Field Note: Introducing SYSPROP—A Software Tool to Identify Small but Economically Viable Timber Parcels in the Pacific Northwest

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Helderop ◽  
Tony H Grubesic ◽  
Clayton N Edson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
The United States ◽  
Automatic Identification ◽  
Small Individual ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Field Note

Abstract The past several decades have seen a steady decline in timber harvest rates from many parts of the United States, particularly the Pacific Northwest. Although various factors fuel this decline, one of the principal drivers is increasing rates of parcelization of the landscape. Increasingly parcelized forested landscapes tend to be more challenging to log—both because urbanization rates are somewhat correlated with parcelization but also due to the additional administrative overhead in securing logging rights in increasingly smaller parcels. The purpose of this note is to introduce SYSPROP, a tool to aid in the automatic identification of economically viable parcels for logging. We conclude with a case study of a small logging company operating in Washington State that used this tool to identify several promising parcels. Study Implications: In the Pacific Northwest of the United States, large areas of forested landscape are being broken into small individual parcels. This makes adequately harvesting timber from these tracts of land difficult, because stumpage rights need to be negotiated for each distinct parcel. We introduce a set of software tools that allows a user to automatically identify economically viable parcels for logging company operators. The paper concludes with an exploration of a case study detailing how one small logging company used the software.

scholarly journals First record of Euxestonotus error (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

2016 ◽  
Vol 148 (5) ◽  
pp. 616-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.R. Echegaray ◽  
R.N. Stougaard ◽  
B. Bohannon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
First Record ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sitodiplosis Mosellana ◽  
Wheat Midge ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Northwestern Montana

AbstractEuxestonotus error (Fitch) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is considered part of the natural enemy complex of the wheat midge Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Although previously reported in the United States of America, there is no record for this species outside the state of New York since 1865. A survey conducted in the summer of 2015 revealed that E. error is present in northwestern Montana and is likely playing a role in the suppression of wheat midge populations.

“How Can We Catch Fire?”

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-143
Author(s):  
Melanie C. Ross
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African American ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The United States ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Influence At Work ◽  
Vineyard Movement

Chapter 5 explores the Vineyard movement, one of the fastest-growing church movements in the United States, which is committed to holding together the “already” and “not yet” of the Kingdom of God in worship. In addition to looking for a dramatic, miraculous inbreaking of the Holy Spirit, there is a less dramatic but equally formative influence at work in worship: the Quaker notion of “gospel order” and its accompanying understanding of ethics. These commitments are tested at “Koinonia Vineyard,” a congregation located in the Pacific Northwest, where one African American member wrestles with her vision of activism and her Caucasian pastor’s desire for the congregation to remain politically neutral during a time of national racial unrest.

Integrated Control of Rush Skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) in the Western U.S.

Weed Science ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (S1) ◽  
pp. 2-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Lee
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Integrated Control ◽  
Control Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Rush Skeletonweed ◽  
Eurasian Species ◽  
Eastern Seaboard ◽  
Chondrilla Juncea

Rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla junceaL. CHOJU) infestations occur along the eastern seaboard and in several western states of the United States. This Eurasian species was inadvertently introduced prior to 1870, with established stands first reported in Maryland and West Virginia (16). These infestations (16) were assessed as lacking aggressive characteristics and posed little threat as a problem weed. Although rush skeletonweed was discovered in the Pacific Northwest as early as 1938, the species was not recognized as a potential weed problem until nearly three decades later (27). Subsequent surveys revealed that infestations occupied over 2.3 million ha in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington (6). Attempts to generate support for an organized control program in Idaho were met with little enthusiasm during the 1960's.

scholarly journals Genomic Variation and Evolution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus ST36 over the Course of a Transcontinental Epidemic Expansion

mBio ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Martinez-Urtaza ◽  
Ronny van Aerle ◽  
Michel Abanto ◽  
Julie Haendiges ◽  
Robert A. Myers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Vibrio Parahaemolyticus ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sequence Type ◽  
Evolutionary Divergence ◽  
Human Pathogens ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Northeast Coast

