Quantitatively assessing the characteristics of river streamflow variation and conducting research on attribution identification are basis for formulating climate-change response strategies rational use water resources. Based daily data Zhuangtou Hydrological Station in 1970–2018, this paper analyzes changes Beiluo River Basin studies impact climate change anthropogenic activities basin. A non-...

By Stephen A. Barlow, Ian A. Munn, David A. Cleaves, and David L. Evans T he potential impact of urbanization on the South’s timber supply is dramatic. Between 1960 and 1990, the South’s share of the nation’s population increased from 30.7 percent to 34.4 percent (US Department of Commerce 1992). The amount of land in the South swallowed by metropolitan areas has more than doubled, from 9.8 per...

The middle reaches of the Yellow River represent an important area for protection and development Basin. Most river basin is within Loess Plateau, which establishes it as a fragile ecological environment. Firstly, using high-resolution data land use in watershed from past 30 years, landscape risk (LER) sample units are defined index (ERI) model constructed. Kriging interpolation used to display...

Christopher Mihiar, Research Economist U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Station, Economics and Policy, Triangle Park, North Carolina; Christopher.Mihiar{at}usda.gov

Birth of a Landowner Cooperative Right: A guiding tenet of Massachusetts Family Forests is stewardship for the next generation. Photo by Todd Fuller. in forest health and species composition. So what began as a mixed species, uneven-aged forest is now dominated by two age classes (with median ages of approximately 120 and 60 years) and a less diverse assemblage of flora and fauna. In this trans...