin, and D.D. Reed. 1984. Site and productivity characteristics of selected forest soils in Missaukee County, Michigan. Ford Forestry Center. Research Information Report No. 84-4 

CROFS Research Reports 

  • Shetron, S.G. 1986. Forest soil erosion: evaluation of forest soil erodibility studies, 1979-1982. CROFS, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton. Research Report No. 6 
  • Reed, D.D., G.D. Mroz, C.C. Trettin, and J.K. Jordan. 1985. Productivity relationships on glacial lake clay soils. CROFS, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton. Research Report No. 5 
  • Kotar, J. 1984. Extending the habitat-type classification system to Northern Wisconsin. CROFS, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton. Research Report No. 3 
  • Reed, D. 1984. Forest site evaluation and growth response – phase III. CROFS, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton. Research Report No. 4 
  • Schwandt, D.L. 1982. Forest site evaluation and growth response. CROFS, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton. Research Report No. 2. 
  • Shetron, S.G. 1985. Field reference guide to forest soils. CROFS, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton. 
  • Coffman, M.S., E. Alyanak, J. Kotar, and J.E. Ferris. 1983. Field guide, habitat classification system for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northeastern Wisconsin. CROFS, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton.

Presentations, Posters, and Abstracts

Research and Demonstration Projects

Alphabetical by project or platform title.

  • Acer saccharum interior defect implications and documentation. Status: field work completed, and results are being combined with other data sources for a national archive. Description: investigation of extent of internal defect log from external indicators. Researchers/coordinator: J. Pickens, J. Forsman, S. Noble. Funding: McEntire-Stennis. 
  • Adaptive Capacity Through Silviculture (ACTS). Period: 2024-present. Theme: Climate-adaptive silviculture. Named network experiment in northern hardwoods; treatments and goals are placeholders in the supplied narrative.. Status: Active; details unresolved. 
  • Airborne LiDAR and forest imputation. Period: 2012-present. Theme: Remote sensing. Canopy/terrain data linked to inventory plots. Status: Active; repeat acquisition desired. 
  • Alternative northern hardwoods stand structures. Status: to be implemented in 2005. Description: investigation of different stand structures for sustainable management of mixed northern hardwoods. Researchers/coordinator: L.
  • Nagel, C. Webster, graduate student Maria Janowiak. Funding: being sought from USDA, North Central Research Station, MI DNR. 
  • Aspen decomposition and carbon study. Period: Current. Theme: Ecosystem ecology. Deadwood/decomposition and carbon cycling. Status: Active / publications not yet resolved. 
  • Best management practices demonstration area. Period: Current. Theme: Forest operations / water quality. Approximately 50 demonstration sites. Status: Active. 
  • Bucker technology transfer and training tool development. Status: to be implemented in fall 2003. Description: development of on-the-ground and computer-based techniques for training hardwood log buckers in optimum value recovery. Funding: being sought from Wood Education and Resource Center USDA Forest Service Institute of Hardwood Technology Transfer and Applied Research. 
  • BURN-UP biomass harvesting demonstration. Period: 2008-2012. Theme: Harvesting / biomass. Equipment operations, residue recovery, and biomass potential. Status: Completed. 
  • Canopy-access tower and cable system. Period: Current. Theme: Canopy ecology. Infrastructure for tree physiology and canopy sampling. Status: Active. 
  • Canyon Falls interpretive trail. Status: to be implemented in 2004-2005. Description: development of a recreational/educational trail in the Canyon Falls reserve area, as recommended by 2002 capstone group. Researchers/coordinator: J. Schmierer. Funding: being sought from MI DNR. 
  • Carbon sequestration across a gradient of managed northern hardwoods. Status: complete; in review for publication. Description: case study using data from stocking level studies to determine different levels of carbon sequestration in clearcut, selection system, and reserve stands. Researchers/coordinator: C. Webster, C. Giardina, A. Friend. Funding: USFS. 
  • Characterization of salamander populations in the Research Forest. Status: ongoing. Description: monitoring of salamander populations at several sites on School lands. Researchers/coordinator: J.A. Vucetich, L.M. Vucetich. Funding: various public agencies. 
  • Climate-adaptation forest-management planning. Period: 2018-present. Theme: Forest planning. Application of adaptation frameworks to Ford Forest plan. Status: Published / implementation relevance. 
  • Comparison of ground flora, overstory density, and species diversity in Lake States jack pine forests. Status: ongoing. Description: quantitative evaluation of biodiversity in Lake State jack pine stands. Researchers/coordinator: L. Nagel, graduate student Joe Musolf. Funding: Ford Center, SFRES, and the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. 
