Research Resources

A vast number of resources deal with the topic of forests and their management. Several publications that those seeking additional information should find of interest are:

Alvarez, M. 2007. The State of America's Forests. (1.84MB .pdf) MD: Society of American Foresters.

Bonnicksen, T. 2000. America's Ancient Forests - From the Ice Age to the Age of Discovery. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Bowyer, J. 2001. Environmental implications of wood production in intensively managed plantations . (191KB .pdf) Wood and Fiber Science 33(3): 318-333.

Bowyer, J. 2001. Industrial hemp ( Cannabis sativa L.) as a papermaking raw material in Minnesota: technical, economic, and environmental considerations . Department of Wood and Paper Science Report Series - 2001, 50pp.

Bowyer, J., J. Howe, K. Fernholz, and P. Guillery. 2004. Tree-Free Paper: When is it Good for the Environment? . Dovetail Partners, Inc., Responsible Materials Series, Sept. 2.

FAO. 2007. State of the World's Forests, 2007. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0773e/a0773e00.htm

Fernholz, K., J. Howe, J. Bowyer, and P. Guillery. 2005. How Do the FSC and SFI Standards Address the Forest Service's Four Threats? Dovetail Partners, Inc., September 15.

Fernholz, K., J. Howe, and J. Bowyer. 2006. Conservation Easements to Protect Working Forests. Dovetail Partners, February 23. http://www.dovetailinc.org/documents/DovetailEasements0206_000.pdf

Floyd, D.W. 2002. Forest Sustainability: The History, the Challenge, the Promise. Forest History Society.

Geist, H.J. and Lambin, E.F. 2003. Proximate Causes and underlying driving forces of tropical deforestation . (286KB .pdf) Bioscience 52(2):143-150.

Guillery, P., J. Howe, K. Fernholz, and J. Bowyer. 2004. Beginner's Guide to Third-Party Forest Certification: Shining a Light on the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Approach. Dovetail Partners, Inc., Sept. 15. http://www.dovetailinc.org/documents/Dovetail3rdParty91504_000.pdf

Ince, P., Schuler, A., Spelter, H., and Luppold, W. 2007. Globalization and Structural Change in the U.S. Forest Sector: An Evolving Context for Sustainable Forest Management. USDA-Forest Service, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-170. (March) http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr170.pdf

International Tropical Timber Organization. 2006. Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation-2006. Document GI-7/06. http://www.itto.or.jp/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=3771700&no=1

Lindsey, Rebecca. 2007. Tropical deforestation . NASA, Earth Observatory.

Lippke, B., J. Wilson, J. Perez-Garcia, J. Bowyer, and J. Meil. 2004. CORRIM: Life-Cycle Environmental Performance of Building Materials. Forest Products Journal 54(6): 8-19. http://www.corrim.org/reports/pdfs/FPJ_Sept2004.pdf

MacCleery, D. 1994. American Forests: A History of Resiliency and Recovery . Forest History Society.

Minnesota Forest Resources Council, 2005. Sustaining Minnesota Forest Resources: Voluntary Site-Level Forest Management Guidelines. http://www.frc.state.mn.us/documents/council/site-level/MFRC_FMG&Biomass_2007-12-17.pdf

Moore, Patrick. 2010. Trees are the Answer. Beatty Street Publishing Inc. Vancouver, BC.

Perlin, J. 1991. A Forest Journey - the Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

Pyne, S.J. 1997. America's Fires: Management on Wildlands and Forests . Forest History Society.

Shifley, S. and N. Sullivan. 2002. The status of timber resources in the North Central United States . USDA-Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-228.

Shifley, S. 2006. Sustainable Forestry in the Balance. Journal of Forestry 105(4): 187-195. http://ncrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2006/nc_2006_shifley_003.pdf

Smith, W., P. Miles, J. Vissage, and S. Pugh. 2004. Forest Resources of the United States, 2002 . USDA-Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-241.

UNECE. 2007. Forest Products Annual Market Review, Geneva Timber and Forest Study Paper 22. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe/Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/docs/fpama/2007/FPAMR2007.pdf

USDA Forest Service, February 2004. National Report on Sustainable Forests- 2003. http://www.fs.fed.us/research/sustain/2003SustainabilityReport/

In addition to the references listed above, check out the complete listing of Dovetail Partners environmental reports. These are short, concise reports dealing with a broad array of topics related to forest management.

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