• THEEQUATOR - “Land around the World” The Internet’s premier property transaction service for timber and farm properties. With more than 2,300 worldwide listings of timberland and farms worth over $1.8 billion, TheEquator is the largest rural property listing services on the Web. Enhance your sales prospects by advertising your land or standing timber on TheEquator (www.TheEquator.com). Inquire about TheEquator’s new Internet auction services (webmaster@TheEquator.com).

• MASON, BRUCE, & GIRARD, INC. (MB&G). Mason, Bruce, and Girard has been providing natural resource consulting services to public and private sector clients, nationally and internationally, since 1921. With offices in Portland, Oregon and Redding, California, USA, MB&G provides forestry, GIS, and environmental services for both small and large-scale projects. Our Inventory and Biometrics Group has expertise in all phases of natural resource assessment, including sample design, data collection and analysis, data management, modeling, and reporting. For more information about our services, including short courses and cruising and inventory software, please contact Dr. Steve Fairweather (sfairweather@masonbruce.com), Tel: +1-503-224-3445) or visit our website at www.masonbruce.com.

• FOREST INVENTORY RESEARCH (FIR) - providing statistical analysis, sample design, and other research needs for natural resources, sampled at any scale from local to national. FIR is a USDA Forest Service Enterprise Unit —an independent ‘business’ operating within the Forest Service and other federal/state agencies, offering a flexible alternative for doing work. FIR combines 20 years experience, new techniques, and classical forest biometrics to broaden ecological uses of forest inventory data (such as Forest Inventory and Analysis [FIA] database) to assess wildlife habitat, carbon budgets, fire fuels, ecological health indicators, or other resource needs. For more information contact Dr. David C. Chojnacky (dchojnacky@fs.fed.us ) +1-703-605-5262.

• Emilio Garcia - PhD Student, Ecology Department, Alicante University, Spain - studying Pines and in water and carbon balance for Mediterranean dune soils. http://www.ua.es/
• Federico Bascopé – Bolivia
• Gemma White – Cornell University
• Jorge E. Macías Sámano - Colegio de la Frontera Sur, ECOSUR, Ecología de Insectos Forestales, Chiapas, México. http://www.tap-ecosur.edu.mx/proyectos/entomo/enemigos/plagas%20forestales/ECOLOG%C3%8DA%20DE%20INSECTOS%20FORESTALES.htm
• Ron Schmidtling – USDA Forest Service, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, Saucier, Mississippi, USA. http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/units/rwud_4153.pdf
• Stephen Cavers - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (formerly Institute of Terrestrial Ecology), Edinburgh Research Station, UK. http://www.nbu.ac.uk/tropical
• Ted Farrell - Department of Environmental Resource Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University College Dublin, Ireland. http://www.ucd.ie/~ferg

FIU READERS HONORED – The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India has selected our friend, R.K.Kohli, Professor, Department of Botany, & Coordinator, Panjab University, for the Dr. B. P. Pal National Environment Fellowship Award for the year 2001. This is the highest paid award of the Ministry of Environment and Forests. It is awarded to one every year since the last 4 years. During the two-year tenure of the fellowship Dr. Kohli will work on the impact of invasive plant species on the structure and composition of Plant diversity of Himachal Pradesh – a north Indian hilly state, close to Chandigarh. It is now widely known that primarily due to lack of information and/or attitude, man has introduced many exotic trees and shrubs under the temptation of fast growth. This has not only changed the structure of the local communities, but also influenced the entry of invasive plants, which because of wide ecological amplitudes has overpowered the natives. This has depleted the plant diversity & consequently the dependent biotic structure and composition etc. The absence of baseline data makes the application of viable conservation strategy for this medicinal plant rich state difficult. Also honored is Dr Daizy Rani Batish, one of Dr. Kohli’s students and colleagues.. Daizy has been selected for the Goyal National Young Scientist Award. You may contact Dr. Kohli at rkkohli45@yahoo.com Our warmest congratulations to Dr. Kohli and Batish for honors well deserved.

USDAFS/USDI BLM GEOCOMMUNICATOR - Our friend, Mark Buccowich, writes” I haven't tried this myself yet - but it gets a pretty good review.... may be worth checking out- GeoCommunicator http://www.geocommunicator.gov/ - Brought to the Web by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the US Forest Service (USFS), GeoCommunicator acts as a portal to the Geography Network's resources related to land management and land records. Here users can publicize data and events; request information from other users; search for data, references, and events; and sign up to receive updates when new data are posted to a specified geographic area. Visitors can search for data in variety of ways. Clicking the Explorer button brings up a handy search interface, with tabs indicating search types (by township, latitude/longitude, or a general search with pull-down menus featuring a variety of limits). The favorites tab brings up a page where users can subscribe to receive update notifications. The forum section allows users to communicate with others, and the Land Manager Viewer section features interactive maps that deliver contact information for agencies that manage federal lands. The Reference section showcases NILS (the National Integrated Land System), a database of parcel-based land and survey information. Clearly, a must-bookmark for anyone involved in land management.”

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

• WOOD CONSUMPTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – Our friend, Sam Otukol, writes, “I am looking for reports or articles that discuss the relationship between wood (or timber) consumption & economic development. I would appreciate any assistance you or any of your readers can provide.” You may contact Sam at Sam.Otukol@gems6.gov.bc.ca

• RESEARCH ASSOCIATE - SILVICULTURE/PINE REGENERATION - Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Position description: Provide principal support for collecting, retrieving, classifying, and researching data that will be the basis of developing a geographical information system that will assist resource managers prescribing pine regeneration. This position will also be involved in establishing long-term, controlled, field studies that will be part of the network of sites in the Cooperative Research for Sustainable Silviculture and Soil Productivity. The person in this position will also be responsible managing and analyzing project data, preparing research reports, and supervising various student and transient workers. Overnight travel will be required; occasionally, travel will be extensive. Funding has been received to support this position for at least three years. Qualifications: Applicant must hold a M.S. in Forestry, Soils, Horticulture, or closely related field. Applicant must be able to work independently, drive to field locations, be willing and able to work in sometimes arduous field conditions (such as extreme summer heat), and be able to solve technical problems with minimum involvement of the principal investigator. Applicant must have a working knowledge of electronic storage and retrieval of data and be able to collect basic forestry measurements. Elementary statistical analysis skills are desirable but not necessary qualifications. Salary: Commensurate with training and experience. Date Available: Immediately. Application Deadline: Until a suitable applicant is found Application procedure: Send a letter of application, copies of academic transcripts showing undergraduate and graduate degrees, vitae, and contact information for three references to: Thomas J. Dean, School of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA. fwdean@lsu.edu

• Aarssen, L.W. 2001. On correlations and causations between productivity and species richness in vegetation: predictions from habitat attributes. Basic Appl. Ecol. 2(2):105-114. http://www.urbanfischer.de/journals/frame_template.htm?/journals/baecol/baecol.htm
• Barker, M.G.; Pinard, M.A. 2001. Forest canopy research: sampling problems, and some solutions. Plant Ecol. 153(1-2):23-38. http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1385-0237
• Block, W.A., et al.2001. Design and implementation of monitoring studies to evaluate the success of ecological restoration on wildlife. Restor. Ecol. 9(3):293-303. http://www.blacksci.co.uk/~cgilib/bsinc.bin?Journal=ecology
• Booth, Trevor H. 1995. Predicting Plant Growth: Where will it grow? How well will it grow? From Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modelling, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 21-25 January 1995. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/conf/SANTA_FE_CD-ROM/sf_papers/booth_trevor/booth.html
• Brais, S. 1997. Careful Logging and Soil Compaction on Upland Sites. Lake Abitibi Model Forest. (e-mail request at: products@lamf.net )
• Burrows, William H. et al. Allometric Relationships and Community Biomass Stocks in White Cypress Pine (Callitris glaucophylla) and Associated Eucalypts of the Carnarvon Area - South Central Queensland (with Additional Data for Scrub Leopardwood - Flindersia dissosperma). National Carbon Accounting System Technical Report No. 33. 14 p. http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/files/pdfs/tr33.pdf
• Cao, Y., et al.2001. Evaluating sampling sufficiency in fish assemblage surveys: a similarity-based approach. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58(9):1782-1793. http://www.nrc.ca/cgi-bin/cisti/journals/rp/rp2_desc_e?cjfas
• Chiarucci, A., et al. 2001. Evaluation and monitoring of the flora in a nature reserve by estimation methods. Biol. Conserv. 101(3):305-314. http://www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/4/0/5/8/5/3/index.htt
• Duinker, P.N; et al. 1998. Forestry for sustainable development and global fibre supply. Unasylva - No. 193 - Global fibre supply. Vol. 49 - 1998/2 http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/W7990E/w7990e03.htm
• Garcia, Oscar. 1994. Minimum data for forest plantation management. 15p. http://www.terra.es/personal4/hoslyg/mindata.pdf.
• Gonzalez, P. 2001. Desertification and a shift of forest species in the West African Sahel. Climate Research 17: 217-228. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/cr/v17/n2/p217-228.html
• Hansen, A.J., et al. 2001. Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes. BioScience 51(9):765-779. http://www.aibs.org/biosciencelibrary/vol51/oct01.ldml
• Kahklen, Keith. 2001. A Method for Measuring Sediment Production from Forest Roads. USDA Forest Service Res. Note. PNW-RN-529. 19 p. www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/rn529.pdf
• Kier, G.; Barthlott, W. 2001. Measuring and mapping endemism and species richness: a new methodological approach and its application on the flora of Africa. Biodivers. Conserv. 10(9):1513-1529. http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0960-3115
• Lashbrook, Jason et al. n.d. The Application of Remote Sensing to the Inventory of White Pine (Pinus Strobus L.) in Eastern Ohio.Research Bulletin 1194-01. Ohio State University. http://ohioline.osu.edu/rb1194/index.html
• Lazaroff, Cat 2001. World Land Database Charts Course of Human Consumption. Environment News Service. http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jul2001/2001L-07-11-06.html
• Muldavin, Esteban et al. 1998. A vegetation classification and map for the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. Final Report. http://sevilleta.unm.edu/research/local/plant/vegmap/documents/final_report/finalrpt99.html
• Nelson, Gerald C.; Hellerstein , Daniel. 1995. Do Roads Cause Deforestation? Using Satellite Images in Econometric Analysis of Land Use. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 1995. http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/faculty/gnelson/papers/lu_paper/description.htm
• Richon, V. 2001. Crown typology and the identification of rain forest trees on large-scale aerial photographs. Plant Ecol. 153(1-2):301-312. http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1385-0237
• Schomaker, Mike et al. 1999. Tree crown condition indicator. Forest Health Monitoring Fact Sheet. http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/fhm/fact/pdf_files/crown4.pdf.

4-7 March 2002. Symposium on Models and Systems in Forestry. Punta de Traica, Chile. Contact: Andres Weintraub, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, P.O. Box 2777, Santiago, Chile. Email: aweintra@dii.uchile.cl

13 March 2002. 15TH annual Global Forest Industry Conference. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Contact: Joleen Wright, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vancouver; Fax: +1-604-806-7806; Email: joleen.wright@ca.pwcglobal.com; URL:www.pwcglobal.com/customer

14-16 March 2001. The B.C. Community Forestry Forum: Exploring Policy and Practice. Victoria, B.C., Canada. Contact: Brian Egan, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3060, Victoria, B.C. V8W 3R4. Fax:+1- 250-472-5060; Email: info@cf-forum ; URL: www.cf-forum.org

3-5 April 2002. 83rd Annual Conference, Canadian Woodlands Forum. Moncton, N.B. Canada. Contact: Guillaume Gignac; Email: ggignac@cwfcof.org; URL: www.cwfcof.org

7-12 April 2002. 8th Brazilian Forestry Congress and 2nd PanAmerican Forestry Congress. Brazilia, Brazil. Contact: Rubens Cristiano Garlipp: Email- sbs@sbs.org.br; URL: www.abs.org.br

8-11 April 2002. 16th Annual GIS Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contact: Matt Ball; Fax: 303-544-0595; Email: mball@aip.com ; URL: www.geotecevent.com

8 -20 April 2002. Alternative Ways to Combat Desertification: Connecting Community Action with Science and Common sense. Cape Town, South Africa/Rural Communities and Gobabeb, Namibia. Contact: Ms. Mary Seely, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, Box 20232, Windhoek, Namibia, Fax: 264-61-230-172; Email: mseely@drfn.org.na; URL: http://des2002.az.blm.gov/homepage.htm

12 May – 14 June 2002. Biodiversity assessment and monitoring for adaptive management course. Front Royal, Virginia, USA. $4500 USD. Contact: MAB Program, Smithsonian Institution, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW, Suite 3123,Washington, DC 20560-0705 USA. Tel: +1-202-357-4793. Fax: +1-202-786-2557. Email: simab@ic.si.edu. URL: www.si.edu/simab.

8-20 September 2002. The Smithsonian Environmental Leadership Course. Front Royal, Virginia, USA. $2750 USD. Contact: MAB Program, Smithsonian Institution, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW, Suite 3123,Washington, DC 20560-0705 USA. Tel: +1-202-357-4793. Fax: +1-202-786-2557. Email: simab@ic.si.edu. URL: www.si.edu/simab.

11 May – 13 June 2003. Biodiversity assessment and monitoring for adaptive management course. Front Royal, Virginia, USA. $4500 USD. Contact: MAB Program, Smithsonian Institution, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW, Suite 3123,Washington, DC 20560-0705 USA. Tel: +1-202-357-4793. Fax: +1-202-786-2557. Email: simab@ic.si.edu. URL: www.si.edu/simab.

7-19 September 2003. The Smithsonian Environmental Leadership Course. Front Royal, Virginia, USA. $2750 USD. Contact: MAB Program, Smithsonian Institution, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW, Suite 3123,Washington, DC 20560-0705 USA. Tel: +1-202-357-4793. Fax: +1-202-786-2557. Email: simab@ic.si.edu. URL: www.si.edu/simab.

• Small Island Environmental Management - A do-it-yourself course and training programme - http://www.unep.ch/islands/siem.htm
• Environment in Russia - Internet Resources - http://www.slavweb.com/eng/Russia/ecology-e0.html
• UNBC Forest Growth & Yield web site - http://www.unbc.ca/forestry/forestgrowth
• Viewing Forests from Space - http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/temprain/trremote1.html