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Thanks to donations from all over Scotland and beyond, the 2013/14 Stamp Appeal was a great success, raising £4,072 (beating the previous year's total by over £700!). The 2014/15 appeal will support Dorcas Refuge House, run by the Greek Evangelical Church, which offers a safe home for female victims of domestic violence and their children. Women who use the house are not asked for any financial contribution, so the money you raise will help with running costs.
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Women use smartphones differently from men. Here's what that means for marketers.
The Mobile Male is active and invested: this we know. But what of his female counterpart? Research suggests women smartphone users are not just ready to accept mobile media, but to substitute it for other mediums they're already comfortable with. But their adoption rate seems to lag a little behind men. Why?
It may have something to do with their innate behavior - or, more specifically, overcoming it. Traditionally women have been more likely to want to physically interact with the products they're considering buying - to touch, feel, smell, and test them before committing to a purchase. Slowly, however, they're starting to recognize the benefits of putting this aside. An August 2011 BabyCenter survey, "Shopping Rituals of the American Mom," found that 28 percent already use their phones to compare prices, while 71 percent rely on websites. It won't be long before they recognize the convenience of using the mobile web for this purpose and the two mediums converge.
Another factor contributing to women's slower adoption rate is the degree to which advertisers are currently targeting them. Global mobile media company BuzzCity reports that of the 2.8 billion mobile impressions it served in the United States during Q4 2011, 62 percent were served to men and only 38 percent to women. And yet, female adoption rates are on the rise. Already more than 40 percent of smartphone users in the U.K., Thailand, and South Africa are women, compared with at least 30 percent in France, Germany, Mexico, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and the United States (the latter currently boasts a divide of 62 percent male, 38 percent female).
That said, women are growing increasingly aware of mobile advertisements. According to InsightExpress and its Q1 2012 Digital Consumer Report, 46 percent of women report having seen a mobile ad while using the mobile Internet or a mobile app. This number falls shy of the males' response - 69 percent - but it's still significant. If almost half of all female smartphone users are noticing ads, that means one of two things: either they're growing more aware of the mobile landscape, or advertisers are doing something right with their ads.
It might be a little of each, given the survey results on how consumers react to mobile ads. Twelve percent of women liked the mobile ads they saw "somewhat," while 38 percent "neither liked nor disliked" the ads. Again, this is an indication that while female consumers aren't yet as engrossed as males, they represent a viable consumer base with the potential to be converted into more devoted mobile users.
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If his new life as a mature student gets too much for the Duke of Cambridge, he can always run away and hide in Nettleton. "We are a bit remote, but he'd be welcome here," says Diane Bell, who runs the shop and post office in this tiny village in north Wiltshire. "He would learn a lot from us. We need a new champion for the countryside and he would be a great one."
This ardent royalist is all of a flutter at having been given a totally unexpected British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours, a reward for 36 years of service to her village, in the shop she started in her front room. The announcement was made on the same day that it emerged the Duke of Cambridge was going back to college to study agricultural management. The 10-week course, which starts this week, will prepare him to take on his father's role as a voice for the countryside and to manage the Duchy of Cornwall.
Mrs Bell believes Prince William might be just what is needed as a spokesman for rural England. "Nobody is listening to us. The politicians all say that they are, but they don't do anything about it. We need someone like him to speak up on our behalf."
The Duke's course has been organised by the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL), which operates from modest university buildings in the city but has ambitions to change the world. Fellows include scientists, bankers and environmentalists such as Tony Juniper, formerly of Friends of the Earth.
The director is a South African called Polly Courtice. She is a long-time ally of the Prince of Wales, who happens to be patron of the CPSL. In his filmed greeting to the policymakers and captains of industry who pay thousands of pounds to study under the auspices of the CPSL, the Prince says: "One has only to look at accelerating carbon emissions, the destruction of our rainforests, the decline of fish stocks in our oceans, escalating food prices and the end of the age of cheap oil to realise that we are entering a period of profound and disruptive change."
The Prince finishes by urging them to show leadership, act and speak out. It would be strange if this forceful agenda did not influence the 20 hours a week of lectures and seminars organised for his son.
Some of the material will be familiar to the Duke, who has a degree in geography. Subjects such as economics and land economy may prove more challenging, but these will prepare him to take on the vast Duchy of Cornwall when his father becomes king. It has 3,500 properties and 132,000 acres in 23 counties, not just Cornwall, and is worth an estimated £730 million.
This return to college seems to be about more than learning how to run the Duchy, though. Kensington Palace says the course has been "designed to help provide the Duke with an understanding of contemporary issues affecting agricultural business and rural communities in the UK".
The Prince of Wales has long been a champion of the countryside, but he will be more constrained as king, so why not train his son to take up the cause? Both men know that the need is great. One in four farmers lives below the poverty line. The rural population is growing and getting older, yet for every pound councils spend on services, those in the cities spend £1.53. A third of pensioners have no car, and fewer than half of rural households are within walking distance of an hourly bus service.
Rising energy bills hit hard in the countryside, where a million homes are off the electricity grid and dependent on oil. Flood and tidal defences are poor in some places. Prince William will no doubt study these issues and their causes.
But for all the talk of crisis, there is something else that the postmistress of Nettleton thinks the Duke should know. It is that times may be tough, but people in the countryside know how to adapt and work together. Most of the 14 farms that were there when she started have closed or merged, and many people now commute long distances to work, she says, but the community spirit endures.
"This village isn't dying," she insists. "It's thriving."
Much of that is down to her. An hour in the shop is good for the soul. There is a lot of laughter, but surprisingly little money changes hands. Debts are written down in a little book to be paid later, because there is still trust here, as well as teasing.
"Should I curtsey now?" asks one regular, approaching her newly honoured friend. She laughs and leans in for a kiss, before whispering: "Have you got any loo roll, Di?"
People love their shopkeeper. She is not paid to open the post office in the afternoon but does so anyway, because people need it. That's also why she takes in laundry, dry-cleaning and shoe repairs, and her husband Frank delivers fuel and pet food to the elderly who live alone in the surrounding countryside. The nearest town is Chippenham, a 16-mile round trip.