  • Construction and evaluation of six timber bridges using local species in Northern Michigan. Status: to be implemented in 20022004. Description: evaluate red maple, bigtooth aspen, eastern hemlock, and red pine for use in timber bridges with raw material from the Research Forest; design, construction and testing of a truck-rated bridge in Alberta Village on old US-41. Researchers/coordinator: J.W. Forsman, J. Erickson, B. Ross. Funding: USDA, USFS, Wood In Transportation (WIT). 
  • Construction and evaluation of a stress-laminated timber bridge. Status: to be implemented in 2005-2007. Description: conduct non-destructive testing, construct and evaluate a stress-laminated timber bridge on a woods road along the Bourdo Forest Stocking Level Studies in the Research Forest adjacent to Alberta Village. Researchers/coordinator: J.W. Forsman, J. Erickson, B. Ross. Funding: USDA Forest Service NE Area State and Private Forestry Wood In Transportation (WIT) Program. 
  • Continuous forest inventory and permanent research-record system. Period: 1960s-present. Theme: Inventory / data management. Numbered study plans, maps, treatments, measurement ledgers. Status: Active data legacy. 
  • Cross-Site Belowground Carbon Allocation Study. Period: 1997-2010. Theme: Root ecology / biogeochemistry. Ten North American forest ecosystems, including a sugar-maple ecosystem at Ford; root/soil respiration, architecture, production, mortality, and mycorrhizae.. Status: Completed. 
  • Cross-site experiment, Michigan Gradient Study. Status: ongoing. Description: investigation of the effects of different N forms (NaNO3 vs. NH4NO3) on ecosystem response. Researchers/coordinator: K. Pregitzer, A. Burton, SFRES, MTU, M. Allen, Center for Conservation Biology, U. of CA., Riverside, R.W. Ruess, Institute of Arctic Biology, U. of Alaska Fairbanks, R.L. Hendrick, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, U. of GA. Funding: NSF. 
  • Eastern gray wolves in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Status: ongoing. Description: monitoring of wolf packs in UP. Researchers/coordinator: R.O. Peterson, J.A. Vucetich, graduate students. Funding: various public agencies. 
  • Eastern Hemlock Deer Herbivory Study. Period: 2006-present. Theme: Wildlife / nutrient transport / regeneration. Network of 39 relict hemlock stands in the western Upper Peninsula, including Ford sites; deer use, diets, regeneration, stress indicators, and nitrogen transport.. Status: Active network. 
  • Eddy covariance tower. Status: ongoing. Description: monitoring eddy covariance (climate change monitoring) as a part of a nationwide network of cooperating sites; also part of DEB Ecological Circuitry Collaboratory, designed to train future quantitative ecologists. Researchers/coordinator: J. Chen, graduate student Eugenie Euskirchen. Funding: NSF. 
  • Eutypella fungal infection in northern hardwood stands. Status: complete; implemented in 2002. Description: survey of northern hardwood stands to determine extent of fungal infection with eutypella canker. Researchers/coordinator: graduate student Isabel Martinez, under B. Orr and D. Richter. Funding: Ford Center. 
    Expanding gap and shelterwood treatments for natural regeneration of red pine. Status: to be implemented in 2004-2005. 
  • Description: investigation of natural regeneration of red pine using an expanding gap system. Researchers/coordinator: C. Webster, L. Nagel, A. Storer, J. Schmierer. Funding: being sought from USDA-CREES NRI. 
  • Faculty institutes for Reforming Science Teaching (MSU FIRST-II). Status: ongoing. Description: multi-institutional study based around regional biological stations to investigate inquiry-based learning and research and assessment techniques to quantify student learning in biological sciences. Researchers/coordinator: L. Nagel, J. Schmierer, S. Bagley, C. Huckins (Biological Sciences), B. Baltensperger (Education). Funding: NSF, MTU. 
  • Forest inventory methodology comparison. Status: to be implemented in 2005-2006. Description: evaluation of several methods of forest inventory, including variable radius plot sampling, fixed area plot sampling, big BAF, and two-phase sampling for statistical accuracy and time required. Researchers/coordinator: S. Noble and J. Schmierer. Funding: Ford Center; additional support is being sought through foundations. 
  • Forest management unit treatments and demonstrations. Period: Current. Theme: Applied silviculture. Unit-scale prescriptions and teaching. Status: Active. 
  • Forest-products and sawmill recovery studies. Period: 1960s-1980s. Theme: Forest products. Butt-log grades, sawmill overrun, form class, lumber recovery, board-foot equations. Status: Historical; records dispersed. 
  • Forest specimen and teaching collections. Period: Current. Theme: Biodiversity / collections. Insects, plants, wildlife materials, moose skeletons. Status: Active legacy. 