ABSTRACT Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of seafood-related infections with illnesses undergoing a geographic expansion. In this process of expansion, the most fundamental change has been the transition from infections caused by local strains to the surge of pandemic clonal types. Pandemic clone sequence type 3 (ST3) was the only example of transcontinental spreading until 2012, when ST36 was detected outside the region where it is endemic in the U.S. Pacific Northwest causing infections along the U.S. northeast coast and Spain. Here, we used genome-wide analyses to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the V. parahaemolyticus ST36 clone over the course of its geographic expansion during the previous 25 years. The origin of this lineage was estimated to be in ~1985. By 1995, a new variant emerged in the region and quickly replaced the old clone, which has not been detected since 2000. The new Pacific Northwest (PNW) lineage was responsible for the first cases associated with this clone outside the Pacific Northwest region. After several introductions into the northeast coast, the new PNW clone differentiated into a highly dynamic group that continues to cause illness on the northeast coast of the United States. Surprisingly, the strains detected in Europe in 2012 diverged from this ancestral group around 2000 and have conserved genetic features present only in the old PNW lineage. Recombination was identified as the major driver of diversification, with some preliminary observations suggesting a trend toward a more specialized lifestyle, which may represent a critical element in the expansion of epidemics under scenarios of coastal warming. IMPORTANCE Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae represent the only two instances of pandemic expansions of human pathogens originating in the marine environment. However, while the current pandemic of V. cholerae emerged more than 50 years ago, the global expansion of V. parahaemolyticus is a recent phenomenon. These modern expansions provide an exceptional opportunity to study the evolutionary process of these pathogens at first hand and gain an understanding of the mechanisms shaping the epidemic dynamics of these diseases, in particular, the emergence, dispersal, and successful introduction in new regions facilitating global spreading of infections. In this study, we used genomic analysis to examine the evolutionary divergence that has occurred over the course of the most recent transcontinental expansion of a pathogenic Vibrio, the spreading of the V. parahaemolyticus sequence type 36 clone from the region where it is endemic on the Pacific coast of North America to the east coast of the United States and finally to the west coast of Europe. IMPORTANCE Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholerae represent the only two instances of pandemic expansions of human pathogens originating in the marine environment. However, while the current pandemic of V. cholerae emerged more than 50 years ago, the global expansion of V. parahaemolyticus is a recent phenomenon. These modern expansions provide an exceptional opportunity to study the evolutionary process of these pathogens at first hand and gain an understanding of the mechanisms shaping the epidemic dynamics of these diseases, in particular, the emergence, dispersal, and successful introduction in new regions facilitating global spreading of infections. In this study, we used genomic analysis to examine the evolutionary divergence that has occurred over the course of the most recent transcontinental expansion of a pathogenic Vibrio, the spreading of the V. parahaemolyticus sequence type 36 clone from the region where it is endemic on the Pacific coast of North America to the east coast of the United States and finally to the west coast of Europe.

scholarly journals Verticillium Wilt in Spinach Seed Production

Plant Disease ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey J. du Toit ◽  
Mike L. Derie ◽  
Pablo Hernandez-Perez
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Seed Production ◽  
Verticillium Wilt ◽  
Spinacia Oleracea ◽  
Seed Transmission ◽  
The United States ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Systemic Movement ◽  
The Pacific

There are no previous reports of Verticillium wilt in fresh and processing spinach (Spinacia oleracea) crops in the United States. In 2002, a hybrid spinach seed crop in the Pacific Northwest developed late-season wilt symptoms. Assays of the harvested seed and stock seed of the male and female parents revealed 59.5, 44.0, and 1.5%, respectively, were infected with Verticillium dahliae. Assays of 13 stock or commercial seed lots grown in 2002 and 62 commercial lots harvested in 2003 in Denmark, Holland, New Zealand, and the United States revealed the prevalence of Verticillium spp. in commercial spinach seed. Sixty-eight lots (89%) were infected with Verticillium spp. at incidences ranging from 0.3 to 84.8%. Five spinach seed isolates of V. dahliae were pathogenic on each of three spinach cultivars by root-dip inoculation. V. dahliae was detected on 26.4% of the seed from 7 of 11 inoculated plants but on none of the seed from 6 control plants, demonstrating systemic movement of V. dahliae. Seed-to-seed transmission was also demonstrated by planting naturally infected seed lots. This is the first report of Verticillium wilt of spinach in the primary region of spinach seed production in the United States.

Immigration Restrictions and International Education: Early Tensions in the Pacific Northwest, 1890s-1910s

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-294
Author(s):  
Krystyn R. Moon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
International Education ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Policies ◽  
European Americans ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Preparatory Schools

This essay explores the experiences and debates surrounding preparatory schools for Chinese students in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. These institutions attempted to expand educational opportunities for poorer Chinese students who might otherwise not have had a chance to go to school; however, most of these children also had families in the United States, who supported their children's education but also needed their help to sustain their families. American laws banned most forms of Chinese immigration, and families had to carefully maneuver through federal policies to enter the country as students, often turning to European Americans-who were invested in expanding U.S. involvement in China-for support. Because of anti-Chinese sentiments, consular and immigration authorities questioned these programs, making them difficult to sustain. Ultimately, the interactions between immigration and consular officials, education boosters, and Chinese students were integral to the development of preparatory schools for other international students in the twentieth century.

