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Item Applications of small-scale forest harvesting equipment in the United States and Canada.(University of Minnesota, 2000-03) Updegraff, Karen; Blinn, Charles R.Item Assessing State Timber Sale Policies, Programs and Stumpage Price Drivers(University of Minnesota, 2010-05) Brown, Ross N.; Kilgore, Michael A.; Blinn, Charles R.; Coggins, Jay; Pfender, CatherineThe recent major decline of Minnesota’s timber stumpage market has raised growing concern about the policies, procedures, and contract provisions associated with Minnesota’s public land timber sale programs, in particular those that apply to timber sold from state-administered forest land managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR). In its December 2006 report, Governor Pawlenty’s Task Force on the Competitiveness of Minnesota’s Primary Forest Products Industry (Governor’s Forest Products Task Force) identified timber sale policies and procedures as one of the most urgent economic issues facing the state’s wood products industry. Specifically, the report recommended a study be undertaken to assess how state timber sale procedures and associated conditions impact stumpage prices. This report describes several research studies undertaken to address the important information needs identified in the Governor’s Task Force Report.Item Assessing the financial effects associated with implementing Minnesota's timber harvesting and forest management guidelines.(University of Minnesota, 2000-09) Blinn, Charles R.; Taff, Steven J.; Thompson, Michael J.; Mlinar, Marsha; Townsend, NeilItem Assessment of Carbon Flows Associated with Forest Management and Biomass Procurement for the Laskin Biomass Facility(University of Minnesota, 2008-11-22) Domke, Grant M.; Ek, Alan R.; Becker, Dennis R.; Espeleta, Javier F.; D’Amato, Anthony W.; Reich, Peter B.; Suh, Sangwon; Kilgore, Michael A.; Current, Dean A.; Hoganson, Howard M.; Burk, Thomas E.; Blinn, Charles R.This carbon life cycle analysis of forest-derived biomass was developed as part of a larger assessment by Minnesota Power detailing fuel supply, fuel procurement plans, and project engineering for a new 26-megawatt biomass generation facility in Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Forest-derived biomass is a renewable fuel that can be procured locally from forest harvest residues, mill residues, material from early thinnings and land cleaning, short rotation woody crops, brush, and urban wood waste. Energy generation from renewable fuels like forest biomass may dramatically alter the carbon balance in comparison to the use of fossil fuels like coal or natural gas. This study identifies the source and rate of carbon accumulation by tracking key inputs and outputs from forests through the conversion, regrowth and management activities over a 100-year period—the net carbon impact.Item An assessment of stumpage payment methods used by state and county timber sale programs(University of Minnesota, 2015-12) Reep, Nicholas D.; Kilgore, Michael A.; Blinn, Charles R.Item An Assessment of the Safety and Efficiency of Log Trucks with Increased Weight Limits on Interstate Highways in Minnesota and Wisconsin(University of Minnesota, 2023) Carson, Michael T.; Blinn, Charles R.; Timothy, J. O'HaraDesign standards for the Interstate Highway System in the US are generally higher than those on other roads within most states, making it the safest road system in the US. Federal law prevents states from enforcing vehicle weight limits on interstate highways that deviate from established Federal weight limits or state-specific grandfathered weight limits or exceptions. While state gross vehicle weight (GVW) limits for trucks that haul logs exceed federal interstate highway limits in all major timber-producing states that don’t have grandfathered limits, state-legal weight log trucks are not allowed to travel fully loaded on the interstate Trucks hauling logs at legal state limits must travel on state, county, township and local roads. On these routes trucks pass through towns/cities, school zones and encounter on-coming traffic and intersections. All these encounters increase the risk of an accident. This study compared the relative importance of the transport of raw forest products by trucks to the top five non-timber commodities and the fatality rates of log trucks to other heavy trucks in the lower 48 states, compared available national road damage cost estimates for interstate and non-interstate roads and assessed the impact of relaxing interstate weight limits on hauling distance, travel time, safety, pavement damage and CO2 emissions for hauling timber along three travel corridors in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Logs are an important commodity in many states but generally represent a minor percentage of the tonnage of commodities hauled by trucks. On a per load basis, log trucks have a lower fatality rate than other heavy trucks in 83% of the lower 48 states, including in those states that have higher GVW allowances on the interstate due to grandfathering. Due to the higher design standards, pavement damage costs are lowest on interstate highways as compared to other road types. Allowing state-legal, loaded log trucks access to federal interstate highways would improve the overall safety and efficiency of timber transportation while reducing pavement damage costs and CO2 emissions along the three travel corridors. The safety benefits generally exceeded the efficiency gains. Overall, study findings suggest that allowing state-legal, loaded log trucks to operate on interstate highways would improve the safety and efficiency of timber transportation in Wisconsin and Minnesota.Item Assessment of water diversion options on forest roads and trails in the United States and Canada.