• DUCK CREEK ASSOCIATES, INC. (DCA) is a consulting firm specializing in natural resources analysis for over 27 years. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, near the campus of Oregon State University, the firm supplies basic advanced expertise to a variety of clients on a worldwide basis. Principals in the firm specialize in economics, demand/supply studies, biometrics, forest management, inventory, timber cruising, policy issues, forestry education, GIS/GPS analytical and mapping services and environmental services in connection with natural resources. For more information please contact Terry Droessler (terryd@duckcreekassociates.com ) or Mark White (mwhite@duckcreekassociates.com). Phone +1-541-753-4702 or visit our website at www.duckcreekassociates.com .

• Brian Cottam - Coordinator, Grand Canyon Forests Foundation
• Dennis Desmond - Program Manager, Sustainable Forestry & Wood Products, Appalachian Sustainable Development
• George Taylor - Recently retired from USAID, now at International Resources Group (IRG) - http://www.irgltd.com/.
• Melinda Tursky

BCN - From Gary Krupnick -The May 2001 Biological Conservation Newsletter Issue No. 197 is now available online at http://rathbun.si.edu/bcn/issue/latest.cfm

TRAINING SCHEDULES from Arnie Browning, FMI&P Newsletter - May, 2001:

• 2000-2001 Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Training Schedule - http://www.fs.fed.us/fmsc/fvs/ .
• Regional Calendar for Forest and Range Continuing Education - http://www.cfr.washington.edu/Outreach/cecal.html
• Oregon State University College of Forestry Outreach Education - http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/conferen/
• Atterbury Consultants Seminar Schedule - http://www.atterbury.com/page30.html
• Forest Biometrics FPS Workshop Schedule - http://www.forestbiometrics.com/
• Shipley Group, Environmental Writing, NEPA Process Training - http://www.shipleygroup.com/oe/calendar.html

NATIONAL WOODLAND OWNER SURVEY WEBSITE - From Andy Gillespie - The USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program's National Woodland Owner Survey has established a web site at www.fs.fed.us/woodlandowners. The site is still quite rudimentary and we will be continually improving it for quite a while, but it should provide a general location for people to access basic information on the Survey. If you have any suggestions or comments on it, please send them to Brett Butler (bbutler01@fs.fed.us ).

USING THE PALM IN THE FIELD FOR DATA INPUT - From Harry Wiant, Jr. - Some may wish to use their Palm computer for data input in the field. This is feasible for some inventory programs, especially those that use ASCII (text) files. The shareware program, QED (search for QED.zip), has a large data storage capacity on a Palm. Data entry, especially if entering only numeric values, is fairly rapid using the numeric keyboard on your Palm. The process for my inventory programs is explained on my web site (http://homestead.juno.com/hwiant/index.html). When you do a Hotsync, the files will be on your "real computer" and can be opened using Wordpad, Word, or some other program. You may find some "garbage" in a portion of the first line which you will delete until the first data entry values appear.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE - Note: If you can help with any of the requests below, please take the time to do so.  Do not assume others will respond - they are assuming the same. Your kind assistance will be appreciated and rewarded. Thanks, Gyde

• WHAT SPECIES HAVE BECOME EXTINCT SINCE 1972? -   Help! I am trying to compile a list of species that have become extinct since 1972 Globally and for Canada and the USA.  I have found may references of predicted rates of extinction and some partial local lists, but I would like to develop a list of all those that have actually become extinct - along with the year and probable cause. If you can help, please contact me. I will share the list in a future FIU. Thanks, Gyde (gklund@att.net)

