STAND MANAGEMENT COOP

• Sponsoring Institution: Other Cooperating Institutions
• Project Status: COMPLETE
• Funding Source: STATE
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 1022018
• Project Start Date: Jan 3, 2020
• Project End Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

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 andon the choice of silviculturally sound and cost-effective management regimes. Large areas of plantations are being establishedand managed with intensive silviculture. Reliable projections of the results of possible alternative combinations of silviculturalpractices 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 productquality and value are influenced by these treatments and regimes, and methods for designing regimes that will produce highyields of wood with desirable properties.The mission of the Stand Management Cooperative is, "to provide a continuing source of high-quality data, analysis, andoutputs 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, anduniversities who commit resources and expertise to the mission. Policies are developed with the goal of establishing the highestpossible technical standards in carrying out the mission. Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) in Silviculture, Nutrition, WoodQuality, and Modeling, comprised of leading scientists, have been created to develop plans for research projects that areapproved by the Policy Committee.Five year plans are developed by the TACs and approved by the Policy Committee. An annual research planning processidentifies high priority research needs, develops requests for proposals from the scientific research community, and selects thebest of these proposals for funding.

Animal Health Component

(N/A)

Research Effort Categories

Basic

100%

Applied

(N/A)

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
123	0699	3100	100%

Knowledge Area
123 - Management and Sustainability of Forest Resources;

Subject Of Investigation
0699 - Trees, forests, and forest products, general;

Field Of Science
3100 - Management;

Keywords

silvicultural

practices

Goals / Objectives
This project continues Accession #1002481. Had to create new entry due to 5-year limit.

Project Methods
NA