  • Genetic diversity in managed vs. unmanaged northern hardwoods. Status: complete; in review for publication. Description: use of state-of-the-art molecular techniques to determine changes in genetic diversity across a gradient of northern hardwoods management. Researchers/coordinator: C. Joshi, D. Reed, J. Vucetich, graduate student S. Waengsothorn. Funding: NSF. 
  • Heat sterilization (red maple) time study. Status: to be implemented in 2004. Researchers/coordinator: J.W. Forsman, J. Erickson. Funding: USDA, USFS. 
  • Hemlock Canopy Gap Study. Period: 2002-present. Theme: Forest ecology / deer herbivory. Twenty artificial canopy gaps in hemlock-northern hardwood forest, gap-size classes, paired deer exclosures, long-term vegetation and regeneration response.. Status: Active long-term. 
  • Heterobasidion detection and forest-health monitoring. Period: Current. Theme: Forest pathology. Detection/monitoring in conifers. Status: Active. 
  • Hickey Creek/Sturgeon River and Falls River riparian assessment. Period: 2014-2015. Theme: Hydrology / GIS. Land cover, wetlands, hydric soils, riparian delineation. Status: Completed master's report. 
  • High-energy test site. Period: Current. Theme: Engineering / field testing. Remote, controlled test environment. Status: Active; details restricted or sparse. 
  • Historic sawmill preservation and interpretation. Period: Current. Theme: Industrial heritage. Documentation, fabric preservation, public interpretation. Status: Active. 
  • Historic village / National Register research. Period: Current. Theme: Historic preservation. Architectural, industrial, social and landscape history. Status: Active. 
  • Integrated field practicum student projects. Period: Current. Theme: Education / applied research. Annual student inventory, planning, operations and analysis. Status: Active; outputs dispersed. 
  • Jack pine prescribed-fire and direct-seeding studies. Period: 1950s-1970s. Theme: Fire / regeneration. Baraga Plains outwash and jack pine systems. Status: Historical; some plots may remain. 
  • Long-term hemlock-northern hardwood permanent plots. Period: Current. Theme: Forest dynamics. Mortality, biomass, succession, structure. Status: Periodic remeasurement. 
  • Long-term northern hardwood stocking-level and diameter-limit trials. Period: 1956-present. Theme: Silviculture / growth and yield. Permanent plots, repeated harvests and measurements; foundational research platform. Status: Active long-term / periodically remeasured. 
  • Management of sugar maple borer in Lake States northern hardwood stands. Status: to be implemented 2003. Description: development of trapping technologies to reduce densities and monitor populations of sugar maple borer and to reduce damage at the stand level. Researchers/coordinator: A.J. Storer, and a graduate student. Funding: being sought from MI DNR and industry. 
  • Michigan Tech Trails Interpretive Sign Project. Status: complete. Description: Design, construct and install a series of interpretive signs around the upper loops of the Michigan Tech Trails and Recreational Forest describing basic forest ecology and management. Researchers/coordinator: J. Schmierer. Funding: MI DNR Forest Stewardship Outreach and Education.
  • Mixed-species conifer plantation response to site preparation. Status: to be implemented in 2004 or 2005. Description: investigation productivity of mixed vs. single species conifer regeneration using a variety of site preparation techniques. Researchers/coordinator: C. Webster, J. Schmierer, L. Nagel, A. Storer, M. Jurgensen. Funding: being sought through USDACREES NRI. 
  • NH-SEED. Period: 2016-present. Theme: Silviculture / biodiversity. Factorial overstory and site-preparation experiment. Status: Active long-term. 
  • NH-SEED ground-layer plant monitoring. Period: 2016-present. Theme: Forest ecology. Taxonomic/functional diversity, deer and microsites. Status: Active. 
  • NH-SEED harvesting-equipment and soil-compaction research. Period: 2016-present. Theme: Forest operations / soils. Cut-to-length traffic, snow, slash and soil bulk density. Status: Active/follow-up. 
  • NH-SEED small-mammal and camera-trap monitoring. Period: 2016-present. Theme: Wildlife. Mammals across silvicultural treatments. Status: Active. 
  • NH-SEED soil microbial community research. Period: 2016-present. Theme: Soil ecology. Microbial and biogeochemical treatment response. Status: Active / outputs not fully located. 
  • NH-SEED tree regeneration monitoring. Period: 2016-present. Theme: Forest ecology. Seedlings, saplings, spatial pattern, white pine. Status: Active. 
  • Northern hardwood management treatment series. Period: 2008-2014. Theme: Silviculture demonstration. Management units treated for instruction, research, and monitoring. Status: Completed treatments; monitoring continues. 
  • Northern red oak provenance common garden. Period: 2018-present. Theme: Forest genetics / assisted migration. Twelve source populations; paired northern and central-range gardens. Status: Active. 
