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UPDATE LOG FOR SOLO WEB SITE:

This update log was first published on October 10, 2006. Documents published before that date may or may not have a date indicated as to when they were added to the SoLo web site. An effort will be made to fill in dates of more recent updates and additions.

September 5, 2008

• A link to one document was added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
  • GTR-PNW-759 – Erickson, Heather E.; White, Rachel. Soils under fire: soils research and the Joint Fire Science Program. (available at http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/29927). 2008.

August 28, 2008

• Seven documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
  • Arno, Stephen F. The historical role of fire on the Bitterroot National Forest (PDF - 2.34 MB). 1976. (RP-INT-187) - this one also added to Bitterroot National Forest pages
  • Benson, Robert E. Damage from logging and prescribed burning in partially cut Douglas-fir stands (PDF - 846 KB). 1980. (RN-INT-294) - this one also added to Lolo and Helena National Forest pages
  • Fahnestock, George R. Logging slash flammability after five years (PDF - 2.58 MB). 1962. (RP-INT-70)
  • Kruse, William H. Effects of wildfire on elk and deer use of a Ponderosa Pine forest (PDF - 680 KB). 1972. (RN-RM-226)
  • Norum, Rodney A. Preliminary guidelines for prescribed burning under standing timber in western larch/Douglas-fir forests (PDF - 977 KB). 1977. (RN-INT-229)
  • Shearer, Raymond C. Seedbed characteristics in western larch forests after prescribed burning (PDF - 1.25 MB). 1975. (RP-INT-167) - this one also added to Flathead National Forest pages
  • Steele, Robert W. Postharvest residue burning under alternative silvicultural practices (PDF - 346 KB). 1980. (RN-INT-293)

August 18, 2008

• The following document references were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents" (with links to corresponding publisher if available):
  • Cromer, R. N. and R. G. Vines. 1966. Soil temperatures under a burning windrow. Aust. For. Res. 2: 29–34.
  • Humphreys, F. R. and Marcia J. Lambert. 1965. Soil temperature profiles under slash and log fires of various intensities. Australian For. Res. 1?: 23–29
  • Klock, G. O. and C. C. Grier. 1981. Effects of Fire on the Long-term Maintenance of Forest Productivity. In: Gessel, S.P.; Kenady, R.M.; Atkinson, W.A., eds. Proceedings, Forest fertilization conference; 1979 September 25-27; Union, WA. Institute of Forest Resources Cont. 40. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, College of Forest Resources: 247–250.
  • Martin, Robert E. 1988. Interaction among fire, arthropods, and diseases in a healthy forest. In: Healthy Forests, Healthy World: Proceedings of the 1988 Society of American Foresters National Convention, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 16–19, 1988. Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD. 87–91
  • Martin, Robert E. 1981. Prescribed Burning Techniques to Maintain or Improve Soil Productivity. In: Reforestation of Skeletal Soils, Proceedings of a Workshop, November 17–19, 1981, Medford, Oregon. S.D. Hobbs and O.T. Helgerson, eds. Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 66–70.
  • Roberts, W. B. 1965. Soil temperatures under a pile of burning logs. Aust. For. Res. 1?: 21–25.
  • Thies, Walter G. 1990. Effects of prescribed fire on diseases of conifers. In: Natural and Prescribed Fire in Pacific Northwest Forests. John D. Walstad, Steven R. Radosevich and David V. Sandberg, edit. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR p. 117–121
• Two documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
  • DeByle, N.V. 1976. Fire, logging, and debris disposal effects on soil and water in northern coniferous forests. International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Div. 1, Proceedings XVI IUFRO World Congr. Oslo, Norway. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 201–212.
  • Norum, Rodney A. 1976. Fire Intensity-Fuel Reduction Relationships Associated With Understory Burning in Larch/Douglas-Fir Stands. In: Tall Timbers fire ecology conference No. 14; symposium proceedings; 1974 October 8–10; Missoula, MT. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 559–572.

August 13, 2008

• Added information about Senate Resolution 440 and SOILNET to the SoLo home page.

July 12, 2008

• UPDATED Blank monitoring form and instructions added: SoLo Soil Disturbance Monitoring Form (SDM - blank form) (Excel file - 377 KB) and associated "Read Me First" file (PDF - 22 KB) to Monitoring: Documents.

