This presentation focused on what we think we know and what we actually know concerning natural disturbance and development of red pine woodlands and how this knowledge can inform and evolve silviculture and management.
Brian Palik is Science Leader for Applied Forest Ecology with the USDA Forest Service-Northern Research Station, in Grand Rapids, MI. He has a B.S. in biology from Alma College, and M.S. in plant ecology from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in forest ecology from Michigan State University. He works broadly on questions related to ecological sustainability and adaptability of managed forests through use of operational-scale and long-term silviculture research.
John works across the state providing overall fire management supervision and coordination of Wisconsin’s fire program. He is responsible for advancing the use of fire as a management tool on Conservancy and partner lands across high priority resilient landscapes in the state. John serves as the fire liaison with state and federal agencies and other partners, instructor of NWCG training courses, mentor for aspiring burn practitioners, and is currently serving as a type 2 burn boss to crew member.
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Fire and Great Lakes Red Pine Woodlands: Busting Myths and Advancing Management, Dr. Brian J. Palik
Reshaping Great Lakes pine forests: Adapting to drought and climate change | US Forest Service Research and Development (usda.gov), Palik; Northern Research Station, USFS, Rooted in Research, Issue 2, October 2020.
Building on the last “new” thing: exploring the compatibility of ecological and adaptation silvicuture, D’Amato and Palik, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, October 2020.
Variable retention harvesting in Great Lakes mixed-pine forests: emulating a natural model in managed ecosystems, Palik and D’Amato, Ecological Processes, 2019.
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: A National Experiment in Manager-Scientist Partnerships to Apply an Adaptation Framework, Nagel et. al., Society of American Foresters, 2017.
Stand and cohort structures of old-growth Pinus resinosa-dominated forests of northern Minnesota, USA, Fraver and Palik, Journal of Vegetation Science, 2012.
Red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) fire history and management implications in the Mississippi River headwaters, Minnesota, USA, Stambaugh et. al., Forest Ecology and Management 494, 2021.
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