Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU

Supplement to Strategic Planning Worksheets

Accomplishments of CESU University Partner Organizations

This is a list of all the projects listed in the CESU Proposal October 2001 that may have relevance to the Great Lakes Northern Forest region, sorted by Agency supporting the project and organizations involved in the project. Only those partners who provided a list of specific projects are included in this document.
This list will help develop an inventory of projects in the region. Please send additions to this list to <> and use this list as a guide to help you assess the 4 to 6 most noteworthy, relevant efforts that will be recorded on the pre-workshop planning worksheets for research, technical assistance, and education.
USDI National Park Service

University of Minnesota:

  • Anderson DH. Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: A Survey of Public Attitudes.
  • Anderson DH. Pictured Rocks national Lakeshore visitor study.
  • Fulton DC. Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area Deer Management Study
  • Hove M. Winged Mapleleaf Mussel study
  • Mech D. A white paper on improving radiotracking techniques for wildlife in national parks.
  • Moen R. Determining impact of moose browsing on vegetation and natural fire regime at Isle Royale National Park.
  • Perry J. Water resources management plan for Voyageur’s National Park, J Perry National Park Service
  • Schneider I. Apostle Island National Lakeshore: Meaning and Values Exploration
  • Swackhamer D. Assessment of Air Quality and Air Pollutant Impacts in Isle Royale National Park and Voyageurs National Park

Michigan State University:

  • Training NPS personnel in the use of economic impact analysis

Michigan Technological Institute:

  • Endangered species research (also funded by NSF, National Geographic Society, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Turner Endangered Species Fund, BRD-USGS, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Earthwatch)

University of Iowa:

  • Hornbuckle, K.C. (PI/PD) and Swackhamer, D.L. U.S. National Park Service. “Assessment of Air Quality and Air Pollutant Impacts in Isle Royale National Park and Voyageurs National Park.” June 1, 2001 – August 30, 2002. $28,555

University of Toledo:

  • Oelfke, Peterson, Chen, and Jurgensen, Determine the Impacts to the Natural Fire Regime Due to Moose Browsing at Isle Royal National Park, Michigan, National Park Service, ??YR?? $220,581

University of Wisconsin:

  • study of the demonstration fee structure for national parks

West Virginia University:

  • Government Performance Results Act Survey (National Park Service)
USDA Forest Service

University of Minnesota:

  • Anderson DH. Developing an indexing framework to profile lake riparian area development in northern Minnesota.
  • Anderson DH. Stakeholder perceptions of riparian ecosystem health - focus on Upper Great Lakes.
  • Bauer M. Remote Sensing Applications for Annual Forest Inventories. NCES
  • Baughman MJ. Landowner Survey of Forest Stewardship Plan Implementation.
  • Blinn CR. Assessment of water diversion options on forest roads and skid trails.
  • Bolstad P. Measuring and Modeling Component and Whole-system CO2 Flux at Local to Regional Scales.
  • Burk T. Forest/Non-forest classification with satellite imagery for statewide annual inventories
  • Cuthbert F. Conservation priorities for lowland birds
  • Ellefson P. State Agency Landscape Influencing Use, Management and Protection of Forest: An Assessment.
  • Ellefson P. Federal Forest Resource Initiatives: Evaluation of Programs Linkages with State Governments.
  • Ellefson P. National Research Council’s Report on Nonfederal Forests in America: Examination of Potential Responses and Implementing Actions.
  • Hanowski JM. Bird and mammal use of hybrid poplar plantations. In collaboration with DOE, and National Audubon Society.
  • Hanowski JM. Testing the efficacy of buffers for protecting seasonal pond and forest birds.
  • Hoganson H. Planning models for Minnesota Forests.
  • Host GE. Interacting effects of CO2 and O3 on aspen forest ecosystems.
  • Host GE. Modeling impacts of CO2, ozone, and climate change on tree growth: an ecophysiological whole-tree approach. (Northern Forests Global Change Program)
  • Host GE. EPIC-ECOPHYS: modeling growth of aspen and hybrid poplar.
  • Hove M. Survey of streams in Chippewa National Forest.
  • Juzwik J. Predicting the Impacts of Development on Oaks in MN Peri-Urban Forests.
  • Nelson K. Policies for managing forest landscape change: An assessment of lessons learned
  • Nelson K. Community partnerships: landscape level strategies to reduce conflicts
  • Niemi GJ. Distribution of Canada lynx in the upper Midwestern United States. In collaboration with MN DNR and USFWS.
  • Niemi GJ. Monitoring bird populations in Minnesota's national forests.
  • Polasky, S. Predicting ecological and social impacts of riparian land use in a north central lakescape.
  • Redig PT. peregrine falcon restoration in the Superior National Forest

