Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
4333 BROOKLYN AVE NE
SEATTLE,WA 98195
Performing Department
Forest Ecology
Non Technical Summary
The long-term future of the forest industry in the Pacific Northwest depends in part on the productivity of the region's forests and on the choice of silviculturally sound and cost-effective management regimes. Large areas of plantations are being established and managed with intensive silviculture. Reliable projections of the results of possible alternative combinations of silvicultural practices are essential for realistic evaluation of forestry investments and for intelligent choices among management regimes. Needed are reliable estimates of response to silvicultural treatments and management regimes, understanding of how product quality and value are influenced by these treatments and regimes, and methods for designing regimes that will produce high yields of wood with desirable properties.The mission of the Stand Management Cooperative is, "to provide a continuing source of high-quality data, analysis, and outputs on the long-term effects of silvicultural treatments and treatment regimes on stand and tree growth and development, and on wood and product quality."The Stand Management Cooperative is composed of forest industry, state, provincial, and federal agencies, suppliers, and universities who commit resources and expertise to the mission. Policies are developed with the goal of establishing the highest possible technical standards in carrying out the mission. Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) in Silviculture, Nutrition, Wood Quality, and Modeling, comprised of leading scientists, have been created to develop plans for research projects that are approved by the Policy Committee.Five year plans are developed by the TACs and approved by the Policy Committee. An annual research planning process identifies high priority research needs, develops requests for proposals from the scientific research community, and selects the best of these proposals for funding.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Goals / Objectives
The mission of the Stand Management Cooperative is, "to provide a continuing source of high-quality data, analysis, and outputs on the long-term effects of silvicultural treatments and treatment regimes on stand and tree growth and development, and on wood and product quality."The previous time period of this project was reported in REEport on Project Number WNZ-ME-457, Accession Number 157440.
Project Methods
The Stand Management Cooperative is composed of forest industry, state, provincial, and federal agencies, suppliers, and universities who commit resources and expertise to the mission. The voting Policy Committee, composed of dues-paying members, controls policy with the goal of establishing the highest possible technical standards in carrying out its mission. Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) in Silviculture, Nutrition, Wood Quality, and Modeling, comprised of leading scientists, have been created to develop plans for research projects that are approved by the Policy Committee.Five year plans are developed by the TACs and approved by the Policy Committee. An annual research planning process identifies high priority research needs, develops requests for proposals from the scientific research community, and selects the best of these proposals for funding.