"It is madness to try to make a living out of running a shop here," she says with a smile, as there are only 500 adults in the parish. "Still, I love it. When there is bad weather, like this week, somebody will come in here and ask, 'Has anybody seen Mrs So‑and-So? Shall I take her up some food?' "
About the only piece of news she doesn't know is who nominated her for the medal. "I opened the letter in front of my husband and I was just standing there going, 'Oh. Oh. Oh.' He thought someone had died. I just had to hand the letter over."
If the Duke wants to learn more about the kind of people who keep the countryside alive, he would do well to nip to Nettleton.
"I'd love to have him come and spend an afternoon behind the counter with me. Then he'd see for himself what life is like for ordinary people in the countryside."


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Wood is Good for so many Things….
Brad Withrow-Robinson, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension for Benton, Linn and Polk Counties
At the wood products fair in Albany last month, I was thrilled by the sight of so many creative uses of local wood. Although still a niche market in Oregon, we have many beautiful local hardwoods. Handcrafted products such as bowls, cutting boards, boxes and other household items were on sale that featured many woods including walnut, maple and also the less-familiar cascara, ash and chinquapin. There was rough wood available too, blocks and boards to be taken into workshops and saved until just the right use is found by people who have "the wood sickness", and boards of Oregon white oak and ash that would make floors you'd almost be ashamed to walk on….Yew wood bowl. Photo by Dick Powell
Wood and wooden things bring warmth and beauty into our homes and our lives when used and displayed as household items and architectural elements. Never out of fashion, wood is nonetheless making a bigger splash lately in its architectural applications. Long used visually in homes and public buildings as paneling, cabinets and trim, wood is becoming more visible in its functional and structural roles in stairways, posts and beams too. Much of that is our local Douglas-fir.
New engineered wood products, such as cross laminated timber are changing the way architects and builders think about wood. This is taking wooden buildings to new heights – literally – and offering viable alternatives to non-renewable materials such as steel and concrete.Abundant display of architectural wood gives OSU's Hallie Ford Center an inviting feel.
The creative production and use of wood is a sub-theme of the 2015 Starker Lecture series. This year's title is "Douglas-fir: The legacy and future of the Pacific Northwest's most iconic tree". The remaining lecture (April 16) and Capstone Tour (May 14 ) will explore the culture and functions of Douglas-fir. This wood is featured prominently in architectural wood use because of its dual characteristics of strength and beauty. Join us in celebrating wood. Note: You can also catch the Starker Lecture series on a Live Video Stream, or see the ones you missed on demand by following links on the Starker Lecture Series website http://starkerlectures.forestry.oregonstate.edu/
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Use caution with spring tree release
By Amy Grotta, OSU Forestry & Natural Resources Extension – Columbia, Washington & Yamhill CountiesDead tips (upper branch) and stunted growth (lower branch). Photo taken in January 2015, eight months after herbicide was applied.
A local landowner contacted me this winter, concerned about his ten acres of young trees and whether they had been damaged by herbicides. In May 2014, a year after the trees were planted, grass was coming in thick, so he hired a contractor to do a release spray. We don't know what the exact spray mixture was, but the landowner thought it may have been a formulation of glyphosate such as Accord. Glyphosate is known to damage Douglas-fir seedlings (and many other conifers) during the active growing season – the time from when buds begin to swell in spring until resting buds are formed and hardened off in fall.
Affected trees showed several symptoms characteristic of herbicide damage. The least affected trees simply had stunted growth. On many others, the leader and branch tips were droopy and dead. Some seedlings were completely dead.
But the contractor knew the risks, and had attempted to protect the trees. According to the landowner, he had covered each seedling with a section of PVC pipe before spraying around it. This is a common practice which many people assume is sufficient to protect desired plants from spray. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work. The outside of the pipe (or bucket, or whatever barrier is used) ends up getting drenched in herbicide as the applicator sprays around it. Then, when the pipe is lifted off, the solution drips off all over the plant it was supposed to protect. There seemed to be a pattern where the lower branch tips on many seedlings were the most affected, so it looks like this could be what happened.
So the symptoms are consistent with damage from herbicides, but can we pinpoint them as the culprit? Many months had passed since the spray occurred, making it impossible to detect any residual chemical. We'd have to rule out other possibilities.
Could it be freeze damage? Tender new growth in spring is sensitive to freezing temperatures, and the symptoms from frost damage and herbicide exposure look very similar. But the planting site was not one that would be typically considered frost prone, such as a low-lying area. Instead, the site was mid-slope. Did we have any unusually cold weather last spring? We didn't remember any, but just to be certain we looked back at temperature records from the closest weather stations. There were no records anywhere close to freezing in May 2014. So, we ruled out frost damage and concluded that unintended herbicide contact was the most likely cause.Lower branches were killed, while upper branches and leader exhibit poor growth in previous season. Note the grass regrowing around the seedling. Confirmed herbicide damage from a different site, for comparison. Photo: Dave Shaw
This unfortunate situation leaves the landowner with several challenges. First, it's not clear whether the residual stocking is adequate to meet the landowner's goals, or to meet Forest Practice standards for that matter. The trees that were not killed should recover, but they lost a crucial year of growth in their race against competing vegetation. And, as the photo shows, the grass is growing back around the seedlings. The landowner may need to consider a repeat herbicide application, this time selecting a chemical that is safe around growing conifers, or that effectively controls weeds in early spring (before bud break).
So what are the lessons learned here?
- Keep records of all herbicide applications – the chemical(s) and surfactants used, spray rate, and date. Ask contractors to provide that information to you.
- Read the herbicide label. Pay close attention to what it says about safe application timing.
- Be cognizant of the phenology (seasonal growth stage) of both desired plants and target plants. This year, many broadleaf species – including common weeds – are leafing out early due to unseasonably warm weather. Douglas-fir budburst responds to various climate cues, and our early spring might not affect its timing in a similar way. To be safe, check your trees, not the calendar, for spring flush.