Michigan Technological Institute:

  • Forest ecological research in fire ecology and relationship to soil, insects and disease (also funded by NSF and NPS)
  • Social and policy dimensions of ecosystem management, primarily on National Forest and National Park lands; and prehistorical and historical archeology, especially related to metals mining, including the application of a cultural landscape approach to historic land use (also funded by NPS, Michigan Bureau of History, State Historical Societies of Wisconsin and Minnesota, Ford Motor Company Foundation, and others)

University of Toledo:

  • Chen and Euskirchen, Carbon Sequestering in Managed Forest Landscapes: Application of Mobile Flux Measurement Lab, USDA Forest Service NC Station, 10/1/00 - 9/30/01, $30,000.
  • Chen and Jurgensen , Microclimate and its Relationship to Soil Processes in Teakettle Experimental Forest, USDA Forest Service PSW Station, 4/98 - 3/01, $89,454.
  • Saunders and Chen, Ecological Synthesis of the Chequamegon National Forest Landscape Project, USDA FS NC Station, 12/21/98 - 8/21/99, $25,320.
  • Saunders and Chen, Sustainability and Management of Ecosystems and Landscape in the Great Lakes Region: Transferring Science to Natural Resource Management, USDA FS NC Station, 8/28/99 - 8/15/01, $118,772.

University of Wisconsin:

  • comparative analyses of the biodiversity of old-growth and managed forests (WDNR, USDA-FS), factors affecting regeneration of hemlock and white cedar in northern forests
  • effects of elevated ozone and CO2 on forest growth
  • valuation of forests for non-timber purposes
  • economic and ecological management in Lake states forests

West Virginia University:

  • Consultant, United States Forest Service, OzarkSt. Francis and Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas. Assist USFS in integrating marketing into forest operations as specified by National Recreation Strategy. University representative on Marketing Task Force and Scenic 7 Byway Planning Commission. Conduct Districtlevel marketing workshops.19871992.
  • Selin, S. and Schuett, M. A Typology of Collaborative Natural Resource Stewardship Initiatives. USDA Forest Service. (North Central Forest Experiment Station). FY 97-99, $30,000.
  • Selin, S. Collaborative Planning and Ecosystem Management. USDA Forest Service (Washington Office-Policy Analysis Unit). FY 95-96, $30,000.
  • Selin, S. Recreation Partnerships: Typology and Correlates of Effectiveness. USDA Forest Service. FY 93-95, $10,000.
  • Selin, S. and Hollenhorst, S. The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Federal Land Management: New Relationships with the USDA Forest Service. Aspen Institute, FY 9395, $30,000.
  • Selin,S. And Schuett, M. Evaluating Outcomes of a Rural Community Assistance Conference. USDA Forest Service (Rural Community Assistance Office and North Central Forest Experiment Station). FY 98-00, $25,000.
  • Selin, S. Developing a Performance-Based Monitoring System for the Forest Service Economic Action Program . USDA Forest Service. FY 94-96, $5,000.

