Forests of the Black Hills National Forest 2011

Walters, Brian F.; Woodall, Christopher W.; Piva, Ronald J.; Hatfield, Mark A.; Domke, Grant M.; Haugen, David E.

doi:10.2737/nrs-rb-83

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“…The region was dominated by Rocky Mountain coniferous forests predominantly comprised of ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa ) with quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides ), paper birch ( Betula papyrifera ), and white spruce ( Picea glauca ) at higher elevations and on northeast slopes (Hoffman and Alexander , Walters et al ). The understory was dominated by western snowberry ( Symphoricarpos occidentalis ), white coralberry ( Symphoricarpos albus ), juniper ( Juniperus communis ), and kinnikinnick ( Arctostaphylos uva‐ursi ; Severson and Thilenius , Hoffman and Alexander ) along with a diversity of native and non‐native grasses, sedges, and forbs.…”

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confidence: 99%

Black‐backed woodpecker abundance in the Black Hills

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The Black Hills population of black‐backed woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) was petitioned, but deemed not warranted, to be listed as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act and more information on their population size in the region is needed. Our objective was to map abundance and provide a population estimate of black‐backed woodpeckers in the Black Hills and Bear Lodge Mountains of South Dakota and Wyoming, USA. We conducted 3,666 and 3,384 5‐minute point count surveys from late‐March to late‐June in 2015 and 2016, respectively. We characterized vegetation around each point using geographic information system‐derived landscape variables and fit 3‐level hierarchical time‐removal models in R package unmarked using gmultmix. The global abundance model received the most support and included year, latitude, and percent area of green trees, beetle‐killed trees, dead trees, 1‐ to 2‐year‐old wildfire, 3‐year‐old wildfire, and 4‐ to 5‐year‐old wildfire. Points with high percent cover of beetle‐killed trees had the greatest density of black‐backed woodpeckers, followed by 1‐ to 2‐year‐old wildfires. After 4 years, areas burned by wildfire supported lower densities of black‐backed woodpeckers than undisturbed forests. Mean density was 0.528 birds/km2 in 2015 and 0.626 birds/km2 in 2016. There were an estimated 2,920 and 3,439 black‐backed woodpeckers in the Black Hills and Bear Lodge Mountains in 2015 and 2016, respectively. We suggest areas with high percent cover of beetle‐killed trees may support high densities of black‐backed woodpeckers and are important to sustaining populations when the availability of recent (<4 years old) wildfire is declining or scarce. Published 2018. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.

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confidence: 99%

Black‐backed woodpecker abundance in the Black Hills

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“…Although DeBlander ( 2002) commented that over 130,000 acres of the BHNF had been impacted by large fires, the mortality caused by these fires was not included in the report since the measurements were made before the wildfires. However, Walters et al (2013) did report tree mortality from the Jasper fire as well as other wildfires.…”

Section: Wildfiresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…latifolia (Engelm.) and limber pine (Pinus flexilis James) (Shepperd and Battaglia 2002;Walters et al 2013) are present. The Black Hills has a continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers.…”

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A scenario-based assessment to inform sustainable ponderosa pine timber harvest on the Black Hills National Forest

Graham

Battaglia

Jain

2021

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Since 2000, the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF) has experienced several disturbances that have reduced standing live sawtimber volume which will affect future harvest levels. To evaluate options concerning the future timber management program, we conducted a quantitative analysis to determine how mortality from these disturbances and potential growth rates will impact short-, mid-, and long-term sustainable sawtimber harvest levels of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum Dougl. ex Laws.). In 2019, there was 5,995,428 CCF (hundreds of cubic feet) standing live ponderosa pine sawtimber within the suitable timberlands. The current harvest level in the BHNF Forest Plan of 181,000 CCF/yr is not a sustainable option. Over the next several decades, if mortality rates stay below 1.04%, harvest levels of 72,400 and 90,500 CCF/yr appear to be sustainable if all suitable timberlands are available for harvest. History shows that allowing the forest to recover after large disturbances provides opportunities to adjust future harvest levels. Also, tending of young forests can promote recovery and produce sawtimber volume more quickly.

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“…White spruce (Picea glauca), quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), and even limber pine (Pinus flexilis) occur. Nearly 1.5 million acres of ponderosa pine dominate the forests of the Black Hills with 884,900 acres occurring on the Black Hills National Forest (Boldt and Van Deusen 1974;Walters et al 2013) (fig. 3).…”

Section: Black Hillsmentioning

confidence: 99%