- Don't assume that a physical barrier protects seedlings from herbicide exposure.
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Silviculture information – from low tech to the world of apps
By Amy Grotta, OSU Forestry & Natural Resources Extension – Columbia, Washington & Yamhill Counties
How do you like your silviculture served? In a book, a pamphlet, a video, or an app?A sampling of silviculture manuals dating from the 1970's and 80's
My office shelves are lined with decades-old research reports, mostly left behind by my predecessors; and having neither the time to sort through them nor the ability to fully shake my packrat tendencies, I hang on to them. Besides the information they contain, these volumes form a historical record of sorts, and so while they don't come off the shelf too much these days, they are worth keeping around.
An example is Douglas-fir: Stand Management for the Future (1986). The title makes me consider whether the Future of Douglas-fir stand management has turned out the way the authors expected, when this was published nearly 30 years ago. Coincidentally, Dr. Chad Oliver, one of the co-authors of Douglas-fir: Stand Management for the Future will be at OSU next month, presenting a Starker Lecture titled A History and Possible Futures of Douglas-fir Silviculture: Reactive vs. Proactive (as with all the Starker Lectures, one need not attend in person; the lectures are videostreamed live and archived for later viewing). The abstract of his talk implies that forest management can, should, and has evolved, in concert with society's changing demands on forests.
Recently, Brad touched on the importance of having management objectives drive management decisions in the woods. A key point in that article is that silvicultural approaches (planting, vegetation management, thinning, harvest) should be tailored to the landowner's specific combination of objectives. Family forest owners' objectives often are quite different from those of larger private or public landowners, and thus management on the ground should differ accordingly.Successful regeneration following a group selection harvest
While we know a lot about intensive forest management as it applies to even-aged, short rotation forestry, using silviculture to create more complex and diverse forest structures is more nuanced, and often very site specific. A cookbook approach does not always work. To address this, OSU Extension recently produced a series of Alternative Forest Management case studies designed to help landowners learn from working examples. The case study approach requires an examination of landowner objectives, site factors, stand conditions, and results beyond the initial silviculture treatment. There are four case studies in the series (two of which are in westside, Douglas-fir dominated forests), with the promise of more to come.
As with forest management, our ways of obtaining information have evolved. Anymore, people use YouTube or another internet site, rather than an owner's manual or a printed research report, for finding out how to do something. (Admittedly, that is one reason for this blog; to put information online, where people are looking.) OSU Extension is increasingly looking at new formats for delivering information, and the Alternative Forest Management series represents a foray into the world of apps and interactive media.
The case studies are available in three formats, recognizing that viewers have different preferences. Each one can be downloaded (and printed) as a traditional PDF publication. Three of them have also been made interactive, with video clips, virtual forest panoramics, and added graphics that illustrate dimensions of the case studies. The interactive versions can be downloaded as an app for an Apple or Android tablet. Or, they can be viewed in an internet browser of a "regular" computer.
Since I don't have a tablet I used the third option. I went to the Alternative Forest Management page in the Extension catalog. Then I selected one of the case studies (for example, Mixed Conifer and Hardwood Management in Southwest Oregon, EM 9084) and on its home page, the three options (PDF, interactive, and App) all appear. Below is a screen shot from the interactive version (left), alongside the corresponding text in the PDF version (right).Both the interactive and PDF versions contain the same text, but the interactive version also includes videos and additional graphics to be explored.
So back to the opening question of this post: How do you like your silviculture served? I am actually really curious about this. At the end of the day, it is effective delivery and use of information that we are after with our materials. Time and again, people tell me that seeing an example on the ground, in person, is the best learning experience for them. Are the videos and other interactive features a good substitute? How well do they add to your understanding of forest management, if at all? You can weigh in by commenting on this post, or sending me an email.
Kudos to Jeff Hino and Stephen Ward at Extension & Experiment Station Communications for their innovative and creative work on the Alternative Forest Management series, and to Extension Silviculture Specialist Steve Fitzgerald for leading the project.
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Winter Storm Damage
By Brad Withrow-Robinson, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension – Benton, Linn and Polk Counties
Winter storms seem to inflict damage to trees and forests somewhere in the area most years. Winds, snow and ice can damage individual trees or entire forest stands- breaking out branches, snapping the main trunk or tipping over whole trees, leaving landowners with a mess and many unexpected decisions.
This winter has been an exception in the severity of the November 2014 ice storm that battered a swath of the interior Coast Range from the Kings Valley area south to Mary's Peak (see previous article). This unusual event caused irregular and spotty damage reflecting fairly small differences in aspect and elevation. Many landowners are still surveying the damage and considering their need to salvage and wondering if they can thin the damage out while leaving a healthy stand. Damage is severe enough in some cases to be forcing the decision to clear cut and replant young stands rather than the early thinning they were due for.
Many factors will influence the decision of how to react to the damage including the extent of the damage to individual trees (how much of the trees crown was lost), the percent of trees damaged in a stand, the species, the terrain and availability of loggers and equipment.
Storm damage creates a clear immediate loss, but also many potential future losses. Windthrow and breakage immediately reduce the value and market options of salvaged logs, while damage to surviving trees cause future losses to defect and increased rot. Storm debris and may lead to beetle outbreaks that threaten undamaged trees in years ahead. Yikes.
Beetles are a concern for two reasons 1) they may accelerate sapwood decay and associated degrading of the log, and 2) they may build up in dead and damaged trees to the point where they can attack otherwise healthy trees. In this case we are talking about the Douglas-fir bark beetle.
