Masters Candidate in Natural Resources Management, Environmental Science New Mexico Highlands University Taos, New Mexico, United States
In southwest pinyon-juniper management, juniper is selectively cut over pinyon pine, creating potential implications for the overall health and resilience of our forests, yet there remains a noticeable gap in scientific understanding regarding short- and long-term consequences of concentrated thinning on recruitment, growth, performance, and health of pinyon-juniper forests.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the importance of pinyon-juniper forests and the benefits they provide for humans and wildlife.
Speak about the need for more research in pinyon-juniper because they will understand the importance of ecology in fire mitigation treatments.
Describe this research to others and ask the question: why do foresters promote the concentrated thinning of juniper?
