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A Forest Carbon SequestrationResearch Partnership:
Tribes, Tribal College, & State University
Robert KenningForestry Department Head
Geospatial Program CoordinatorSalish Kootenai College
Research Objectives
• How is forest carbon uptake influenced by management – (different thinning
spacings)
• Develop & validate whole-tree biomass equations– Add to regional
collection efforts
Research Partnership Benefits Tribal College
Student experience Research capacity
Research Partnership Benefits Tribal College
Student experience Research capacity
Tribes’ Forestry Dept. Local research Applied research
Research Partnership Benefits Tribal College
Student experience Research capacity
Tribes’ Forestry Dept. Local research Applied research
State University Research outreach to
Indian Country Tribal perspective
USDA NIFA - Tribal Colleges Research
Research capacity at Tribal Colleges
Student experiential learning
USDA NIFA - Tribal Colleges Research
70% funding to Tribal College
Must partner with 1862 Land Grant university
USDA NIFA - Tribal Colleges Research
NIFA “Critical Need Areas”
Development of sustainable energy
Increased global food security
Adaptation /mitigation of agriculture and natural resources to global climate change
Reduction of childhood and adolescent obesity
Improved food safety.
Rationale
• Nez Perce Tribe & Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (CSKT)
• Track Carbon Stocks &Carbon Sequestration
– Opportunity?– Non-timber forest value $
Rationale
• Re-measure thinning trial plots– Wilcox uneven-age ponderosa. Est. 1970
– Douglas-fir, est. 1984– Grand fir, est. 1984
Doable Student Research Question
• How does forest management affect carbon stocks & sequestration, per area?– Different thinning spacings
Local Area
• Forest Types– Ponderosa– Ponderosa/Doug fir/larch– True fir & Lodgepole pine– Spruce/Subalpine fir
Local Area
Methods
• Thinning plot re-measurement– Whole tree biomass, aboveground:– Stem taper– Crown
• Destructive sampling– Dry weight
Methods
• Individual tree yield – Predict biomass for major species
– Apply biomass equations to CFI data
Wilcox Uneven-Age Thinning Trial
• Re-measure Earl Wilcox thinning trial– Uneven-age Ponderosa thinning trials– Established 1970– Six 4.9-acre plots– Residual basal area:
• 25, 35, 45, • 55, 60, unthinned
Wilcox Uneven-Age Thinning Trial
• Were cut again 1989– Residual BA: 35, 35, 45, 45, 55, unthinned
• Re-measured 1993– Becker & Corse (1997)
• Interim results:– BA < 55 sq ft for regen– Yield best 45, 55, 60 BA
Challenges
• Thinning plots affected by elytroderma & insect mortality
References• Becker & Corse. 1997. Resetting the Clock
with Uneven-Aged Management. Journal of Forestry. V.95(11) p.29-32.
• http://calcarbondash.org/
Questions?