It is important to keep the beetle's life cycle and behavior in mind. Douglas-fir bark beetles fly each year from April into the early summer. They are looking for freshly down or stressed trees to colonize by boring through the bark and laying eggs in the inner bark. There the beetle grubs will be protected and nourished as they develop into subadults by late fall. They overwinter in the colonized log before emerging the following spring and repeating the cycle. A couple other important things to know are that the Douglas-fir bark beetle has just one generation per year (as opposed to more rapidly growing fivespined ips in pine (see previous article), and that it needs fairly large material – logs that are 9 or 10 inches in diameter and greater – to develop into adults. Also, abundance matters. The numbers I've heard in the past and confirmed by Dave Shaw, OSU Extension Forest Health Specialist, is that there needs to be about 10 logs, 10 or more inches in diameter to lead to serious beetle damage to standing trees, although it is likely that damage is progressive with growing amounts of larger logs. But the take home message is that you need some large material for this to become a problem, and that branches tops are not suitable nursery material for the bark beetle. A silver lining, but a very thin and wispy one indeed.Fine cinnamon-colored sawdust indicates bark beetle activity
So how does this factor into the salvage decision? For situation 1, where you hope to avoid decay and degrade of salvaged logs, it is important to remove vulnerable logs as soon as possible, and ideally before the spring 2015 beetle flight. For situation 2, where you have significant amounts of downed or broken standing trees and hope to at least avoid a beetle population building up to damage the stand further, then it would be important to get out all suitable beetle rearing material (logs 10 inches and larger) before emergence of the storm-spawned generation in the spring of 2016.
You can anticipate one or more tours to consider options presented in a number of storm scenarios to be presented by Extension, the Small Woodlands Association and others. Please watch the Woodland Compass and Needle for details, or watch the Upcoming Events page on our website for details.
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Management by Objective
By Brad Withrow-Robinson, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension – Benton, Linn and Polk Counties
A local meeting of professional foresters last month focused on how forest management practices reflect the objectives of the owners. That sometimes creates challenges for the managers, since owner and manager are often not synonymous when it comes to forests and other natural resource lands. Some objectives and corresponding management practices are very well defined and developed, and others much less so.An intensively managed young stand
For example, lands managed for stockholders and other investors are often planted as even aged stands on fairly short rotations, since it is an efficient way to manage risk and provide a return on investment while also providing some additional benefits to society. There is good understanding and a pretty straight line between those objectives and managers activities, both of which have remained reasonably steady over time. Their management practices have been developed through applied research, so these managers are generally quite successful in meeting their objectives.
Anyone reading the news in Oregon realizes that managers of public lands (both State and Federal) often have not benefited from a clear or consistent message of owner objectives. Public lands management objectives tend to be broad if not poorly defined or even contradictory and have often shifted dramatically over the years. The owners (who are of course the public: a fickle group at best and unlikely to change) variously wants things including jobs for vibrant local economies and pristine wild habitats. Resources and funding for these agencies are often very limited. So public managers use a bunch of different management systems including long rotations and uneven age management, hoping to obtain some desired results on the cheap, but since there is little agreement on objectives, it is pretty hard to say how successful they are.
Family forest landowners often look to the larger private and public landowners for examples of management practices to apply to their lands. You can easily find folks shadowing the large private managers' planting, spacing and weed control practices, although I commonly find people planning to extend the rotation lengths on their property. And you can find people wanting to grow mature forest structures more reminiscent of Federal lands practices. This approach of management by mimicry can be problematic for family forest landowners. Why? Their stakeholder group (the owners and their family) is very different from large private or public stakeholders, as are the economics and cash flow patterns on small properties (erratic at best). So family landowners' objectives are rarely the same as those of the big private or public landowners they look to for ideas.A mature stand on State lands
Standard silvicultural approaches used by professional foresters are often not well matched to the family landowners' situation, and should be adopted with caution and modifications. For example, many intensive management practices used on private lands are helpful to landowners struggling with invasive weeds and needing to re-establish a forest stand. But these practices often lead to conditions that are not as visually appealing to many family landowners as what they desire, since many live on the property. Likewise, habitat-oriented harvest approaches such as patch cuts can provide income without visual heartburn, but without further actions may not deliver the desired mature forest structures that were inspired by the family camping trips in old growth on the national forest.
Both of these examples' limitations can be addressed: by early thinning in the first case; by patch size, species selection and thinning in the second case. But both require some additional understanding of tree growth behaviors, actions and investment beyond the observations that inspired the action. The challenge is to be sure these practices can reflect the landowner's objectives, can fit together coherently over decades and match the local biological and physical processes.
Now I realize that family forest landowners are a very diverse group of people, and one which certainly cannot be accused of having a collective and clearly defined group of management objectives. Probably each of the thousands of private landowners in Oregon (and members within the same family) have a unique take on why they own forestland, and what benefits they want from their woods. This is one reason you see such a variety of woodland practices and so much woodland diversity across private family forestlands, often in contrast to other categories of ownership. It certainly makes my job fun and interesting.Butts clan by log deck from thinning to release oak.
If you are a family landowner you can, you must make efforts to make sure you and your family's objectives for owning and tending your property are clear. Clear objectives help achieve clear results. And I do not mean to apply that you cannot look at and copy other landowners' actions. But you do need to make sure they will lead towards your objectives for your property, and be willing to learn and make necessary adjustments to keep on track.
For help and information on developing clear objectives for your property, visit the Oregon Forest Planning Website and walk through the steps of Woodland Discovery.
Acknowledgements: Thanks to the Marys Peak Chapter of the Society of American Foresters for organizing the conference "Silviculture by Objectives: Options and Outcomes" held in Albany. Thanks also to the speakers from OSU, BLM, FS and the other speakers representing various ownership types for their presentations which helped spur the observations and reflections above. BW-R.
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Is Swiss Needle Cast still a Problem?
A Swiss Needle Cast affected tree
By Brad Withrow-Robinson, OSU Forestry & Natural Resources Extension, Benton, Linn & Polk Counties
The short answer, unfortunately is "yes", but the news was clearly mixed when researches and land managers gathered for the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Needle Cast Coop (SNCC) in Corvallis on December 4. They met to review progress in learning more about this native disease, how it affects trees and forests, and how to manage forests in the affected areas.