(University of Minnesota, 2000-01) Updegraff, Karen; Blinn, Charles R.Item Characterizing Family Forest Owners who are Eligible to Participate in Preferential Forest Property Tax Programs (PFPTPs) across the U.S.(University of Minnesota, 2018-02) Kilgore, Michael A.; Blinn, Charles R.; Meier, Justin T.; Frey, Greg; Snyder, StephanieItem Current Status and Long-term Trends of Silvicultural Practices in Minnesota: A 2008 Assessment(University of Minnesota, 2009-12) D’Amato, Anthony W.; Bolton, Nicholas W.; Blinn, Charles R.; Ek, Alan R.The silvicultural practices applied within a given landbase are dynamic and respond to numerous social, economic, and biological drivers. Minnesota is unique in that the silvicultural practices occurring within the state have been surveyed periodically over the past two decades, allowing for an assessment of the general trends and status of practices. These assessments are also critical for examining how factors, such as the adoption of site-level guidelines or fluctuations in stumpage prices, affect the types of management employed across the landbase. This study characterizes the status of silvicultural practices within Minnesota in 2008 and uses results from past surveys (1991 and 1996) to describe general trends in silviculture across ownerships and over time. A questionnaire regarding silvicultural practices applied in fiscal year 2008 was administered to all state, county, federal, industry, and Native American ownerships. Surveys included questions on silvicultural and harvesting practices such as regeneration practices used, extent and type of biofuels harvesting, use of site-level guidelines, and approaches to insect and disease issues. In addition, openended responses were collected on questions relating to general constraints most affecting the implementation of silvicultural practices.Item Ecosystem management : a current and selected bibliography and index.(University of Minnesota, 1995-12) Blinn, Charles R.; Stein, Taylor V.; Brandt, LisaItem Factors Affecting the Regeneration of Quaking Aspen A Literature Review(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1988) Bates, Peter C.; Blinn, Charles R.; Alm, Alvin A.Item Financial tradeoffs associated with timber sale payment methods: evaluating St. Louis County Land Department's timber sales program(University of Minnesota, 2015-12) Barron, Patrick M.; Kilgore, Michael A.; Blinn, Charles R.Item A guide to forestry project analysis.(University of Minnesota, 1985-11) Rose, Dietmar; Blinn, Charles R.Item Improving water quality monitoring for decision making: a plan of action and proposal for implementation(University of Minnesota. Department of Forest Resources, 1988-12) Perrry, James A.; Gregerson, Hans M.; Lundgren, Allen L.; Troelstrup, Nels H., Jr.; Blinn, Charles R.Item Introduction to Data Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems(St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension Service, 1991) Falbo, Daniel L.; Queen, Lloyd P.; Blinn, Charles R.Item Investing in Minnesota's Public Forests(1993) Blinn, Charles R.Item Minnesota Loggers and Invasive Forest Plants: Attitudes, Behaviors and Concerns(University of Minnesota, 2019-09) Snyder, Stephanie A.; Blinn, Charles R.; Peterson, Rachel R.Item Minnesota’s timber harvesting guidelines : an assessment of their financial cost to forest landowners and influence on willingness to pay for stumpage.(University of Minnesota, 2003-08) Kilgore, Michael A.; Blinn, Charles R.Item Normal Foliar Nutrient Levels in North American Forest Trees(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1989) Blinn, Charles R.; Bucker, Edward R.Numerous forest tree species native to the North America continent have been introduced Into other regions of the woirld with varying degrees of success. In several instances, nutrition problems in these introductions have become apparent only in later stages of stand development, or in second generation stands, after large acreages have been planted. The economic implications of growth stagnation or plantation failure In these situations could become a threat to national resource development programs. Monitoring the nutrient status of introduced trees should provide early warnings of nutrient problems, thereby enabling appropriate remedial action. Foliar analysis has been widely used in North America to assess the nutrient status of forest trees. This publication briefly discusses foliar analysis principles. This publication also provides a table summarizing much of the published literature, as of 1988, for the more common forest tree species native to North America. The -normal" foliar nutrient levels reported are for the essential elements that most commonly limit tree growth. These summarized values should provide forest researchers and managers with comparative data for healthy trees growing on their native sites, thereby enabling an assessment of the nutrient status of North American species introduced into other regions.Item Results of a Qualitative Assessment of Northern Minnesota Loggers’ and Foresters’ Perspectives and Experiences with Dwarf Mistletoe in Black Spruce Stands(University of Minnesota, 2021-09) Roth, Sarah; Snyder, Stephanie A.; Blinn, Charles R.