USDI US Fish and Wildlife Service:

University of Minnesota:

  • Anderson DH. Assessment of use and benefits of waterfowl production areas in Minnesota.
  • Burk T. Prototyping a GIS for wildlife refugee management planning. T. Burk, P. Bolstad, M. Bauer. USDI Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Cuthburt F. Double Crested Cormorant status assessment and biodiversity
  • Martell, MS. member of Great Lakes Bald Eagle Recovery Team
  • Redig, PT. Post-recovery monitoring of the Peregrine Falcon in the Midwestern United States; member of Condor Recovery Team

Michigan State University:

  • Law enforcement training to Park Rangers and Officers from state and federal agencies
  • Fish stock assessment and fish habitat analysis workshops for state and federal agencies including the Fish and Wildlife Service

University of Toledo:

  • Gottgens and Fortney, Neotropical wetlands: Building links among wetlands scientists. Special Symposium 2000 International Wetland Congress, Quebec, Canada, Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 00, $17,400.
USDI Biological Resources Division USGS

University of Minnesota:

  • Anderson DH. Assessment of Human Dimensions of Resource Management Research Needs in the Midwest.
  • Anderson DH. Understanding visitor uses, motives, and benefits at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Burk T. Geospatial Technologies for National Wildlife Refuge Planning and Management.
  • Cuthbert F. Viability of captive rearing techniques for the Great Lakes

Michigan State University:

  • Watershed management training to local and regional officials, on-line courses in watershed management in cooperation with U.S.G.S.

University of Toledo:

  • Czajkowski, Developing a Statewide Monitoring Program for Environmental Change Detection Using Landsat Data, OhioView Consortium, USGS, 9/1/99 – 8/31/01, $75,083.
  • Delfino, Gottegns, and others, Biogeochemical partitioning of mercury in The Everglades and Okefenokee Swamp wetland systems, South Florida Water Management District/U.S. Geological Survey, 91 – 93, $73,000.
  • Stierman, Geophysical, geological and geochemical characterization of granitic rocks associated with the San Andreas fault system, U.S.G.S. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 83 - 84, $48,000.
  • Stierman, Seismic refraction and gravity study of the Dale Lake-Sheephole Mts. Area, California, U.S.G.S., 81 – 82, $9,500.
USDI Bureau of Land Management

University of Minnesota:

  • Anderson DH. Developing a Handbook and Computer Programs for Bureau of Land Management Customer Assessment.

Minnesota State University:

  • development of a handbook for conducting benefits-based management research on USDI, Bureau of Land Management lands
  • field test of survey instruments used to conduct benefits-based management research on USDI, Bureau of Land Management Lands

University of Toledo:

  • Escobar, Xu, and Coleman, Impact of ion beam irradiation on transport properties improvement and fouling resistance of commercial membranes, Department of Interior – Bureau of Reclamation, 10/01 – 9/02, $127,975 (Pending).

University of Wisconsin:

  • Social assessment of recreation users for the Bureau of Land Management (public lands)
NASA

University of Minnesota:

  • Bauer M. Enhancing remote sensing research and education at the University of Minnesota (Goddard Space Center)
  • Bauer M. Upper Great Lakes Regional Earth Science Applications Center (Office of Earth Science, Applications Program.)
  • Bauer M. Integrating Satellite Remote Sensing into Forest Inventory and Management.(Office of Earth Science, Applications Program)
  • Burk T. Institutionalizing Mission to Planet Earth data for land and environmental management.
  • Cohen W. Bigfoot: An Approach to Validation of EOS NPP Products
  • Pastor J. Mapping and modeling forest change in a boreal landscape.

University of Toledo:

  • Czajkowski, Dissemination of Remote Sensing Technology in Northwest Ohio through Educational and Community Outreach, NASA Glenn Research Center, 6/1/00 – 5/31/02, $163,240.
  • Czajkowski, Spongberg, and Struble, Implementation of the Earth System Science Alliance in the Great Lakes Region, NASA Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA), 6/01-5/04, $45,000.
  • Czajkowski, Terrestrial Environmental Variables Derived from EOS Platform Sensors, NASA, 2/1/99 – 12/31/01, $152,847.
  • Czajkowski, Use of Thermal Infrared Satellite Data in Climate Change Studies, NASA New Investigator Program, 6/1/99 – 5/31/02, $334,132.
  • Spongberg, Czajkowski and Struble, Initiating Inquiry-Based Learning at the University of Toledo. NASA NOVA, 9/01/00 - 8/31/02, $25,975.