• M.S./PH.D. TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP IN REMOTE SENSING/GIS APPLICATIONS IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. The Arthur Temple College of Forestry (Nacodoches, Texas, USA) is currently recruiting for an M.S. or Ph.D. graduate teaching assistant interested in advanced study/research involving the application of remote sensing and GIS applications involved with natural resource management. Position to start Fall, 2001. Area of research/degree emphasis would involve an analysis of high resolution Multispectral satellite data, high spectral resolution satellite data, airborne hyperspectral data, airborne LIDAR data and ancillary derived vector and GPS coverages to increase the accuracy of cover types maps in east Texas and to model forest stand metrics using interactive spatial modeling. For additional information, and to express interest in the position, please submit a letter of interest describing you experience to date relative to the position, a resume, copies of transcripts and GRE scores to: Dr. Daniel R. Unger, Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing/GIS, Arthur Temple College of Forestry, Box 6109, SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962-6109 USA. Tel: +1-936-468-2234. FAX: +1-936-468-2489. E-mail: unger@sfasu.edu.

• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS BRANCH - No.: M08-1-DB72FIU, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management, Ecosystems Branch, Canada. Duties: lead a multi-disciplinary group of forest ecosystem specialists for the purpose of understanding the ecology of the provincial forests and developing ecologically sound management guidelines, determine sustainable outputs of forest ecosystems, perform the functions of Assistant Director of the Branch and act as advocate and liaison for the Saskatchewan Forest Centre, lead and implement an extensive ecosystem science transfer program to various client groups, facilitate the understanding of forest ecology in Saskatchewan. Typically the knowledge and abilities for this position would be attained through the completion of a Master of Science in Forestry or related discipline, and extensive experience in managing large science programs. A more complete description of the requirements for this position can be found on our Web site at http://www.gov.sk.ca/psc/jobs/May4-2.htm or by calling the Saskatchewan Public Service Commission at +1-306-787-2168. E-mail: careers@psc1.gov.sk.ca. Note: this is a reposting of vacancy listed in the 7 May FIU. The closing date has been extended to 1June 2001.

• PH.D. RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP IN STATISTICS/BIOMETRICS - Watershed Resources Program, School of Renewable Natural Resources, The University of Arizona. The assistantship will begin in July 2001. The work involves 20 hours per week employment while enrolled full-time as a Ph.D. student. The assistantship salary is about $15,000 per year on a 12-month basis. The purpose of this work is to conduct quantitative synthesis of existing rangeland and watershed experiments so that the results can be combined and extended to a variety of semi-arid land management situations and decision support systems. This study will analyze published experimental results from the southwestern U.S. This type of study is also referred to as meta analysis. Research Objectives: 1. Collect published studies for rangeland and watershed experiments in the southwestern United States. 2. Categorize and summarize these studies in terms of the measured resource outputs, experimental management practices, hydrology, soil and other site-related variables, and factors related to experimental design. 3. Develop and estimate a series of meta-analysis regression models to synthesize and extend the results of these several experiments across diverse land management situations. Desired Qualifications: Interested students will ideally have completed, or be near completion, of a masters degree in natural resources with emphasis in statistics, biometrics or some closely related field. They will have experience with regression analysis and statistical software packages for personal computers. The student will enroll as a full-time Ph.D. student beginning fall semester 2001 in the Watershed Resources Program with a study emphasis in statistics or biometrics. For additional information contact: Prof. J.E. de Steiguer, School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0043 USA. Tel: +1-520-621-3241 Email: jedes@ag.arizona.edu. URL: http://www.srnr.arizona.edu