Common integrating factor in softwood log exports from the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 447-456
Author(s):  
Changyou Sun ◽  
Jean M. Daniels ◽  
Kate C. Marcille
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Economic Market ◽  
Integrating Factor ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Market Shocks

Softwood logs comprise a large portion of forest product exports from the United States. Most of these exports have occurred between the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and several Asian countries. In this study, the extent and degree of market integration of softwood log exports from 1996 to 2018 are examined by co-integration analyses and permanent–transitory decomposition. Softwood log exports to Japan and South Korea appear to be in the same economic market and show a high degree of integration, while trade between the United States and China has evolved more independently. A detailed analysis is conducted on five prices related to Japan and South Korea with full-time coverage, and one common integrating factor is found and estimated. The price of export from the Columbia-Snake Customs District to Japan is identified as the driving force. Price responses to market shocks usually occur within four months. These findings have implications for government agencies and participants in the market of softwood log trade.

scholarly journals Distribution of Potebniamyces pyri in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Its Association with a Canker and Twig Dieback Disease of Pear Trees

Plant Disease ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 89 (9) ◽  
pp. 920-925 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Xiao ◽  
R. J. Boal
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
The United States ◽  
Separate Experiment ◽  
Postharvest Disease ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Dieback Disease ◽  
Cork Borer ◽  
Pear Trees ◽  
Canker Development

Winter pears (Pyrus communis) in the United States are produced primarily in the Pacific Northwest. Potebniamyces pyri (anamorph Phacidiopycnis piri) is the causal agent of Phacidiopycnis rot, a recently reported postharvest disease on pears in the United States. Infection of fruit by P. pyri occurs in the orchard, and symptoms develop during storage. P. pyri was observed to be associated with cankers, dead bark, and twig dieback of pear trees. P. pyri was isolated from 40 to 50% of the twig samples exhibiting dieback symptoms from three commercial d'Anjou pear orchards, and 35% of dying bark samples from one orchard. However, little information is available regarding pathogenicity of P. pyri on pear trees. To determine the distribution of P. pyri, dying and dead bark samples were collected from pear orchards in various pear-producing areas in Oregon and Washington, and examined for presence of fruiting bodies (pycnidia or apothecia) of P. pyri. In the orchard, 2-year-old twigs were wounded using a sterile cork borer with or without spraying with a commercial aerosol tissue-freezing product at the wound sites. Wounds were then inoculated with either mycelial plugs from an agar medium or conidial suspensions of P. pyri. In a separate experiment, freshly made pruning wounds were inoculated with conidial suspensions of P. pyri. Canker development was monitored approximately monthly for up to 6 months after inoculation, at which time reisolation of P. pyri was attempted. P. pyri was found to be widespread in the Pacific Northwest. Incidence of trees infected by P. pyri based on presence of viable pycnidia in pear orchards ranged from 0 to 100%. Monthly tree inoculations in the orchard indicated that P. pyri in general did not cause cankers on non-cold-injured, wound-inoculated twigs, but apparently became established on cold-injured, wound-inoculated twigs and caused small cankers. Minor dieback developed on twigs inoculated at pruning wounds. At 6 months after inoculation, P. pyri was recovered from the majority of inoculated twigs. Thus, P. pyri appears to be a weak canker-causing pathogen on pear trees.

scholarly journals First Report of Powdery Mildew, Caused by an Oidium sp., on Poinsettia in California

Plant Disease ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. Koike ◽  
G. S. Saenz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Powdery Mildew ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
The United States ◽  
Euphorbia Pulcherrima ◽  
American Phytopathological Society ◽  
First Report ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Uninoculated Control ◽  
Alternative Identification

In December 1996 and January 1997, powdery mildew was observed on potted poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch) plants in Monterey County, CA. Mycelia were observed on stems, petioles, mature and immature leaves, and bracts. Severely diseased leaves became twisted and bent and senesced prematurely. The white mycelia were conspicuous, epiphytic, and amphigenous; hyphae measured 4.6 to 6.9 μm in diameter. Growth initially was in patches but eventually became effused. Appressoria were slightly lobed to lobed and sometimes opposite. Conidiophore foot cells were cylindrical, sometimes bent at the base, and slightly flexuous to flexuous. Foot cells measured 30.0 to 46.2 μm × 5.8 to 6.9 μm and were followed by one to two shorter cells. Conidia were cylindrical to slightly doliform and measured 25.4 to 32.3 μm × 11.6 to 18.5 μm. The length-to-width ratios of conidia generally were greater than 2.0. Conidia were produced singly, placing the fungus in the Pseudoidium-type powdery mildew group. Conidia germinated at the ends, and no fibrosin bodies were observed. Cleistothecia were not found. The fungus was identified as an Oidium species. Pathogenicity was demonstrated by gently pressing infected leaves having abundant sporulation onto leaves of potted poinsettia plants (cvs. Freedom Red, Peter Star Marble, and Nutcracker White), incubating the plants in a moist chamber for 48 h, and then maintaining plants in a greenhouse. After 12 to 14 days, powdery mildew colonies developed on the inoculated plants, and the pathogen was morphologically identical to the original isolates. Uninoculated control plants did not develop powdery mildew. This is the first report of powdery mildew on poinsettia in California. This fungus appears similar to Microsphaera euphorbiae but has longer, slightly flexuous foot cells that do not match the description for M. euphorbiae (1,2). An alternative identification would be Erysiphe euphorbiae; however, there are no available mitosporic descriptions for morphological comparisons (1,2). In the United States, powdery mildew of poinsettia previously has been reported in various states in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and Northeast. References: (1) U. Braun. Beih. Nova Hedwigia 89:1, 1987. (2) D. F. Farr et al. 1989. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

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