June 9, 2008

• Links to the following research papers were added to "Research Publications" and to "Productivity: Documents":
  • Davis and Klehm. 1939. Controlled burning in the Western White Pine type.
  • Entry, Stark and Loewenstein. 1986. Effect of timber harvesting on microbial biomass fluxes in a northern Rocky Mountain forest soil.
  • Feller. 1982. The Ecological Effects of Slashburning with particular reference to British Columbia: A Literature Review.
  • Frandsen and Ryan. 1986. Soil moisture reduces belowground heat flux and soil temperatures under a burning fuel pile.
  • Gore and Patterson. 1986. Mass of downed wood in northern hardwood forests in New Hampshire: potential effects of forest management.
  • Harvey, Jurgensen and Graham. 1999. Fire-soil interactions governing site productivity in the northern Rocky Mountains.
  • Hesterberg and Jurgensen. 1972. The relation of forest fertilization to disease incidence.
  • Neal, Wright and Bollen. 1965. Burning Douglas-fir slash: Physical, chemical, and microbial effects in the soil.
  • Russell, Thies, Campbell, Gara and Littke. 1989. Effects of slash burning on forest damage from animals, insects, disease and adverse environment.
  • Tarrant. 1956. Effect of slash burning on some physical soil properties.
  • Thomson. 1986. Trend surface analysis of spatial patterns of tree size, microsite effects, and competitive stress.
  • Wright and Tarrent. 1958. Occurrence of mycorrhizae after logging and slash burning in the Douglas-fir forest type.
• Listings for the following research papers were added to "Research Publications" and to "Productivity: Documents":
  • Arno. 1980. Forest fire history in the Northern Rockies.
  • Bissett and Parkinson. 1980. Long-term effects of fire on the composition and activity of the soil microflora of a subalpine, coniferous forest.
  • Widden and Parkinson. 1974. The effects of a forest fire on soil microfungi.

May 28, 2008

• Added some reference documents already in SoLo to the Flathead National Forest reference documents page.

May 19, 2008

• Added blank monitoring form and instructions: SoLo Soil Quality Monitoring Report Form (SDM - blank form) (Excel file - 551 KB) and associated "Read Me First" file (PDF - 19 KB) to Monitoring: Documents.
• Link added:
  A Field Guide to Biological Soil Crusts of Western U.S. Drylands: Common Lichens and Bryophytes
  (http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/products/pdfs/Field_Guide_Book_25.pdf)

March 26, 2008

• Important document on the concept of root limiting bulk density was added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
  • Daddow, R. L. and G. E. Warrington. Growth-limiting Soil Bulk Densities as Influenced by Soil Texture (PDF - 104 KB). 1983. Watershed Systems Development Group Report: WSDG-TN-00005.

March 7, 2008

• Two documents were added to "Research Publications" and "Productivity: Documents":
  • GTR-INT-65 – Harvey, Alan E., Martin F. Jurgensen and Michael J. Larsen. Role of Forest Fuels in the Biology and Management of soil (PDF - 4.4 MB). 1979.
  • Jurgensen, M. F.; A. E. Harvey; M. J. Larsen. Effects of Prescribed Fire on Soil Nitrogen Levels in a Cutover Douglas-fir/Western Larch Forest (PDF - 3.7 MB). 1981. Research Paper INT-275.

February 15, 2008

• Link to San Dimas Technology and Development Center was added to the "Links" page and to "Monitoring: Concerns".
• Link to research paper entitled, "Site Productivity and Soil Conditions on Terraced Ponderosa Pine Sites in Western Montana" was added to "Research Publications", "Productivity: Documents" and to the "Bitterroot Forest Reference Documents" page.

November 9, 2007

• Corrections were made as follows:
  • The Beaverhead Mountains (M332E) links were removed from the Bitterroot NF pages.
  • The Rocky Mountain Front (M332Ca) links were removed from the Flathead NF pages.
  • The Bitterroot Valley (M332B) links and the Continental Divide Uplands (M332Ea - part of the Beaverhead Mountains) link were removed from the Helena NF pages.
  • The Idaho Batholith (M332A) links were removed from the Dakota Prairie Grasslands pages.

October 5, 2007

• Links to corresponding "Ecological Subsections" and "Ranger Districts" have been added to the Custer National Forest, Dakota Prairie National Grasslands and Gallatin National Forest pages.

September 24, 2007

• Links to corresponding "Ecological Subsections" and "Ranger Districts" have been added to the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Helena, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark, Lolo, Nez Perce, and Flathead National Forest pages.

June 8, 2007

• Complete PDF files for Forest Habitat Types of Central Idaho, Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho: A Second Approximation, and Plant Community Classification for Alpine Vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana added to "Habitat Types".

June 7, 2007

• Complete PDF of Forest Habitat Types of Montana added to "Habitat Types".