• Cheng, Chi-Chuan et al. 2001. Application of GIS in Monitoring Landscape Change. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 16(1): pages unknown. - http://www.tfri.gov.tw/publish/161-1e.htm
• Dangermond, Jack. 2001. g.net - A new GIS alternative for Geographic Information Services. ArcNews 23(1):1,10-11. http://www.esri.com/arcnews
• Fabbro, Luigi. 2000. Amazonia Biodiversity Estimation using Remote Sensing and Indigenous Taxonomy. Associação Amazônia. Project presented at the European Space Agency Symposium 2000 - Gotheborg, Sweden, 16 - 21 October 2000 http://www.amazonia.org/Biodiversity/ABDE/
• Foisy, Jeff. 2001. Building a desert data clearing house. ArcNews 23(1):12-13. http://www.esri.com/arcnews
• Fouché, P.S.; Booysen, N. 1995? A Remotely Piloted Aircraft for Aerial Surveillance of Agricultural Crops. http://home.pix.za/pf/pf17/remoteRC.htm
• Franklin, Janet; Stephenson, John. 1996? Integrating GIS and remote sensing to produce regional vegetation databases: attributes related to environmental modeling. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/conf/SANTA_FE_CD-ROM/sf_papers/franklin_janet/my_paper.html
• Gathaara, Gideon N. 1999. Aerial Survey of the Destruction of Mt. Kenya, Imenti and Ngare Ndare Forest.  http://www.kenya-wildlife-service.org/surveyt.htmReserves
• Gauld, Ian D. 1996. Inventory and monitoring biodiversity: a taxonomist's perspective. http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/limbe/imbiodiv.html#Heading4
• Hector, et al. 1999. Plant diversity and productivity experiments in European grasslands. Science 286: 1123-1126. http://gcte.org/Loreau.htm.
• Lin, C.; Päivinen, R. 1999. Remote Sensing and Forestry Information Needs in the 21st Century. In: T.Zawila-Niedzwiecki, M.Brach (ed.) Remote Sensing and Forest Monitoring proceedings, International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) and Warsaw Agricultural University, Faculty of Forestry, June 1-3, 1999, Rogow, Poland. http://rogow99.sggw.waw.pl/04_round_table/01/
• Mansfield, Tony. 1998. Glossary of Biometric Terms. Association for Biometrics (AfB) and International Computer Security Association (ICSA) http://www.afb.org.uk/public/glossuk1.html
• Olig, Gene A.; Miller, Robert W. 1997. A guide to street tree inventory software - http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/urbanforestry/streettree/toc.htm
• Onsrud, Harlan J. et al. 1994. Protecting Personal Privacy in Using Geographic Information Systems. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 60(9):1083-1095. http://www.spatial.maine.edu/tempe/onsrud.html
• Taylor, David 1997. Seeing the Forests for more than the Trees. Environmental Health Perspectives 105(11). http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1997/105-11/focus.html
• Thoen, Bill. 2001. Maximize your search for geospatial data. GEOWorld 14(4):34-37. http://www.geoplace.com.
• Walsh, Steve. 2001. GIS gives foresters a better way to look at trees. ArcNews 23(1):31. http://www.esri.com/arcnews
• Williamson, Gary. 2001. GIS helps green the Emerald Isle. ArcNews 23(1):32. http://www.esri.com/arcnews

6-8 June 2001. Fire Ecology & Use in Management and Restoration. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA. $325. Contact: Susan Moore, Tel: +1-919-515-3184. Fax: +1-919-515-6883. Email: susan_moore@ncsu.edu. URL: www.ncsu.edu/feop.

17-20 June 2001. Precision Forestry Symposium. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. $325. Tel" +1-206-543-0867, http://www.cfr.washington.edu/outreach/PreFor/index.html

21-22 June 2001. Introduction to ArcView GIS. Corvallis, Oregon, USA. $395. Tel: +1-541-737-2329, http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/conferen/

24-25 June 2001. Western Mensurationists' Meeting. The Running Y Ranch Resort, Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA. Contact: ave Walters, Roseburg Forest Products, dwalters01@msn.com. Tel: +1-541-607-1188. URL: http://www.westernforestry.org/wmens/

24-28 June 2001. Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) 25th Annual Symposium. Carlton, Minnesota, USA. $250. Tel: +1-503-282-4696, fax 282-1974, itc1@teleport.com. URL: http://www.itcnet.org/symposium.html

26-27 June 2001. Managing forest soils and soil productivity. Pineville, North Carolina, USA. $365. Préceda Education & Training, PO Box 370, Wetumpka, AL 36092. Tel: +1-334-514-3000. Fax: +1-334-514-3011. URL: www.preceda.com.

