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GLNF CESU Projects with USDA Forest Service

Project Partners:

Michigan State University

Michigan Technological University

State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (GLNF-CESU Host)

West Virginia University

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Michigan State University

• Adaptation of Atmospheric Dispersion Models for Predictions of Smoke form Low Intensity Fires
• Analyzing and Assessing the Criteria for Issuing an Air Stagnation Advisory
• Development of Local Scale Dispersion Models for Short-Term Prediction of Smoke Dispersion from Prescribed and Wildland Fires
• Impact of Land Cover Changes on the Climate System

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Michigan Technological University

• Effects of Red Pine Thinning and Stand Age on Ecosystem Carbon Polls and Fluxes

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State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

• Using FIA Data to Assess Current Status and Predict Future Overstory Species Composition based on Current Woody Understory Species Composition

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University of Minnesota (GLNF-CESU Host)

• An Ecological and Socioeconomic Evaluation of Woody Biomass Harvesting in the Northern Forest
• Assessing Black Ash Decline in Northern Minnesota
• Comparison of Scaled Up Chamber Respiration Measurements to Calculated Nighttime Soil Respiration for an Eddy Covariance System in Bog Setting
• Controls Over Temporal Variability In Tree Growth
• Deciphering the Heterogeneous Effects of Variable Sources and Transport Processes on Dissolved Organic Matter Bioavailability and Fluxes in Peatland Catchments
• Influence of Fire on Mercury Cycling and Accumulation in Fish
• Influence of Forest Species Conversion on Watershed Hydrology
• Influence of Riparian Management on the Trophic Cycling of Carbon and Nitrogen Through Stream Food Webs in Stream Systems
• Managing for complex structure and wood productivity in Great Lakes pine ecosystems
• Quantifying Wood Decay Rates in the Northern Forest NRS-07 - FIA Integrated Work
• Revising North Central Forest Management Guides to Address Diverse Ecological, Economic, and Social Objectives
  • North Central Forest Management Guides
• The Role of Trust in Public Land Management
  • Case Study I Final Report: The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: An Examination of Trust between Natural Resource Agencies and Local Communities.
  • Case Study II Final Report: The Hiawatha National Forest: An Examination of Trust between Natural Resource Agencies and Local Communities.
• Short Rotation Crops International Conference: Biofuels, Bioenergy, and Bioproducts from Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Crops
• Toward Annual Monitoring of Climate Change Impacts on Experimental Forests Across The Northern Forest Region

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West Virginia University

• Modeling Soil Organic Carbon at the Landscape-Scale using Legacy Data and Pedometric Techniques

Great Lakes-Northern Forest CESU
Department of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
115 Green Hall
1530 Cleveland Ave. North
St. Paul, MN 55108

Phone: 612-624-0734
Fax: 612-625-5212
Email: glnfcesu@umn.edu

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