March 28, 2007

• Links to corresponding "Ecological Subsections" and "Ranger Districts" have been added to the Clearwater National Forest pages. Similar links will be added to other National Forest pages over the next couple of weeks.

March 15, 2007

• Added links to many publications by monitoring activity (pubs already listed in other SoLo document lists other than the publications added today).
• Added following publications to Productivity Documents and Research Publications:
  • Harvey, Alan E., Michael J. Larsen and Martin F. Jurgensen. Partial cut harvesting and ectomycorrhizae: early effects in Douglas-fir-larch forests of western Montana. 1980b. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 10(3): 436–440.
  • Page-Dumroese, Deborah S., Alan E. Harvey, Martin F. Jurgensen and Michael J. Larsen. Ponderosa Pine Seedling Response to Planting-site Soil Fumigation and Fungicide Application. 1996. Northwest Science. 70(2): 139–146.

March 9, 2007

• Added a search option to the SoLo web site.
• Page content was updated on the Monitoring home page and on the Monitoring Guidelines page.

March 7, 2007

• Added links to many publications by monitoring concern (pubs already listed in other SoLo document lists).
  [The changes listed here were not actually posted to the monitoring concerns page until March 12, 2007. Sorry for any inconvenience or confusion.]

March 2, 2007

• Added following publication to Productivity Documents and Research Publications:
  Page-Dumroese, D. S.; A. E. Harvey; M. F. Jurgensen and M. P. Amaranthus. Impacts of soil compaction and tree stump removal on soil properties and outplanted seedlings in northern Idaho, USA. Can. J. Soil Sci. (abstract available). 1998.
• Added links to many publications by monitoring concern (pubs already listed in other SoLo document lists); more links will be added to this page in the next week.

February 23, 2007

• On the Research Publications page within the topic of "Productivity", the group of papers under the heading, "Sub-topic: Compaction," and the group of papers under the heading, "Research Papers on Other Topics" have been combined into one section.
• Added following publication to Monitoring Documents and Research Publications:
  • Page-Dumroese, D.; Jurgensen, M.; Abbott, A.; Rice, T.; Tirocke, J.; Farley, S.; DeHart, S. 2006. Monitoring Changes in Soil Quality from Post-fire Logging in the Inland Northwest. 605-614. In: Andrews, Patricia L.; Butler, Bret W., comps. 2006. Fuels Management. How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings. 28-30 March 2006; Portland, OR. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
• Added following publications to Productivity Documents and Research Publications:
  • Busse, Matt D.; Samual E. Beattie; Robert F. Powers; Felipe G. Sanchez and Allan E. Tiarks. Microbial community responses in forest mineral soil to compaction, organic matter removal, and vegetation control. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 577–588.
  • Carter, Mason C.; Thomas J. Dean; Ziyin Wang and Ray A. Newbold. Impacts of harvesting and postharvest treatments on soil bulk density, soil strength, and early growth of Pinus taeda in the Gulf Coastal Plain: a Long-Term Soil Productivity affiliated study. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 601–614.
  • Cline, Richard G.; Jerry Ragus; Gary D. Hogan; Doug G. Maynard; Neil W. Foster; Thomas A. Terry; Ronald L. Heninger; Robert G. Campbell and Mason C. Carter. Policies and practices to sustain soil productivity: perspectives from the public and private sectors. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 615–625.
  • Fleming, Robert L.; Michael F. Laporte; Gary D. Hogan and Paul W. Hazlett. Effects of harvesting and soil disturbance on soil CO₂ efflux from a jack pine forest. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 589–600.
  • Fleming, Robert L.; Robert F. Powers; Neil W. Foster; J. Marty Kranabetter; D. Andrew Scott; Felix Ponder, Jr.; Shannon Berch; William K. Chapman; Richard D. Kabzems; Kim H. Ludovici; David M. Morris; Deborah S. Page-Dumroese; Paul T. Sanborn; Felipe G. Sanchez; Douglas M. Stone and Allan E. Tiarks. Effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction, and vegetation control on 5-year seedling performance: a regional comparison of Long-Term Soil Productivity sites. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 529–550.
  • Han, H.-S.; D. S. Page-Dumroese; S.-K. Han and J. Tirocke. Effects of slash, machine passes, and soil moisture on penetration resistance in a cut-to-length harvesting. International Journal of Forest Engineering. 2006. 17(2): 11–24.
  • Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Martin F. Jurgensen; Allan E. Tiarks; Felix Ponder, Jr.; Felipe G. Sanchez; Robert L. Fleming, J.; Marty Kranabetter, Robert F. Powers; Douglas M. Stone; John D. Elioff and D. Andrew Scott. Soil physical property changes at the North American Long-Term Soil Productivity study sites: 1 and 5 years after compaction. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 551–564.
  • Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Miller, Richard; Mital, Jim; McDaniel, Paul; Miller, Dan, tech.eds. 2007. Volcanic-ash-derived forest soils of the Inland Northwest: properties and implications for management and restoration. 9-10 November 2005, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Proceedings RMRS-P-44. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 220 p.
  • Powers, Robert F. Long-Term Soil Productivity: genesis of the concept and principles behind the program. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 519–528.
  • Sanchez, Felipe G.; Allan E. Tiarks; J. Marty Kranabetter; Deborah S. Page-Dumroese; Robert F. Powers; Paul T. Sanborn and William K. Chapman. Effects of organic matter removal and soil compaction on fifth-year mineral soil carbon and nitrogen contents for sites across the United States and Canada. Can. J. For. Res. 2006. 36(3): 565–576.

