Forest Hydrology Research: Putting the Pieces into the “Big Picture”

1/16/2001


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Table of Contents

  1. Forest Hydrology Research: Putting the Pieces into the “Big Picture”
  2. PPT Slide
  3. PPT Slide
  4. PPT Slide
  5. PPT Slide
  6. Why are we still talking about this?
  7. Because Watershed Research Represents a New Viewpoint for Forest Hydrology?
  8. Because concerned citizens want to know more science-based details?
  9. Possibly….
  10. Possibly….
  11. Possibly….
  12. How is the forest hydrology community addressing these questions?
  13. How is the forest hydrology community addressing these questions?
  14. Weyerhaeuser’s Long Term Research:
  15. Why is this “traditional” research long-term instead of cheap and quick?
  16. Why is this “traditional” research long-term instead of cheap and quick?
  17. PPT Slide
  18. Key Small Watershed Results
  19. PPT Slide
  20. Fertilizer Study - 150 ha subwatershed fertilized in attempt to detect effects
  21. “Worst Case Scenario”
  22. Nitrogen Concentrations (FW) mg/l
  23. Nitrogen Concentrations (Outlet) mg/l
  24. Summary: Large Area Fertilized Big Storm ?Worst Case Scenario Effects Detectable Effects Transient How do you put these effects in context?
  25. Fertilization Study Follow-up - Will be Re-Fertilized in December with a different precipitation regime (Unless we are very, very unlucky!)
  26. SMZ Research
  27. SMZ Study
  28. Results
  29. Summary of Large-Scale Research
  30. How is the forest hydrology community addressing these questions?
  31. Research to determine: When actually put into practice, do forest practices degrade stream health?
  32. “BMP Effectiveness” Studies
  33. PPT Slide
  34. Mississippi BMP Effectiveness Research
  35. PPT Slide
  36. Downstream Temperature Change
  37. Downstream DO Change
  38. Downstream Turbidity Change
  39. How will the results be put in context?
  40. How is the forest hydrology community addressing these questions?
  41. Research to Determine: How does forestry fit into the landscape?
  42. Nutrient Loads to Reservoirs in Alabama (Lynn Sisk, ADEM)
  43. Parameters
  44. PPT Slide
  45. Summary
  46. Sepulga River Watershed Study
  47. Sepulga River Watershed Study
  48. Sepulga River Watershed Study
  49. How can we answer the “small scale” question?
  50. PPT Slide
  51. Summary
 Author: Jami Nettles

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Other information:
a presentation made to the conference "Sustaining Southern Forests" November 7-8, 2000 in Durham, NC and hosted by the Southern Forest Resource Assessment