The meeting included updates on this year's aerial survey, progress in establishing the next generation of research plots across western Oregon, the effects of thinning and other management activities on foliage retention and growth, and improvements in remote sensing and growth modeling abilities. Some of the things I picked up this year included:
- The disease is intensifying but not expanding greatly. That is to say, we are certainly seeing more severe disease symptoms in places, but mostly within areas where it has been a problem before, and the footprint of highly affected area does not seem to be growing very dramatically. The disease was detected on over 586,000 acres in 2014, which is up significantly from 18 years earlier (131,000 acres in 1996). The main area of impact remains near the coast, generally within 25 miles, except for an active area around Mary's Peak.
- Thinning pre-commercially does seem to help improve needle retention, but only in the healthiest trees and in the lower part of the live crown.
- Unlike other stressors, such as drought, it seems that SNC-weakened trees are not highly attractive to Douglas-fir beetles.
2014 Aerial Survey Map
- A new tree ring analysis suggests that Swiss Needle Cast (SNC) seems to be periodic, and that outbreaks have occurred at roughly 30 year intervals since the mid 12th century, the time of the Renaissance.
- The same study detected indications of SNC outbreaks in each of the plots studied from the Coast to the high Cascades. Although a small study, this suggests that SNC is everywhere that Douglas-fir is.
- An ODF economic analysis of the impacts of SNC in Oregon looked at 10 – 70 year old forests of the Oregon Coast Range. Based on an average 20% growth reduction of Douglas-fir where the disease has be detected in the aerial surveys, they concluded that volume loses to SNC in this age class exceeds 190 million board-feet per year, with an estimated log value of $78 million/year. The economic impact to Oregon's economy is equivalent to 2,100 jobs, representing $117 million in labor income and $10 million in income tax, and including a loss of $700,000 in harvest tax. Ouch.
So this disease continues to cause damage (albeit sub-lethal damage) across a large area of coastal Oregon where it is most severe and noticeable, but it can be found in the valley and throughout the Douglas-fir growing region. This is really not new, but researchers are concerned about new reports of disease development in the foothills of the Cascades. We saw some heavily affected stands there, outside Sweet Home earlier this year. The Cooperative Aerial Survey conducted by USFS and ODF will include the western Cascades between the Columbia River and Eugene in 2015. Find out more about the work of the Swiss Needle Cast Coop including aerial surveys and past reports at the SNCC website, and watch for a tour this spring, when symptoms are at their ugly peak, to be organized by the Linn Chapter of SWA and OSU Extension.
Check out the November issue of Science Findings from the PNW Research Station for more information on Swiss needle cast: Fingerprints of a forest fungus: Swiss needle cast, carbon isotopes, carbohydrates, and growth in Douglas-fir
SNC impacts on growth
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Understanding GMOs and forestry
By Amy Grotta, OSU Forestry & Natural Resources Extension – Columbia, Washington & Yamhill CountiesA sculpture of DNA among the trees. Photo credit: Aras Bilgen, Flickr Creative Commons
This week, the closest contest of last November's election – the GMO labeling initiative – was finally put to rest after a recount. The measure ultimately failed by a tiny margin, but it did a lot to put GMO's into the public spotlight. Of course, the ballot measure had to do with food labeling, not trees, but it got me thinking that it might be worth looking at how GMOs relate to forestry.
What is a GMO?
In case you were not following along during election season, let's start with a definition. A GMO is an organism whose genes have been directly altered by humans, in a laboratory, through genetic engineering within individual cells. GMO methods can be used to modify an organism's own DNA or to insert DNA from another organism. The modified cells then are regenerated into whole organisms. Reasons for doing this might be to improve crop productivity, disease resistance, the nutritional yield of food plants, or resistance to herbicides to facilitate weed control. From the technology itself to the ways that GMO might be used in society, it quickly becomes obvious why GMOs can be very controversial.
What is not a GMO?
So, on to forestry and trees. Planting season is upon us, and if your seedlings are coming from one of the small woodlands seedling sales, or from a large commercial forest nursery, and you are planting Douglas-fir, then chances are your seedlings are advertised as "genetically improved". Some people mistakenly think that this means that they are GMO trees, but this is not the case. For decades, we have employed traditional breeding techniques in forestry to produce seedlings that perform well. On the most basic level, this means that parent trees with desirable traits, such as drought tolerance, height growth, frost resistance, etc. are identified. Seeds or cuttings from these trees are collected and grown in a controlled area such as a seed orchard. More seed is collected from these trees, so that the desired traits can be passed on to the next generation. The "genetically improved" seedlings you plant are a product of this process, not of genetic engineering.
How might genetic engineering apply to forestry?Chestnuts accumulated on a Portland sidewalk. Photo credit: Mike Kuniavsky, flickr.com Creative Commons
The story of the American chestnut tree is a good example. The American chestnut once was a major component of forests in the eastern United States. It was a valuable timber tree and an important food source for both people and animals. But, a fungal disease, the chestnut blight, introduced in the late 19th century virtually wiped it out. Only a few hundred trees survived. (American chestnut, while not native to Oregon, was brought over and planted by pioneers. The blight is not prevalent in Oregon, so chestnuts do well here.) Many people are working to try to restore the chestnut to its native range. Besides traditional breeding for blight resistance, some researchers are experimenting with genetic engineering. They have inserted a gene from wheat that conveys resistance to blight into American chestnut trees. The researchers are also testing many other genes, mostly derived from the blight resistant Chinese chestnut.
GMO research at Oregon State
At OSU, forestry professor Steve Strauss is recognized as a leader in genetic engineering research. He does a lot of his work on poplars and eucalypts, which have potential for bioenergy feedstocks, pulp and solid wood. But, before GMO plants like these could be utilized commercially, regulatory agencies and the public will subject them to a lot of scrutiny. For example, we need to be sure that there are no unintended consequences, such as unplanned spread of the modified genes to other non-GMO plants in the environment, or on a farm. So Dr. Strauss and his cooperators do a lot of laboratory and contained field studies on the safety and risks associated with genetically engineered trees, with the focus on methods for preventing their spread until they are more fully understood.
