PNW Tree Improvement Research Coop NW Tree Improvement Coop Nursery Tech Coop Vegetation Management Research Coop Hardwood Silviculture Coop Stand Management Coop Swiss Needle Cast Coop Precision Forestry Coop Industr y & Agency clients Newton Maguir e Harring ton Ritchi e
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PNW Tree Improvement
Research Coop
NW Tree Improvement
Coop
Nursery Tech Coop
Vegetation Management
Research Coop
Hardwood Silviculture
Coop
Stand Management
Coop
Swiss Needle Cast Coop
Precision Forestry Coop
Industry & Agency clientsNewton Maguire
Harrington
Ritchie
pollen contamination
breeding values from progeny tests
stock type & stock physiology
Critical period threshold
Alder response to spacing
Thinning and fertilization responses
Foliage age class dynamics
LIDAR technology
Industry & Agency clients
Watershed silviculture
non-N fertlization
water use by competition
young stand model
pollen contamination
breeding values from progeny tests stock type & stock
physiology
Critical period threshold
Alder response to spacing
Thinning and fertilization responses
Foliage age class dynamics
LIDAR technology
Watershed silviculture
non-N fertlization
water use by competition
young stand model
Silvicultural treatments
ROTATION
Competing vegetation control
ROTATION
pre-harvest
site prep ?
release ?
release regime ?
Silvicultural INVESTMENT
ROTATION
Invest in release from competing vegetation in year 2 ?
OR
Fertilize in year 20 ?
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
SilvicultureRationale
A new approach to cooperative silvicultural research is required to:
(1) remain competitive in the global economy
(2) achieve financial targets demanded by owners
(3) protect the health and sustainability of the forest resource
It must be long-term, integrative, and broad in scope.
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
SilvicultureCIPS Mission
To optimize productivity, health and sustainability of intensively managed planted forests by investigating the interactions among genetics, silviculture, insects and disease, competition, nutrition, and soils,
while ensuring that the practices developed protect public resources and find public acceptance .
PNW Tree Improvement
Research Coop
NW Tree Improvement
Coop
Nursery Tech Coop
Vegetation Management
Research Coop
Hardwood Silviculture
Coop
Stand Management
Coop
Swiss Needle Cast Coop
Precision Forestry Coop
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
Silviculture
Organizational Structure
• Director – 0.5 FTE faculty member• Steering committee:
– One representative from each supporting organization– Works with Director to develop strategic research plan – Approves specific projects– Reviews program annually
• Science advisory group – current research coop directors and other scientists
(from OSU, other universities, and industry).
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
SilvicultureInitial ChargeTwo parallel tracks:
(1) develop a strategic plan for CIPS and initiate its research program
(2) lead development of a strategic vision for comprehensive and integrative research on plantation silviculture in the region.
CIPS
CIPS strategic plan CIPS projects
Comprehensive strategic vision
Regional strategic
framework
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
Silviculture
2007 May 1 CIPS planning begins
July 1 Funded CIPS activities begin
2008 June 30 End of first year of CIPS
FUNDING
Each CIPS member contributes $4,000
Minimum of $40,000 first-year commitment by CIPS members for:
¼ Director salary/OPE, travel, and indirect costs
College covers: ¼ Director salary/OPE
¼ Faculty Research Assistant salary/OPE
Projects cover additional FRA salary/OPE
Project Types
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CIPS Annual Conference Symposia Workshops
Data syntheses Supplements to existing field trials New field/lab trials
Models & decision-making software Silvicultural field guides Literature review/synthesis
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
Silviculture
Founding members as of April 12, 2007:
Roseburg Forest Products Weyerhaeuser Company Green Diamond Forest Capital Partners Starker Forests Campbell Group Lone Rock Timber Hancock Resource Oregon Department of Forestry Plum Creek Timber Forest Systems Rayonier Cascade Timber Consultants Port Blakely Bureau of Land Management Longview Fibre/Brookfield
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
Silviculture
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CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
Silviculture
• Develop a CIPS strategic plan and initial research – Set priorities on research topics and strategies– Identify one or more specific projects, complete with
timelines and budgets– Identify staffing and support needs– Develop long-term funding mechanism– Assemble a modeling committee
• Committee focus should be model “invariant”• ORGANON subcommittee to: approve changes to ORGANON,
maintain and archive all ORGANON databases, and oversee the maintenance of the ORGANON computer code.
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
Silviculture
• Lead development of a strategic vision for comprehensive and integrated research in the region– Assemble a review committee made up of leaders and
representatives of organizations currently involved in various aspects of plantation silviculture and research in the region
– Develop a vision for an integrated research program that covers interactions among genetics, competition, nutrition, soils, and insects and disease
– Provide an analysis of the effectiveness and cost efficiency of regional research with respect to the strategic vision and provide recommendations for improvement
*The indirect cost rate is established during negotiations with the University as part of the approval process to establish the Center (i.e., approval of a “Category I Proposal”)
Fertilization Trials
Target stands:
20 yrs old (± 5 yrs)
300 tpa (± 100 tpa)
No PCT or fertilization for ≥ 8 yrs
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
Silviculture
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TreatmentForm Amount Reason for inclusion
Kinsey Blend Site specific Scientific and industry interest in overall nutritional limits to productivity
Fenn Blend Site specific Scientific and industry interest in overall nutritional limits to productivity
Control - - - - Statistical reference for treatments
Lime CaCO3 1000 kg Ca / ha Preliminary success, elevates pH, reduces Al, adds Ca: compare to Ca-only treatment
N Urea 224 kg N / ha Standard approach, examine effects of adding N to N-rich sites
P Na3PO4 500 kg P / ha Can limit growth in highly weathered soils, some sites have P-fixing soils
Ca CaCl2 100 kg Ca / ha Low soil and foliar Ca is common at our sites, attributable to high soil N
Fertilization Trials 15 installations
Cascade Timber Giustina Green Diamond (2) Hampton (2) Lone Rock Menasha (2) ODF OSU Port Blakely West ForkTimber Weyerhaeuser (2)
CIPSCenter for Intensive Plantation
Silviculture
1/40-ac plots centered on measure tree (radius=18.6 ft)
1-chn grid
Nutrient P (lbs/ac)
Level 0 50 100
N (lbs/ac)
0 control 50P 100P
200 200N 200N-50P 200N-100P
400 400N 400N-50P 400N-100P
Fenn prescription for site-specific blend
Fenn prescription + 200N
Proposal from Nutrition Project Stand Management Cooperative University of Washington