  • Open-top chamber ozone and elevated-CO2 studies. Period: 1988-1995. Theme: Atmospheric pollution / tree physiology. Aspen, hybrid poplar, pine and other tree species. Status: Completed; data reused through 2024. 
  • Outdoor materials exposure testing. Period: Current. Theme: Materials / durability. Snow, moisture, freeze-thaw, UV exposure. Status: Active. 
  • Pennsylvania sedge, deer, and regeneration studies. Period: 2003-2009. Theme: Regeneration ecology. Management history, deer density, sedge cover. Status: Published / follow-up possible. 
  • Predicting discolored heart development in sugar maple. Status: Final report is in preparation for publication. Description: evaluation of sugar maple sawlogs to determine factors causing heart formation. Researchers/coordinator: Jim Pickens, Josh Amend, Scott Noble. Funding: USDA Northeastern Research Station Work Unit 4701. 
  • Quality determination of tongue and groove paneling made from live and dead jack pine. Status: to be implemented in 2004. Description: utilization of live and dead jack pine from the Research Forest to evaluate strength, appearance, and durability of tongue and groove paneling. Researchers/coordinator: J.W. Forsman, J. Erickson. Funding: USDA, USFS. 
  • Renewable-energy assessments. Period: Current. Theme: Energy systems. Solar, biomass, geothermal and site-energy studies. Status: Active/emerging. 
  • Restoration of eastern white pine in mixed northern hardwood forests. Status: to be implemented in 2004-2005. Description: investigation of artificial regeneration of disease-resistant white pine seedlings under an existing northern hardwood forest in areas where white pine once flourished. Researchers/coordinator: J. Schmierer, L. Nagel, C. Webster, A. Storer. Funding: being sought from several foundations. 
  • Silphid and carabid beetle biodiversity / iDNA. Period: 2018-present. Theme: Entomology / wildlife. Beetles as biodiversity samplers; diet and human dimensions. Status: Active. 
    Site preparation for natural regeneration of jack pine. Status: implemented in 2003. Description: to investigate effects of fire, mechanical, and fire + mechanical treatments on the natural regeneration of jack pine along with associated ecological impacts. Researchers/coordinator: A. Storer, graduate student assistant is Ryan DeSantis. Funding: McEntire-Stennis. 
  • Small-management / farm-woodlot demonstration. Period: 1958-present. Theme: Silviculture / economics. Single-tree selection and financial-return demonstration. Status: Active long-term / periodically remeasured. 
  • SMART soil warming and moisture addition. Period: 2009-2015. Theme: Ecophysiology / soils. Factorial warming and water addition in mature sugar maple. Status: Completed experiment; publications continue. 
  • Stand dynamics and silvicultural recommendations for uneven-aged northern hardwoods in the Great Lakes region. Status: ongoing. Description: characterization of uneven-aged management techniques and development of recommendations using structural data and canopy closure. Researchers/coordinator: L.M. Nagel, C. Webster, graduate student Joe Schwartz. Funding: Ford Center, SFRES, other funding being sought. 
  • Strength testing of silver vs. red maple. Status: implemented in 2002. Description: comparison of strength properties of these two species and to provide a separate strength rating for red maple with logs harvested from the Research Forest. Researchers/coordinator: J.W. Forsman, J. Erickson. Funding: USDA, USFS. 
  • Subnivium and wood-frog research. Period: Current. Theme: Wildlife / winter ecology. Snowpack microclimate and amphibian response. Status: Active / outputs not fully located. 
    Sugarbush and maple-syrup research/teaching. Period: Current. Theme: Agroforestry / forest products. Sap production, operations, education. Status: Active. 
  • Utilization of red maple. Status: complete; implemented in 2001. Description: to determine strength properties and suitability for a variety of dimension products; red maple logs were harvested from the Research Forest. Researchers/coordinator: J.W. Forsman, J. Erickson. Funding: USDA, USFS. 
  • Wall-to-wall permanent forest inventory. Period: 2011-present. Theme: Inventory / monitoring. 356 permanent plots with high-precision GPS. Status: Active remeasurement platform. 
  • White pine seed tree demonstration. Status: implemented in 2001. Description: demonstration area for natural regeneration of white pine using seed trees. Researchers/coordinator: J. Schmierer. Funding: Ford Center. 
  • Wireless communications tower research and deployment. Period: Current. Theme: Engineering / communications. Rural communications and site connectivity. Status: Active. 
  • Wood boiler and woody-biomass systems. Period: Current. Theme: Bioenergy / operations. Facility heating, fuel use, applied research. Status: Active / infrastructure. 
  • Yellow Birch Legacy-Tree Project. Period: 2003-present. Theme: Ecological forestry / biodiversity. Group-selection openings of multiple sizes with legacy-tree retention. Status: Active long-term.