Despite the failure of the GMO labeling initiative this year, we certainly have not seen the end of the debate around this issue. So, it's worth understanding what genetic engineering is and is not, and what the potential benefits and risks of this technology might be. For those who want to read further, I'll refer you to this website: http://agbiotech.oregonstate.edu/
I think the bottom line (and here I probably ought to invoke a disclaimer*) is that genetic modification may eventually be a management tool, like herbicides, chainsaws, and other tools in your forestry "toolbox". GMOs are inherently neither good nor bad. The more important questions for forest managers and for society are how, when, and for what purposes they are employed.
Of course, there was another big initiative on the ballot last November. And like GMO's, the production of marijuana certainly has its intersections with forest ecology and management, as many people in southern Oregon might tell you. But that's a topic for another day…
*Disclaimer: the opinions expressed on this blog are of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the position of Oregon State University as an institution.
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November Ice Storm hits Coast Range
West of Philomath. Image: Liz Cole
Image: Liz Cole
By Brad Withrow-Robinson, OSU Forestry & Natural Resources Extension, Benton, Linn and Polk Counties
While most residents of the Willamette Valley and Cascades foothills experienced unseasonably cold temperature in mid November, residents and landowners in the central Coast Range endured a serious ice storm. This was not a region-wide storm, but sure packed a punch in certain areas, with some people saying the damage caused may be as bad as or worse than that caused by the infamous Columbus Day Storm. I have not heard of any additional damage from a freezing rain event on December 1.
The main area affected is centered around Blodgett and Burnt Woods, stretching north through Kings Valley into Polk County and south to the flanks of Marys Peak. The McDonald Forest was shut down for nearly a week due to falling ice, limbs and whole trees, closing roads throughout the research forest and creating hazards to workers and recreationists. Crews and equipment are working to reopen forest roads throughout the area.Ouch.
Image: Liz Cole
Ice ½ to ¾ inch thick brought down branches, broke out tops and uprooted whole trees in rural residential as well as forested areas. Although damage was irregular and uneven, stands of all types and age classes were affected. An aerial survey by the Oregon Department of Forestry indicated that roughly 6,600 acres of significant damage (less the 10% of trees damaged to over 30% of trees damaged), although I have seen some stands where over half the trees were damaged. Damage seemed worse in draws dominated by hardwoods. Here is a map of the storm damage distribution.
Of course, we have been here before, at least to some degree. Wind and snow storms come through from time to time knocking things down and making a mess. This creates hazards for people and ruins or reduces the value of damaged trees and stands, and may cause forest health issues such as rot or beetle outbreaks down the road. Downed wood can serve as a nursery for beetles if abundant and large enough which may then lead to damage to healthy trees, and broken tops and other wounds may lead to heart rots. The ODF has just released a good discussion of possible effects on forest health following the November 2014 storm, including some guidelines on actions.Near Burnt Woods
But right now, many people will focus their efforts on cleanup. The Oregon Department of Forestry also developed a webpage a couple years back about dealing with storm damage that is aimed mostly at residential situations, but it may be worth a look. It includes links to other articles such as "tree first aid after a storm"
Be sure to be extra vigilant whenever you are doing anything in the woods after a storm since it can create an abundance of hazards including loose tops or branches hung up overhead, kick back-inducing tangles of branches, or spring-loaded limbs and trunks on the ground. If cleaning up, please review saw safety, wear all recommended safety gear and use all caution. Caution should include prudent assessment of the situation and of your own skills and ability. And as we say in the advice business, "be sure to seek professional help" when needed. Although I doubt Ann Landers was ever referring to loggers, it is nonetheless sound advice.Image: Liz Cole
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New class of mid-Valley Master Woodland Managers graduating
By Brad Withrow-Robinson, OSU Forestry & Natural Resources Extension, Benton, Linn & Polk Counties
Please help welcome a new class of Master Woodland Managers. The Master Woodland Manager Class of 2014, which has 17 members from communities throughout Benton, Linn and Polk Counties, graduated in November, joining several dozen volunteers from earlier trainings, ready to put their forestland management expertise to work as volunteers in their communities along with the OSU Extension Service.
Mid Valley MWM Class of 2014
Master Woodland Managers are qualified local family woodland owners who receive specialized training from OSU Forestry & Natural Resources Extension to improve their abilities as land managers and as community leaders. The purpose of the Master Woodland Manager program is to provide a core of trained volunteers that help OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension serve local communities and be a resource to help inform other woodland owners on ways to take care of their land.
The Master Woodland Manager training is about 80 hours of classroom and field instruction spread over most of a year. A broad variety of topics are covered, including forest management planning, woodland ecology, resource inventory methods, thinning stands, road maintenance, insect and disease management, fire risk prevention, sustainable forestry practices and more. In return, the trainees agree to give the OSU Extension a similar amount of time in volunteer service in helping other small woodland owners.
Master Woodland Manager volunteer activities may include hosting tours and workshops on woodland management practices (including planting, harvesting or habitat development), taking leadership positions in local landowner and conservation organizations, contributing to newsletters, and developing educational materials and youth programming.
Among the most popular and important services of Master Woodland Manager volunteers are site visits to local properties. A visit with a Master Woodland Manager can help you see your property in a new way. Their experience can help you recognize what you have on your property, identify opportunities you have overlooked, or limits you may not have seen, develop goals and strategies to address needs and point you to additional local sources of assistance.
Want another perspective on your property? Schedule a visit with a Benton, Linn, or Polk County Master Woodland Manager by calling the Benton County OSU Extension office at (541) 766-6750, or email me with at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The mid Valley Master Woodland Managers of 2014:
Marc Baldwin – Corvallis
William Bowling – Albany
Wylda Cafferata – Dexter
Mary Chamness – West Salem
Bonnie Marshall -Sublimity
Ed Merzenich – Brownsville
Jim Merzenich- Salem
Bruce Morris- Alsea
Elizabeth Mottner – Monroe
Tyler Mottner – Monroe
Doug Newell – Corvallis
Sherri Newell – Corvallis
Janice Thompson – Corvallis
Christy Tye – Lebanon
Jennifer Weikel – Monmouth
Timbre White – Scio
Roger Workman – Albany
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Microsoft Reveals Its 3D Printing Strategy For Windows 8.1 103
from the chip-on-shoulder-view-of-the-world dept.