2-4 July 2001. 7th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment. San Francisco, California, USA. Contact: Kevin L. Hickey; Fax: +1-508-767-7382; Email: khickey@assumption.edu; URL:
www.desu.edu/mreiter/lea.html

2-5 July 2001. Biodiversity: genome, species and ecosystem diversity. Bakuriani, Georgia (Minor Caucasis). Contact: Dr. Eva Spehn, University of Basel, Switzerland. Fax: 41- 0 – 61-267-35-04; Email: gmba@ubaclu.unibas.ch; URL: www.unibas.ch/gmba

11-19 July 2001. Travelling workshop on linking the complexity of forest canopies to ecosystems and landscape function. Portland and Corvallis, Oregon, USA. Contact: Michael G. Ryan, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240
West Prospect RD, Fort Collins, CO 80526-2098 USA. Fax:+1-970-498-1027; Email: mryan@lamar.colostate.edu

16-20 July 2001. Detecting Environmental Change: Science and Society. London, U.K. Contact: Dr. Catherine Stickley, Fax: 44-20-7679-7565; Email: c.stickely@ucl.ac.uk; URL: www.nmw.ac.uk/change2001/

18-20 July 2001. Latin America and Caribbean Forest Information Systems Network. Mérida, Venezuela. Contact: Dr. Osvaldo Encinas; Tel/Fax: 58-74-448906; Email: rifalc7@bolivar.funmrd.gov.ve

22-27 July 2001. Tree Biotechnology: the next millennium. Stevenson, Washington, U.S.A. Contact: Dr. Stephen Strauss, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-7501 USA. Fax: +1- 541-737-1393; Email: strauss@fsl.orst.edu; URL: www.cof.orst.edu/cof/extended/conferen/treebio//

25-27 July 2001. Communities in Flames - An International Conference on Community Involvement in Fire Management. Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Contact: cbfim@cgiar.org or fax +62 251 622100

30 July-3 August 2001. Workshop on the Role of Bamboo in Disaster Avoidance. Ecuador. Contact: Mr. Lou Yiping, INBAR (International Network for Bamboo and Rattan), Beijing 200101-80, China. Fax: 0086-10-64956962; Email: yplou@inbar.org.cn; URL: www.inbar.org.cn

12-16 August 2001. 93rd Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Canadian Institute of Forestry. Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Contact: Candace Parsons RPF, Registration and Accommodations, HAMPCO 2001, c/o Forest Management Institute of BC, 2554 East Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T 1W5, Canada. Tel: +1.604.224.7800, Fax: +1.604.224.7010, Email: execdir@fmibc.org , URL: http://www.cif-ifc.org/agm2001/default .

18-20 September 2001. 14th Annual GIS in the Rockies 2001 Conference and Workshop. Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact: GIS in the Rockies, PO Box 724, Central City, CO 80427 USA. Tel: +1-303-739-7482. Fax: +1-303-739-7547. Email: chair@gisintherockies.org. URL: http://www.gisintherockies.org.

American FactFinder - http://factfinder.census.gov/

Atlas Florae Europaeae - Distribution of Vascular Plants in Europe - http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/afe.html

BIOMAPS - Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/system/biomaps.htm#worldmap

Botanical Inventory of Taiwan - Searchable database - http://www2.sinica.edu.tw:8080/cgi-bin/hast.script.X

Centers of Plant Diversity - The Americas - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/

Current and Future (Satellite) Sensor Systems (Chart) - http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/health/sensor/cfsensor.html

Geometry Glossary - http://library.thinkquest.org/2647/geometry/glossary.htm

Indicator: Change in the extent of land cover classes - New Zealand - http://www.environment.govt.nz/biodiversity/landcover.html

Iran Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands - http://www.rifr-ac.org/

Mountain Forestry - http://www.icimod.org.sg/focus/forestry/for_toc.htm