Progress 09/01/02 to 08/31/05
Outputs
To accomplish our objectives, we have formulated a broad plan that included the purchase of specific water quality monitoring and spatial analysis equipment. Junior faculty submitted proposals for internal competitive funding for grants that addressed the broad objectives of this round of funding while simultaneously enhancing junior faculty research capability. These included a study of the ecology and efforts to restore elk in northern Arkansas. GPS telemetry was employed to determine home ranges of bull elk and to determine seasonal preferences in elk diet. Green house studies were conducted to determine the above and below ground carbon sequestration effects of pine seedlings. The findings are being used to launch a much larger study into total carbon sequestration of the Arkansas forests. A study was funded to determine the factors that inhibit or aid in the use of aerial and ground infrared detection of deer populations in Arkansas. A study was conducted to
quantify the effect of sale volume, seasonality, mill location, landowner education and market conditions on saw timber stumpage prices. Non-industrial landowners now have use of this information for marketing timber "smartly" within the state. A comparison study was run to determine the spatial discrepancy between GPS survey grade control points and the state survey grid. Differences were presented and methods of resolution discussed. Additionally, two research specialists were hired to enhance the Arkansas Forest Resources Center research programs. These included a GIS/GPS specialist who worked on validation of satellite imagery for forest classification and a research hydrologist who studied the effects of using poultry litter for forest fertilization and concurrent water quality effects of this practice. This pilot program has led to a much broader scale and more complex series of experiments state wide. A system forest manager was hired to promote the AFRC programs throughout the
State. He established and prepared 4 sites for tree planting and shelter studies at Southwest Research and Extension Center in Hope, Arkansas and conducted a field day to present landowner research. Several sites were established for tree studies, tree shelter studies, poulty litter/fertilization, acorn germination and a field day was held at Pine Tree Branch Station. At Batesville, Arkansas at the LIvestock and Forestry Experiment Branch Station, we established a wildlife food plot area, an acorn production site, and a hardwood regeneration study. Conducted three field days. We restablished an upland hardwood rehabilitation study at Savoy Animal Science Unit in Fayetteville and conducted a field day.
Impacts
The research conducted for this project was broad in nature. Faculty provided information to landowners concerning timber bid prices and price drivers. Biology and sociological factors of conflicts with bull elk on private landowner property were investigated. Carbon sequestration experiments continue and will produce a quantitative basis for carbon exchange.
Publications
- Stuhlinger, H.C. and T. Walkingstick. 2004. Ten easy ways to kill a tree. UA Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet. 12 p.
- In progress: Stuhinger, H.C., K. Cunningham, and T. Walkingstick. Artificial regeneration of hardwoods. UA Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet. 2005
- H.C. Stuhlinger, M.H. Pelkki, R.A. Montgomery, and J.A. Earl. The effects of tree shelters on seedling survival and growth of two bottomland hardwood species: study establishment. Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium, Little Rock, AR. May 26, 2004.
- H.C. Stuhlinger. Ten easy ways to kill a tree. Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium, Little Rock, AR. May 26, 2004.
- H.C. Stuhlinger and R.L. Eason. Forestry and wildlife activities at the Pine Tree Branch Experiment Station. Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium, Little Rock, AR. May 26, 2004.
- H.C. Stuhlinger. Forestry field day events 2004. Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium, Little Rock, AR. May 26, 2004.
- H.C. Stuhlinger and P.F. Doruska. Cottonwood irrigation study: year five results. Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium, Little Rock, AR. May 26, 2004.
- H.C. Stuhlinger and K. Harrison. Forestry activities at the Livestock and Forestry Branch Experiment Station, Batesville, Arkansas. Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium, Little Rock, AR. May 26, 2004.
- H. C. Stuhlinger, J. A. Earl, R. A. Montgomery, and B. B. DeFee, II. A comparison of tree shelters and their effects on seedling survival and growth of two bottomland hardwood species: first-year results. Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference, Memphis, TN. February 28-March 3, 2005.
- R. Montgomery, J. Earl, C. Stuhlinger, M. Pelkki, and K. Cunningham. Rehabilitation of an upland hardwood forest using prescribed fire and herbicide. Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference, Columbus, OH. November 15-17, 2005. Ficklin, R.L. and M.G. Shelton. 2003. Preliminary results of the contribution of loblolly pine seedlings to soil organic carbon via rhizodeposition. Abstract No S07-ficklin846017-Oral. National ASA-CSSA-SSSA meetings. Denver, CO. November 2-6, 2003.
- Doruska, P.F. and D.W. Patterson. 2004. Stand-level weight and Bulk Density of Loblolly Pine sawtimber. In Faculty Impact Statements 2003. University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. P. 25.
- Patterson, D.W. 2004. Wood products by species and quality in upland forests. In: Proceedings of the Upland Oak Ecology Symposium. Spetich, M.A. ed. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-73. Pg 113.
- Warwick, M.M. 2004. Drafting and Drawing Legal Descriptions and Reviewing Surveys in Arkansas. Eau Claire, Wisconsin: Monograph Published by HalfMoon LLC
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Progress 01/01/04 to 12/30/04
Outputs
Two research specialists were hired to enhance the Arkansas Forest Resources Center research programs. These include a GIS/GPS specialist who is working on validation of satellite imagery for forest classification and a research hydrologist who is studying the effects of using poultry litter for forest fertilization and concurrent water quality effects of this practice. An extension forester and program specialist was hired to promote the AFRC programs throughout the State. Five field days directed at the solution of non-industrial landowner problems were conducted during 2004. Six junior faculty grants were given to enhance early career productivity. These include grants to: verify the State land coordinate system; verify the usefulness of thermal imaging of wildlife populations; develop weight equations for pine saw logs in the State; develop a timber bid validation model for non-industrial landowners; and to initiate a study of carbon sequestration by pine
seedlings. Additionally, support was provided to continue the development of open-span trusses using low-grade materials.