We've improved Slashdot's video section; now you can view our video interviews, product close-ups and site visits with all the usual Slashdot options to comment, share, etc. No more walled garden! It's a work in progress -- we hope you'll check it out (Learn more about the recent updates).
They'll also make it so you can 3D print by waving your Windows Phone around in the air.
"I left my phone in my jacket when I put it in the drier. It must have turned on and printed this..."
"Strange! But it looks like a bulky, bald executive throwing a chair."
Last few printers I installed on Windows:
1. Connect printer
2. Windows Update churns for a few minutes
3. Use printer
I can see why you're struggling - it's obviously only possible with a PhD in quantum printing interface dynamics.
I have visions of Clippy turning up shouting "I see you're printing a gun!"
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San Antonio man is Texas fugitive of the month
By Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News : March 3, 2014 : Updated: March 3, 2014 11:40am
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyEarn up to $50,000 cash for information leading to the arrest of one of these 10 Most Wanted Fugitives. To provide a tip, visit www.dps.texas.gov/Texas10MostWanted/fugitives.aspx.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyFreddie Alaniz: 06/11/80, 5'3", 120 lbs.
Wanted For: Murder, Sexual Assault of a Child, Possession of Marijuana
Last known address: La Pryor, Texas
The reward for Alaniz has been increased to $12,500 for January 2015.Details: On February 7, 2006, ALANIZ was arrested in Zavala County for Sexual Assault of a Child. He made bail and did not appear for trial. Two days later, he was arrested for Aggravated Assault in San Antonio for stabbing a male victim during a fight. He again made bail and fled.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyOmar Cruz: 06/08/84, 5'4", 140 lbs.AKA: Omar Camacho CruzIdentifying marks: Tattoos of Chinese letters and "Marina" on right leg; Scars on back, right hand, and left wrist.Wanted for: Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child Under 14 (2 counts); Forgery of Financial InstrumentGang: N/ALast known address: Amarillo, TexasUp to $7,500 rewardDetails: Omar Cruz is a violent criminal fugitive wanted on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14. He has ties to Amarillo and the Rio Grande Valley area. Cruz has served time in TDCJ prison in the past for felony convictions of burglary of a habitation and credit card or debit card abuse.In May 2013, Cruz was discharged from TDCJ. On January 8, 2014, the Potter County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant for Cruz's arrest for forgery of a financial Instrument.On July 23, 2014, the Potter County Sheriff's Office issued warrants for Cruz's arrest for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child Under 14.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyRodney Dewayne Wynn: 02/15/80 , 6'3", 280 lbs.AKA: N/AIdentifying marks: Tattoos on left arm, right arm, and upper right arm.Wanted for: Aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault family violence.Up to $5,000 rewardDetails: Rodney Dewayne Wynn is a violent criminal fugitive wanted for aggravated kidnapping. He has ties to Dallas, Kaufman, and Mesquite, Texas. In 2006, Wynn was arrested in Mesquite, Texas, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated robbery, and failure to ID. He pleaded guilty to the aggravated assault and robbery charges and received 7 years probation.On November 21, 2012, the Dallas County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant for Wynn's arrest for aggravated kidnapping. On November 6, 2013, the Dallas County Sheriff's Office issued two additional warrants for Wynn's arrest for aggravated assault family violence and assault family violence enhanced.On October 30, 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Dallas issued a warrant for Wynn's arrest for kidnapping.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyBenjamin Dominguez: 10/30/66, 5'7", 225 lbs.
AKA: Francisco Rodriguez, Ben Dominguez, Francisco Dominguez, Rogelio Morales, Rogelio Lopez Morales, Rogelio Mendoza Morales, Rogelio Ramirez, Johnny Rodriguez, Roger Rodriguez, Francisco Sanchez, Javier Zuniga, Chino
Wanted For: Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and Probation Violation (Original Offenses: Possession of a Controlled Substance; Resisting, Evading or Obstructing an Officer)
Gang: Barrio Azteca
Last known address: El Paso, Texas
Up To $10,000 rewardDetails: Benjamin Dominguez is a sexually violent predator from the El Paso, Texas area, and is a confirmed Barrio Azteca gang member. He has an extensive violent criminal history and has used numerous alias names.In 2001, Dominguez was convicted of Indecency with a child by exposure against a 14-year-old female victim. He served two years in TDCJ before being released. He was arrested again for indecent exposure a few months later and returned to TDCJ. He has also served jail time in New Mexico.In 2009, the US Marshals Service in El Paso issued a warrant for Dominguez's arrest for failure to register as a sex offender. He is also wanted for probation violation by the New Mexico Corrections Department, Adult Probation and Parole Division.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyIsrael Aguirre Jaimez: 05/29/81, 5'8", 130 lbs.
Wanted For: Murder
Last known address: Dallas, Texas
Up To $10,000 rewardDetails: Israel Aguirre is a violent criminal alien with arrests for murder, theft, prostitution, and failure to ID. In 2002, Aguirre was arrested for theft and murder. He was convicted of the theft charge in 2003 and served time in a TDCJ corrections facility. After completing his sentence, he was deported from the US before standing trial on the Murder charge.In 2005, Aguirre was arrested in Dallas for prostitution and failure to ID. He pled no contest and was released on bond in connection to his 2002 murder charge. He made a series of court appearances between 2005 and 2007 before disappearing.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyJose Angel Cabral: 08/02/54, 5'7", 173 lbs.
Wanted For: Parole Violation (Original Offense: Robbery) and Burglary
Gang: Barrio Azteca
Last known address: San Elizario, Texas
Up To $10,000 rewardDetails: Jose Angel Cabral is a confirmed Barrio Azteca gang member and has an extensive Texas criminal history, including arrests for robbery, burglary, theft, resisting officer, escape, DWI, possession of narcotics equipment, dangerous drugs, and probation violation. He also has a similar criminal history in California, with arrests for grand theft auto, theft, and receiving stolen property.On November 28, 1996, Cabral was convicted of robbery in El Paso and was sentenced to TDCJ in July 1997. He was paroled on November 25, 2009, and subsequently absconded.On November 26, 2009, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a warrant for Cabral's arrest for parole violation. He also has an active 1989 warrant for Burglary out of Culver City, California, but the warrant only authorizes limited extradition.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyRaul Ambrosio Jimenez, Jr.: 07/24/67, 5'9", 210 lbs.
