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Silviculture / Ecologist Professional Forester |
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Silviculture / Ecologist Professional Forester |
Education:
Bachelor of Science; 1980, Forest Resource Management; College of Forest, Wildlife and Range Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow.Professional Memberships and Awards:
Secondary Education Teaching Certificate, 1983, University of Idaho, Moscow.
• Western Forestry and Conservation AssociationCareer Summary:
• Craig Mountain/Camas Prairie Forest Stewardship Council
• Inland Empire Reforestation Council
• Inland Northwest Growth and Yield Cooperative
• Idaho Tree Farm Executive Committee—District 2 Chairman
Mr. Richards has more than 20 years of experience in forestry and forest management. As a partner and vice president of Northwest Management, Inc., he is responsible for the project management and technical content of silviculture, forest inventory and growth and yield projects.
Inventory/Stand Examinations
Mr. Richards is responsible for the administration, development, implementation and quality assurance of forest inventory projects for the company. He has considerable experience in forest inventory sampling design to characterize the forest vegetation in an efficient and statistically reliable manner. He has extensive experience in vegetation mapping utilizing aerial photography and ground truthing techniques.
During the past five years, Northwest Management, Inc. has inventoried approximately 150,000 acres of forest land each year. The types of inventories range from reforestation surveys to complete stand level ecological and timber surveys for input into growth projection models.
Silvicultural Prescriptions
Mr. Richards is the primary silviculturist / ecologist for Northwest Management, Inc. He is responsible for the design, implementation and feasibility review of silvicultural prescriptions and plans prepared by the company. Mr. Richards has broad experience in characterizing the forest condition, assessing site potential, assessing insect and disease problems and developing regeneration strategies. He has provided consultation to develop long-term silvicultural prescriptions in order to achieve desired forest outputs, both present and future, and a desired target forest.
Mr. Richards uses computerized growth projection models as a tool in developing silvicultural prescriptions and for evaluating the effectiveness of various stand cultural treatments. Growth models utilized by Mr. Richards are the U.S. Forest Service Vegetation Simulator, Jim Arney’s Forest Projection System, and Mason, Bruce and Girard’s Stand Projection System.
Silvicultural prescriptions prepared by Northwest Management, Inc. and Mr. Richards have been assessed and critiqued by silviculturists from the University of Idaho, Washington State University, the Idaho Department of Lands, and the U.S. Forest Service.
Imagery Analysis
Mr. Richards incorporates imagery interpretation
techniques to develop estimates of volume and cover type utilizing satellite
imagery, aerial photography and other digital imagery formats. Several
projects have utilized this technique to provide our clients landscape
level analysis for timber volumes, site productivity and land use planning.
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