Ncasi Foundation

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“Ncasi foundation sponsored work on "pollinator plant associations, diversity, and abundance in the oregon coast range." the purpose of this project is to conduct surveys of pollinators and plants they utilize in the oregon coast range. Data collected will aid in development of seed mixes used in pollinator habitat enhancement projects on the siuslaw national forest and nearby private industrial property within the same watersheds. Ncasi foundation sponsored work on "intensive forest management (ifm) avian point counts and vegetation." this supports the development and dissemination of scientific information on managing forested landscapes for biodiversity conservation while sustaining high levels of timber production. Cooperators are studying the effects of ifm on songbird and arthropod abundance and diversity, as well as songbird populations. Ncasi foundation sponsored work on "black-backed woodpecker demographic rates in an understudied habitat: unburned conifer forest." woodpeckers respond to large-scale disturbance and forest management activities, making them a key group for detecting rapid changes to forest ecosystem health. This study is to quantify habitat-specific demographic rates of the bbwo in areas where it uses both burned and unburned forest for nesting. Ncasi foundation sponsored work on "assessing wildlife value of slash piles including implications for martens and fishers." this project explores opportunities for increased conservation value on working forest landscapes for martens and fishers in northern californian and the southern oregon coast. It will test whether piles are impacting small mammal populations or providing increased prey diversity or abundance. Ncasi foundation sponsored work on "humbolt marten connectivity in the southern oregon coast ranges." marten detections are clustered and extremely limited in distribution, especially in the southern oregon coast. This project conducts surveys to address connectivity, while further defining marten range and estimate population size in south coastal oregon. Ncasi foundation sponsored work on "fisher conservation in oregon under the candidate conservation agreement with assurances (ccaa) program." seven landowners in oregon have entered into candidate conservation agreements with assurances (ccaa) with the us fish and wildlife service prior to the proposed threatened listing of the fisher in oregon and california. Part of their individual agreements with usfws stipulates that each ccaa permit holder contribute funds towards fisher conservation to be used for research or habitat enhancement. Projects will address fisher distributions, population trends, habitat relationships, and other activities that inform fisher conservation. Ncasi foundation sponsored work on "center for advanced forestry systems (cafs) program." funding committed by cafs member universities will be used to support multi-year research projects consistent with cafs technology roadmap; development and refinement of decision-support tools; and synthesis of science on priority topics such as forest health, carbon, and emerging technologies relevant to forest industry.”