University of Wisconsin:

  • effects of logging on boreal carbon cycle
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research

University of Iowa:

  • Hornbuckle, K.C. and Eichinger, W. E. Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER). “Design and Installation of the Iowa Atmospheric Measurement Station (IA-AMS).” August 1999 – August, 2000. $20,000.
Department of Energy

University of Minnesota:

  • Brooks K. Effects of herbaceous and woody vegetation on nutrient export; with USDA Forest Service
  • Reich P. Interaction of biodiversity, CO2 and soil nitrogen on ecosystem functioning, (Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change Program)
  • Davis M. Quantifying carbon sequestration potential of mid-and late-successional forests in the upper Midwest.

University of Toledo:

  • Chen and North, Vegeation patch pattern and ecosystem processes in Sierra Nevada Coniferous forest: Ecosystem response to water and canopy manipulations, PER/DOE, 3yrs, $287,067.
  • Kim, McGuire, Abraham, McCarthy, and Van Hoy, Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Risk Assessment and Information Dissemination on Bioremediation in the Community Surrounding the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, DOE-NABIR, 6/1/01-5/31/03, $312,075 (Pending).
  • Neher, Effects of Altered Precipitation and Temperatures on Soil Food Webs as Mediated by Biological Soil Crusts, Department of Energy-Program for Ecosystems Research, 10/1/01 - 9/30/04, $284,245.
  • Spngberg, Microearthquake studies in the Mammoth Lakes KGRA, subcontract with California Div. Mines & Geology, project sponsored by the D.O.E, 80 – 82, $9,000.
  • Spngberg, Microearthquake studies in the Mammoth Lakes KGRA ($9,000 subcontract with California Div. Mines & Geology, project sponsored by the D.O.E.), 1980-1982.
Earth System Science Education Alliance

University of Toledo:

Czajkowski, Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA), Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, 2/2/01 – 2/1/04, $44,992.

Great Lakes Fisheries Commission

University of Minnesota:

  • Kapuscinski A. Environmental assessment: tool for private aquaculture?
  • Sorenson P. Chemical composition of Lamprey II

The Joint Fire Science Program:

University of Toledo:

  • Chen, Saunders, Song, Crow, Cleland, and North, Development of spatially-explicit decision tool for fire management at landscape levels, The Joint Fire Science Program, 10/1/2001 – 9/30/2004, about $698,000.
Minnesota Department of Transportation

University of Minnesota:

  • Swenson C. Urban Design, Transportation, Environment and Urban Growth: Transit-Supportive Urban Design Impacts on Suburban Land Use and Transportation Planning
  • Swenson C. Design and Development Principles for Livable Suburban Arterials
Minnesota Forest Resources Council

University of Minnesota:

  • Perry J. Evaluating riparian area dynamics, management alternatives and impacts of harvest practices.
  • Puttmann K. Impacts of harvesting on forest regeneration, productivity, and floristic diversity of quaking aspen and northern hardwood ecosystems.
MN LCMR

University of Minnesota:

  • Frelich LE. Natural regeneration process of white pine.
  • Niemi GC. Effects of changes in the forest ecosystem on the biodiversity of Minnesota’s northern forest birds
  • Niemi GJ. Boreal Owl: its habitat and prey in the Superior National Forest.
  • Spangler G. Evaluation of fishery productivity to Red Lakes
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

University of Minnesota:

  • Brooks K. Stream Classification/Riparian Research;
  • Brooks K. Testing hypotheses of forest productivity across a resource-availability gradient.

