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The RTI Newsletter includes topical reports on activities and projects that the Rural Technology Initiative has been involved in. Due to funding cuts, the Newsletter has been discontinued but this archive still holds some interesting and informative articles.
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- Fall 2005, Volume 6, No.
1: This newsletter covers a few different topics
including management templates for private forest owners
and forest management on tribal land.
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- Summer 2005, Volume 5, No.
3: Working with undergraduate and graduate students
is an important part of our mission, and the students
make tremendous contributions
to our work. We feature
these students and their work in this edition of RTI
News.
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here for a PDF version.
- Spring 2005, Volume 5, No.
2: better technology
for both assessing forest risks and developing strategies
to reduce risks, using LMS and GIS, are the focal point
of this edition.
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here for a PDF version.
- Fall 2004, Volume 5, No.
1: the staff at RTI has had
a very busy fall, as our technology
development and delivery continues to expand at a rapid pace.
This newsletter covers some of the events that RTI used
as platforms for technology transfer.
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here for a PDF version.
- Summer 2004, Volume 4, No.
4: this edition of the RTI newsletter focuses on carbon,
smoke, and the work that RTI has done to incorporate consideration
of these environmental impacts into our research and technology
applications.
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for a PDF version.
- Spring 2004, Volume 4, No.
3: technology transfer is the theme to this newsletter.
It includes a progress report on RTI technology training
workshops, information on wildlife education programs,
and new university education opportunities in natural
resource
sciences.
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for a PDF version.
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- Winter
2004, Volume 4, No. 2: RTI continues to develop new
technology tools at a rapid pace. This newsletter highlights
some of the ways we are working to better facilitate
the use of new technology.
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- Fall 2003, Volume 4, No. 1:
the focus of this newsletter is on the use of technology
to address fire issues. It covers the impact of a wide range
of fire risk reduction management strategies on levels of
fire risk, habitat protection, and carbon storage, as well
as log revenues.
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- Summer 2003, Volume 3, No.
2: this issue features two articles that provide status
reports on what it takes to develop alternative plans and
ultimately templates: one which is focused on the Westside
and the common problem of overstocked managed stands, and
one which is focused on the Eastside and the common problem
of avoiding insect infestation.
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- Fall 2002, Vol.3, No.1:
the possible economic impacts of RMAPs (Road Management and
Abandonment plans) is addressed in the main article, with
Douglas Fir alternatives and SPF (Special Forest Products)
also being discussed.
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- Spring 2002, Vol.2, No.2:
an entire newsletter devoted to the many aspects of alternative
forest management, and how they relate to the "Forests
and Fish rules".
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- Fall 2001, Vol. 2, No. 1:
this newsletter expands on economic impacts from the "Forests
and Fish" rules. There is also an article about the
progress of the Small Forest Landowner database.
- Spring 2001, Vol.1, No.2:
the lead article in this newsletter shows the changes in
forestry activities found in three case studies of the
non-industrial private forest landowners of Washington.
- Winter 2001, Vol.1, No.1:
this newsletter features a lead article that examines the
economic impact of the new "Forests and Fish" rules
on non-industrial private forest landowners.
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