February 7, 2007

• Many of the publications/documents within SoLo have been moved to new locations in the site structure. Some publications have also been renamed. If you have trouble finding a publication, please feel free to contact the SoLo webmaster, Susan Weaver, and ask for assistance.
• No new documents have been added to SoLo today other than the masters thesis listed below, but numerous links to documents already listed in some SoLo web pages have been added to other sections of SoLo.
• Added:
  “Effects of Mechanical Site Preparation on Selected Physical Properties of Four Volcanic Ash Influenced Forest Soils in Northern Idaho.” (PDF file - 2.8 MB) by Harold P. Collins. Unpublished masters thesis, University of Idaho, 1983.
  to Productivity Documents and Graduate Theses

January 10, 2007

• Links to habitat type manuals added to "Reference Documents" pages within the Region 1 National Forests section

January 3, 2007

• "Soils" excerpts added to Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho: A Second Approximation

November 27, 2006

• Added link to:
  Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) located at http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/.
  links added to Productivity Documents and Research Publications
• Added link to:
  The Use of Fire in Forest Restoration (GTR-INT-341). (A General Session at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration, Seattle, WA, September 14–16, 1995.) [table of contents and selected papers available at http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/int_gtr341/];
  links added to Productivity Documents and Research Publications
• Added:
  Intensive Fiber Utilization and Prescribed Fire: Effects on the Microbial Ecology of Forests (GTR-INT-28) (PDF - 3.1 MB) by A. E. Harvey, M. F. Jurgensen and M. J. Larsen
  to Productivity Documents and Research Publications
• Added:
  Proceedings of the Soil Quality Standards Symposium (WO-WSA-2) (PDF - 4 MB), Oct. 23, 1990, San Antonio, TX
  to Productivity Documents and Research Publications
• Added:
  Reduction of Soil Erosion on Forest Roads (GTR-INT-264) (PDF - 1.9 MB) by Edward R. Burroughs, Jr. and John G. King
  to Productivity Documents and Research Publications

November 16, 2006

• Added:
  Productivity/Management and Soils excerpts from Forest Habitat Types of Montana
  to Habitat Types section

October 12, 2006

• Added:
  Productivity/Management and Soils excerpts from Forest Habitat Types of Central Idaho
  to Habitat Types section

October 10, 2006

• Added link to:
  Han, Sang-Kyun. “Impacts on Soils from Cut-To-Length and Whole Tree Harvesting.” (Microsoft Word Document - 1.6 MB) Diss. University of Idaho, 2006.
  to Productivity Documents
• Added links to:
  Page-Dumroese, D. S. and M. F. Jurgensen. Soil carbon and nitrogen pools in mid- to late- successional forest stands of the northwestern United States: potential impact of fire. Can. J. For. Res. (abstract and full text available at Can. J. For. Res.). 2006. 36: 2270–2284.
  from Productivity Documents and Research Publications

August 8, 2006

• Added:
  Han, Sang-Kyun. “Impacts on Soils from Cut-To-Length and Whole Tree Harvesting.” (Microsoft Word Document - 1.6 MB) Diss. University of Idaho, 2006.
  to Graduate Theses

June 27, 2006

• "Soils" excerpts added to Plant Community Classification for Alpine Vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana

February 22, 2006

• Added:
  Productivity/Management excerpts from Plant Community Classification for Alpine Vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana
  to Habitat Types section
• Added:
  Productivity/Management excerpts from Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho: A Second Approximation
  to Habitat Types section