Table 48–Research accomplishments--fiscal years 1993-96

Table 48–Research accomplishments--fiscal years 1993-96        
    Research Accomplishments 1/    
Research Subject Area 2/ 1996 1995 1994 1993
Environmental Research        
Watershed management 209 242 176 121
Wildlife 185 161 210 147
Range 53 63 81 38
Fisheries habitat 69 76 61 56
Atmospheric deposition and air pollution 73 59 50 60
Wetlands 44 44 45 19
Tropical forestry 42 38 51 40
Monitoring 46 36 47 23
Biodiversity & threatened and endangered 128 135 98 83
Subtotal 849 854 819 587
Insect and Disease Research        
Insect detection and evaluation 41 40 73 65
Insect biology 100 88 107 89
Insect control and management strategies 60 93 84 89
Disease detection and evaluation 28 35 82 49
Disease biology 38 48 64 45
Disease control and management strategies 36 33 16 41
Mycorrhizae 10 14 20 29
Wood products organisms 51 32 34 20
Subtotal 364 383 480 427
Fire and Atmospheric Sciences Research        
Fire physics, chemistry and behavior 16 25 34 42
Fire, economics and management 6 9 14 4
Fire ecology and effects 77 67 66 29
Meteorology and climatology 20 25 37 20
Air resource management 14 12 1 6
Global change research 95 93 116 81
Atmospheric deposition & air pollution 43 58 24 23
Subtotal 271 289 292 205
Forest Management Research        
Forest biology 249 190 275 166
Silviculture and management 210 289 242 208
Growth and yield 52 57 61 83
Genetics and tree improvement 32 92 83 77
Subtotal 543 628 661 534
See footnotes at end of table.        
Table 48–Research accomplishments--fiscal years 1993-96--Continued        
    Research Accomplishments 1/    
Research Subject Area 2/ 1996 1995 1994 1993
Inventory, Economics & Recreation Research        
Forest inventory and analysis 166 102 122 105
Forest economics 187 175 200 168
Forest recreation 150 87 108 75
Urban and community forestry 51 40 60 49
Subtotal 554 404 490 397
Products and Engineering Research        
Forest operations and engineering 49 58 71 58
Wood structural engineering 35 47 61 43
Chemistry, fiber, and fuel products 128 123 115 96
Utilization potential and processing  
of wood 106 123 89 108
Protection of wood in use 24 17 19 27
Recycling 24 39 40 34
Subtotal 366 407 395 366
General 58 56 71 20
Grand total 3,005 3,021 3,208 2,536
1/ Research accomplishments include: books, papers in series, journal articles, proceedings, general technical reports, special reports, patents, videos,        
computer programs, dissertations and theses, and other similar accomplishments.        
2/ All research is associated with the 1995 RPA strategic goal of "Ensuring Organizational Effectiveness,"        
and the tactical goal of "Generating Knowledge."        

Last Updated on 9/18/97
By USDA Forest Service