Impacts
The Arkansas Forest Resources Center continues to expand its influence throughout the State and regionally by programs targeted at non-industrial landowners and professional forest and natural resource managers. Over 300 landowners were provided with management information and assistance that could enhance productivity on private forest lands by 10 to 15 percent over the next ten years.
Publications
- Patterson, D.W. and P.F. Doruska. 2004. A new and improved modification to Smalian's Equation for buttlogs. For Prod Journal 54(12):145-148
- Patterson, D.W., P.F. Doruska, and T.E. Posey. 2004. Weight and bulk density of loblolly pine plywood logs in southeast Arkansas. For Prod J 54(12):145-148
- Mehmood, S.R. and M. Pelkki. 2004. The Arkansas Forest Products Industry, 1985-2001. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Research Bulletin. In Press.
- Dahal, P. and S.R. Mehmood. 2004. A GIS Approach to Determining Efficient Timber Transportation Routes. Proceedings of the 2004 annual meeting of Southern Forest Economics Workers (SOFEW), March 15-16, 2004. St. Augustine, FL. In Press.
- Doruska, P.F. and D.W. Patterson. (2005 In Press). Individual-tree, outside-bark, green weight equation for loblolly pine pulpwood in southern Arkansas:preliminary results. in proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Forest Measurements and Quantitative Methods and Management & the 2004 Southern Mensurationists Conference. June 15-18, 2004
- Doruska, P.F., D.W. Patterson, and T.E. Posey. (2005 In Press). Stand-Level Green Biomass Equations for Sawtimber-Sized Loblolly Pine Stands. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 58:xxx-xxx.
- Doruska, P.F., D.W. Patterson, and T.E. Posey. (2004). Individual-tree and stand-level outside-bark, green weight equations and tables for loblolly pine sawtimber in the Coastal Plain of Arkansas: extended abstract with tables. In Proc of the 2004 Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium. Little Rock, AR May 26, 2004.
- Doruska, P.F., R.C. Weih Jr., M.D. Lane, and D.C. Bragg. 2004. Quantifying forest ground flora biomass using proximal sensing. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 57:37-43.
- Lane, M.R., Weih, and L. Thompson. 2005. Measuring the Earth's Surface Temperatures with Landsat 7. Pages XX-XX. In proceedings, Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 26, 2004. (In Press).
- Tappe, P.A., R.C. Weih, R.E. Thill, M.A. Melchiors, and T.B. Wigley. 2004. Landscape Characterization of Four Watersheds under different Forest Management Scenarios in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. Ouachita and Ozark Mountains Symposium. General Technical Report SRS-74. Hot Springs, Arkansas. 143-153 pp.
- Kissell, Jr., R.E., and P.A. Tappe. (2004 In Press). Detection rates of white-tailed deer using thermal infrared videography. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 00:000-000.
- McPeake, B., G. Alexander, J.D. Barham, M. Crow, C. Dinsstel, B. Hall, R. Herring, Q. Hornsby, J. Jennings, T. Kirkpatrick, K. Lawson, T. Riley, R. Roberg, S.Sheets, L. Smith, C. Stuhlinger, P.A. Tappe, and L. Walz. (2004 In Press). A protocol for wildlife food plot demonstration experiments. Proceedings of Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium 2:00-00.
- McCammon, E.E. 2004. A comparison of ground-based thermal infrared imaging with spotlight counts of white-tailed deer. M.S. Thesis, University of Arkansas-Monticello. 93 pp.
- Ficklin, Robert L., Dwyer, John P. and R.D. Hammer. 2004. Changes in soil organic carbon concentration and quatity following selection harvesting. Proceedings of the 14th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE-316; pp. 217-223.
- Ficklin, R.L., M.G. Shelton, and A.M. Carter. 2004. Carbon sequestration with loblolly pine-storage both above ground and below ground. Poster paper, proceedings pending. Arkansas Forest Resources Center Symposium. May 26th. Little Rock, AR.
- Ficklin, R.L., M.G. Shelton. 2004. Effects of fertilization on root-to-shoot biomass allocations in loblolly pine seedlings. Faculty Impact Statements; Medders, Romund & Holland, Eds. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Series 516. pp. 26.
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Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03
Outputs
Two post doctorate positions were filled, one in spatial analysis and one in forest water quality. The people in both positions are busy writing grants, one has completed an NRI grant that is being submitted soon. An Extension demonstration specialist / University System Forest Manager was hired and has started initiating projects around the state. Four field days are planned for 2004 at Pine Tree, Hope and Batesville (2), AR. New studies have been established at each of these stations including tree planting, ice damage to southern pine forests, forest investment potential, spacing and herbicide studies and timber / wildlife trade offs in forest management
Impacts
The Center was established to develop and provide information and leadership pursuant to alternative forest management options for non-industrial landowners for a broad array of resource combinations. Center faculty continue to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies for commodity production and evaluate their impacts on water quality, site productivity, wildlife habitat, biological diversity aesthetics and recreation. Students graduating from the School of Forest Resources master's program are beginning to make significant contributions to the economic stability of the region.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/02 to 12/31/02
Outputs
Two post doctorate positions, one in Spatial Information Systems and a second in Forest Hydrology are being hired. These positions should be filled by July 1, 2003. A GPS collar monitoring system was purchased to aid in an elk movement study. An extension demonstration specialist is being hired to provide program assistance to non-industrial landowners in north Arkansas. This specialist will conduct forest demonstrations and work with landowner groups. An Instron testing machine was purchased for the wood.
Impacts
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Publications
- No publications reported this period
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