National Council for Air and Stream Improvement

University of Minnesota:

  • Reich P. Ecosystem management of Minnesota forests: a stand-to-landscape approach to sustainability and biodiversity in harvested and undisturbed forests
  • Ek A. Remote sensing and nearest neighbor based post-measurement stratification for improving FIA estimates for the new fixed radius cluster plot configuration and the annual panel plot layout. With USDA Forest Service.
  • Hanowski J. Riparian system dynamics: comparing silvicultural and harvest treatments for effects on streams, forest regeneration, cultural resources, and harvest efficiencies.

National Institute for Global and Environmental Change

University of Toledo:

  • Chen, CO2 and H2O Fluxes of Managed Forests in Responding to Global Climate Change, NIGEC/DOE, 7/1/97- 6/30/00, $150,000.
  • Chen, CO2 and H2O Fluxes of Managed Forests in Responding to Global Climate Change, NIGEC/DOE, 7/1/97- 6/30/00, $150,000.
  • Chen, Crow and Czajkowski, Coupling impacts of global warming and disturbances on forested landscapes in conifer and deciduous landscapes, NIGEC/DOE, 3yrs, $345,000.

National Institute for Water Resources

University of Minnesota:

  • Brezonik P. In situ measurement of denitrification in agri streams

National Science Foundation

University of Minnesota:

  • Bolstad P. Temperature acclimation and adaptation of respiration in eastern deciduous forests (Ecology Program)
  • Brown E. Trace metal limitation of phytoplankton productivity
  • Cholewa A. Installation of high-density storage systems lichen, fungi, and plant collections in the Bell Museum.
  • Eissenstat D. Linking efficiency with longevity in roots and needles of Scots pine populations from a broad latitudinal range, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Program, pending.
  • Frelich LE. Ecological Consequences of Exotic Invaders: Interactions Involving European Earthworms and Native Plant Communities in Hardwood Forests; Ecology Program
  • Johnston CA. A GPS-linked model helicopter system for stream imaging.
  • Johnston CA. Control of productivity and plant species segregation by nitrogen fluxes to wetland beaver meadows.
  • Johnston CA. Dispersion and ecological interactions of clonal and sexual fish in a successional landscape.
  • Munson BH. Collaborative Research: training water science technicians for the future (WOW 2).
  • Munson BH. Water on the Web: monitoring Minnesota’s lakes on the Internet. National Science Foundation.
  • Munson B. Training Water Science Technicians for the Future: A National Online Curriculum Using Advanced Technologies and Real-Time Data
  • Pastor J. LTREB: moose population cycles, ecosystem properties, and landscape patterns on Isle Royale.
  • Pastor J. Moose foraging strategy, energetics, and ecosystem processes.
  • Tilman D. Biodiversity, disturbance and ecosystem functioning at the prairie-forest border; Long-Term Ecological Research Program
  • Reich P. Schoolyard Long-Term Ecological Research (Environmental Sciences Division)
  • Reich P. Biogeographic adaptation to temperature, photoperiod and CO2 in boreal conifers (Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Program)
  • Reich P. Convergence and divergence in leaf traits; (International Programs)
  • Richards C. A geomorphic trophic hypothesis for Arctic lake productivity.
  • Tjoelker MG. Linking leaf and root traits to ecosystem functioning among temperate tree species (International Programs)

Michigan Technological Institute:

  • Research in the atmospheric sciences spans the topics of atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric aerosols, cloud physics and the hydrologic cycle, atmosphere-surface exchange, and numerical modeling of atmospheric chemistry and physics (also funded by NOAA)
  • Studies of Lake Superior (physical processes, chemical gradients, movement of pollutants, air transport, and biological communities including zooplankton, macroinvertebrates, and fish) (funded in conjunction with numerous other sources)
  • Aquatic research includes fish studies and restoration work in Great Lakes tributaries and water quality studies of New York City reservoir system (funded in conjunction with numerous other sources)
  • molecular regulation and genetic engineering of lignin and cellulose biosynthesis, molecular regulation of vascular differentiation, functional genomics of tree growth and development, field-evaluation of transgenic trees (also funded by DOE, USDA, industry, state of MI Life Sciences Corridor)

University of Toledo: