SAD NEWS - We recently received the very sad news that John Hazard, former Statistician with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW) was killed in an accident at his residence near Bend, Oregon. The accident occurred Tuesday, May 18. We understand the accident involved a farm tractor that was upset and overturned. John was retired from PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service, having served in Forest Inventory and the Biometrics Group. He was Station Statistician at the time of his retirement.
John Hazard was an outstanding Forest Biometrician. He had a special gift in being able to dovetail biometrics theory with on-the-ground applications. He began his work in the FS on the PNW inventory crews with Jim Bones--in that era. He went back to Ames to get his Ph.D. in forest biometrics in the early 1960s, and joined PNW's biometrics staff under Floyd Johnson about 1963.
John was my FS counselor for my Masters Thesis in 1966. He took over the PNW biometrics section about 1967 whenever Floyd Johnson retired. He was Tim Max's mentor. Tim is now head of the biometrics shop at PNW.
John served as consultant in setting up the National Forest Health Monitoring program, and was currently working with Hans Schreuder and others (John Tepley) in putting together a merged Forest Inventory/Health Monitioring system.
A memorial service will be held June 19 at 3:30 PM the Main City Park, at the intersection of Main and Powell in downtown Gresham, Oregon. Condolences can be sent to: Sue Blackford, 64415 Old Bend-Redmond Highway, Bend OR 97701 USA.
COSTA RICA MAPPING - Mapping an Monitoring Costa Rica's Biodiversity: The ECOMAPAS Project. In September 1998, the Costa Rican ECOMAPAS Project officially entered its implementation phase, starting the mapping and subsequent monitoring of Costa Rica's biodiversity, and in particular its ecosystems. This Netherlands funded Project is a joint effort of Costa Rica's National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) and the National Conservation Areas System (SINAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE). In accordance with INBio and SINAC's mission of saving, knowing and sustainably using tropical biodiversity, and as a follow-up of the 1998 approved national Biodiversity Law, the ECOMAPAS Project will contribute in an advanced and innovative manner to the development of knowledge and wise use of Costa Rica's biodiversity. Initially, during a two-year phase, five Conservation Areas (i.e. recognized territorial regions including protected wildlife areas as well as both agricultural and urban areas) covering over 60 % of the country's territory, will be ecologically mapped at a detailed scale of 1:50,000. The selected Conservation Areas are: Arenal (ACA), Tempisque (ACT), La Amistad-Caribe (ACLAC), La Amistad-Pacifico (ACLAP), and Osa (ACOSA). Megadiverse mountain protected areas to be mapped include the very active Arenal Volcano National Park and the UNESCO recognized La Amistad (Talamanca) Biosphere Reserve, which is both a World Heritage Site and a Center of Plant Diversity. Interpretation of recent aerial photographs (scale 1:25,000 to 1:40,000), field-based ground-truthing and INBio's species-per-area data base will form the basis for the mapping process. GIS-based landscape-ecological maps will integrate thematic layers such as topography, actual land-use/land-cover, temperature, humidity, land-form, slope, soil, as well as protected areas and species distributions. The ecological GIS will serve as a basic decision-support tool for efficient planning of biodiversity inventory activities and sound conservation and management of protected areas and surrounding buffer zones. As soon as the tailor-made and user-friendly GIS systems are developed on a Conservation Area basis, they will be installed and maintained at the decentralized SINAC/MINAE regional offices in the five previously selected Conservation Areas. SINAC and INBio personnel will be trained to manage these GIS's efficiently and effectively, for the benefit of the Conservation Areas' people and biodiversity. For it is the availability of a monitoring and evaluation GIS tool, integrating ecological and geographic information, such as proposed by ECOMAPAS, on which the future success of decision-making in, e.g., endemic species preservation, ecosystem restoration, incentives for payment of environmental services, and sustainable land use planning, strongly depends. For further information, please look at our web site or contact Maarten Kappelle at Proyecto ECOMAPAS, INBio, Apartado Postal 22-3100, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica; Fax 506-2442816; E-mail: mkappell@inbio.ac.cr .
NWGS - Leon Liegel calls our attention to Special Report Number 9 of AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment. The September 1999 issue is devoted to the biological, socioeconomic, and managerial aspects of Chanterelle Mushroom Harvesting on the Olympic Pennisula, Washington State, USA. For further information about Ambio contact elisabet@ambio.kva or see Web Site
Bettinger, Pete. 1999. Distributing GIS capabilities to forestry field offices. Journal of Forestry 97(6):22-26.
Birk, Ronald J.; King, Roger L. 1999. ESE applications in agriculture and forestry markets. Earth Observation Magazine 8(3):38-41.
Dale, Mark R.T. Spatial patterns in plant ecology. Cambridge University Press. 326 p.
Diamond, D.D. 1998. An old-growth definition for southwestern subtropical upland forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-21. 7 p. USDA Forest Service, SO Res. Stn., P.O. Box 2680, Asheville, NC 28802 USA.
Gregoire, T.G.; Valentine, H.T. 1999. Composite and calibration estimation following 3P sampling. Forest Science 45(2):179-185. Abstract
Gubbels, Timothy; Maiden, Martha. 999. Access to ESE and EOS data and information. Earth Observation Magazine 8(3):18-21.
Hann, D.W. 1999. An adjustable predictor of crown profile for stand-grown douglas fir trees. Forest Science 45(2):217-225. Abstract
Kindscher, K.; Holah, J. 1998. An old-growth definition for western hardwood gallery forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-22. 12 p. USDA Forest Service, SO Res. Stn., P.O. Box 2680, Asheville, NC 28802 USA.
Parker, R.C.; Matney, T.G. 1999. Comparison of optical dendrometers for prediction of standing tree volume. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 23(2):100-107. Abstract
Teeter, L.; Zhou, X. 1999. Projecting timber inventory in the product level. Forest Science 45(2):226-231. Abstract
Van Deusen, Paul C. 1997. Annual forest inventory statistical concepts with emphasis on multiple imputation. Can. J. For. Res. 27: 379-384.
Williams, Darrel, et al. 1999. Overview of Landsat 7 Mission. Earth Observation Magazine 8(3):14-16.
Williams, M.S.; Schreuder, H.T.; Terrazas, G.H. 1998. Piosson sampling - the adjusted and unadjusted estimator revisited. Res. Note RMRS-RN-4. 10 p. USDA Forest Service, RM Res. Stn., 240 West Prospect Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA.
23-25 June 1999. World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Contact: RMA Conferene Committee, Finance & Management Science, St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3C3. Fax: +1-902-496-8101. Email: resource.conf@stmarys.ca. Web Site.
29 June 1999. GIS Workshop. The Westin Atlanta Airport, 4736 Best Road, Atlanta, GA 30337 USA. Free. Contact Ken Dunn, Pacific Meridian Resources, Tel: +1-770-953-4143, Email kdunn@pacificmeridian.com, or register online
29 June 1999. Understanding the Causes and Potential Solutions to Reduce Fire Risk in Indonesia. Seminar by Thomas Tomich, International Center for Research on Agroforestry. Washington, DC USA. 12:00 - 1pm. Location: USDA Forest Service, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14 St NW, Suite 5500W
5-7 July 1999. GIS - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Ruston, Louisiana, USA. Contact: Marta Graves. Tel: +1-318-257-3714, Fax: +1-318-257-5061. Email: mgraves@lans.latech.edu.
7-8 July 1999. GPS Field Course. Athens Georgia, USA. Contact: Laura Owen. Tel: +1-706-642-6596. Fax: +1-706-642-6596. Email: owenl@gactr.uga.edu. Web Site.
12-16 July 1999 (reminder). Off-forest tree resources of Africa Workhsop. Aruchsa, Tanzania. Contact: Prof. R.E. Malimbwi, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry, P.O. Box 3013, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania. Tel: +255-56-4944. Fax: +formes@saunet.ac.tz or August Temu - atemu@cgnet.com. Web Page
15-20 August 1999 (reminder). The World's natural forests and their role in global processes. International Conference. Khabarovsk, Russia. Contact: Dr. Victor Grek. Fax: +7-4212-216798. Tel: +7-4212-217952. Email: sergey@niilkh.khabarovsk.su.
4-9 October 1999 (reminder). Congreso de Ordenacion y Gestion Sostenible de Montes - Gestionar para el Futuro. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Contact: Secretaria del Congreso, Galeras no. 13, 1 Planta Oficina 4, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Tel: +34-981-582133. Fax: +34-981-582133. Email: congreso_ordenacion@tragsatec.es. Web Site
30 November - 2 December 1999. EXIFOR (International Forestry Exposition). Chihuahua State, Mexico. Two simultaneos events: The Forest Plantations Forum, and a Natural Forests Sustainable Management Seminar. Contact details will be in a later FIU.
The current USDA Forest Service - Forest Inventory and Analysis Newsletter
UCMP Glossaries for Phylogenetics, Geology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Ecology, Life History, Zoology, and Botany.
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