Wanted For: Sexual Assault of a Child, Traffic of Person under 18 - Prostitution and Probation Violation (Original Offense: Manufacture/Delivery of Heroin)
Gang: Texas Syndicate
Last known address: San Antonio, TXUp To $10,000 rewardDetails: Raul Ambrosio Jimenez, Jr., is identified as a member of the Texas Syndicate gang from the San Antonio, Texas area and has relatives in the Bexar County vicinity. He has a lengthy criminal history dating back to 1987, with arrests for prostitution, burglary, vehicle theft, counterfeiting, possession of marijuana, resisting officer, and traffic violations.In 2006, Jimenez was convicted of manufacture/delivery of heroin and was sentenced to federal prison. He received supervised release in 2011. In November 2011, Jimenez was involved in the sexual assault of a female juvenile, resulting in a four-count indictment.On December 12, 2012, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office issued a warrant for Jimenez's arrest for sexual assault of a child.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyLarry Valdez: 07/25/70, 5'9", 185 lbs.
Wanted for: Parole Violation, Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon, Assault Causes Bodily Injury-Family Violence, Duty on Striking Fixture/Highway Landscape
Last known address: Dallas, Texas
Up To $10,000 rewardDetails: On February 9, 1990, Larry Valdez was arrested in Dallas County for Sexual Assault of a Child for an incident involving a two-year-old female child. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in TDCJ. He was paroled on February 21, 1991.On April 26, 1991, Valdez was arrested for burglary of a Vehicle. He was convicted and sentenced to 29 years in TDCJ. He was paroled on August 6, 2004. In March 2005, Valdez assaulted a family member in Dallas County and a warrant was issued for his arrest for assault causes bodily injury-family violence.On June 22, 2005, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a warrant for his arrest for parole violation.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyJuan Carlos Marizcal: 08/18/78, 5'8", 200 lbs.
Wanted For: Homicide, Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity, Flight to Avoid Prosecution
Gang: Texas Mexican Mafia
Last known address: Laredo, Texas
Up To $10,000 rewardDetails: Juan Carlos MArizcal, a resident of Laredo, Texas, is an identified member of the Texas Mexican Mafia. He has a lengthy criminal history, with at least 16 arrests, including charges of murder, robbery and various other felonies. In December 2010, Marizcal is believed to have been involved in a murder in Laredo, Texas.
Photo By Texas Department of Public SafetyEusebio DeLeon: 5/10/72, 5'10", 280 lbs.
Wanted For: Murder and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle.
Last known address: Falfurrias, Texas
Up To $5,000 rewardDetails: On March 27, 2012, Eusebio DeLeon's estranged wife was found in her residence in Falfurrias, Texas, with severe injuries from blunt force trauma to her head. Authorities believe DeLeon beat her with a five-pound dumbbell and wrapped an ironing cord around her neck. She later died from the injuries.Two days later, DeLeon was arrested in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on a warrant out of Brooks County (Falfurrias, Texas) and extradited back to Texas. He bonded out in October 2013 and was required to wear an ankle monitor. In December 2013, a few weeks prior to his scheduled court date, he cut off his ankle monitor and fled.
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SAN ANTONIO — And the fugitive of the month goes to: Raul Ambrosio Jimenez Jr.
Texas Crime Stoppers has increased the reward for information leading to the capture of Jimenez, 46, an alleged gang member whose last known address was in San Antonio.
Ambrosio is on the Texas 10 Most Wanted list and is this month's featured fugitive for the Texas Crime Stoppers.
The reward for information leading to Jimenez's capture has increased to up to $20,000 if the tip comes in this month, according to Crime Stoppers.
The agency says Jimenez is a member of the Texas Syndicate gang with a lengthy criminal past. He is wanted for trafficking of a person under 18 for prostitution, sexual assault of a child and probation violation.
Jimenez has ties to the Bexar County area, according to Crime Stoppers. His criminal history includes prostitution, burglary, vehicle theft, counterfeiting, resisting officers and drug charges.
Jimenez is described as being 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing approximately 210 pounds. He has tattoos of a female figure, a scroll and a dragon on his upper right arm, and of a male face and a tower on his upper left arm. He has a scar on his left eyebrow.
Crime Stoppers warns not to try to apprehend Jimenez, as he is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information can provide anonymous tips in the following ways:
— Call 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
— Text "DPS" plus your tip to 274637 (CRIMES).
— Go to dps.texas.gov and click the fugitive you have information about, then click the link under the picture.
Go to the Texas 10 Most Wanted page on Facebook and click "Submit A Tip" under the "About" section.
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Citizens' report critical of school administration pay raises
What began as a discussion over coffee at a local bagel shop turned into a serious research project for three local men with concerns about the administration of the Hudson School District.
What resulted was a 15-page document written by Daniel Bruch, Dennis Davis and James Kubiak. The short version of the study would probably read: Administrators are paid too much, teachers not enough. But, the report touches on a number of issues.


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Business News Archive - September 11, 2006
US Energy Initiatives Receives $54,000,000 Agreement to Convert 10,000 Buses Over Five Years and to Grant Exclusive License Rights for the Bus Industry to PS Natural Gas Company Ltd Thailand
US Energy Initiatives Corporation ("US Energy" or "the Company") (OTCBB:USEI) today announced the Company has granted an exclusive license through its sub licensee GreenGas (Asia) Ltd ("GreenGas") to PS Natural Gas Company Ltd Thailand ("PSGas") for the bus industry within the licensed territory.
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- The governor of a province or people.
The word 'ethnarch' comes from a Greek word meaning 'ruler of a tribe or nation'.