This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
History winter range and current status of the Rock Creek Montana bighorn sheep herd, Michael William Aderhold
Forest policy and the regional timber management program, John Francis Ardner
User Preferences for Outdoor Recreation: Their Implications for Management of the Rattlesnake Watershed, David G. Conklin
Role of a manager in a self-determinative resource program, Frank Stofiel Dickson
Conceptual framework for resource management planning, Douglas Harold Ford
Alterations of the in vitro digestibility of deer browse as affected by systematic mixing of paired species, Gerald Byron Gill
Recognizing and solving land use problems; a case study: The Highwood Bench Alkali Control Association, Van K. Haderlie
Public involvement in policy decision-making and the U.S. Forest Service| Blue Mountain case study, Jerry Lee Kidd
Contribution of a small forest industry to the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Henry W. Kipp
Fire spread in lodgepole pine stands, Bruce Duncan Lawson
Status of prairie falcons in western Montana: special emphasis on possible effects of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides, Robert Raymond Leedy
Proposed study plan for the development of a ponderosa pine regeneration model on U.S. Plywood lands, Anthony Lloyd Liane
Response of root and shoot growth to decreases in soil water potential, Mark Edward Majerus
Dilemmas and contradictions facing forestry and economic development in western Montana, Alan Graham McQuillan
Interpretive evaluation for the northeast corner, Yellowstone National Park, George Taylor Morrison
Pulp and paper industry in the Northwest, Daniel Thomas Muldoon
Analysis of coyote calling as a game management technique, Eric Hatch Nelson
Analysis of diurnal fluctuations of national fire danger rating system spread index in interior Alaska, Nonan V. Noste
Application of land use controls to Missoula's Clark Fork River corridor, Ronald J. Pagel
Fire spread and impact in lodgepole pine slash, Dennis Quintilio
Soil contamination at Anaconda Montana: history and influence on plant growth, Ronald David Taskey
Performance of the Marden Brush Cutter in south central Montana, Lee Forrest Werth
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Study of campground use in the upper Blackfoot River Valley of western Montana, Joseph D. Bortz
Lumber output analysis, John Saxon Bricker
Primary production of a rough fescue ecosystem in Western Montana, J. David Brunner
Effect of fertilization on Larix occidentalis in western Montana, William Elwood Chord
Log breakdown simulation, Denny Durfee Culbertson
Measures of output revenues and expenditures of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service, David Dickens
SOME METHODS AND TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO OPEN SPACE PLANNING, Miklos Arpad Gratzer
Biology of white-tailed deer on winter ranges in the Swan Valley Montana, Peter Richard Hildebrand
Comparison of two methods of natural regeneration of lodgepole pine in south central Montana, Bernard Lester Kovalchik
VAPOR PRESSURES GENERATED IN WOOD DURING DRYING, David Perry Lowery
Vegetal development on montane fir clear-cuts in western Montana, C. Les Marcum
Some ecological relationships of grizzly bears and black bears of the Apgar Mountains in Glacier National Park, Montana, Stephen Carl Shaffer
DOUGLAS-FIR INVASION OF WESTERN MONTANA GRASSLANDS, Brian W. Sindelar
Winter movements and distribution of moose (Alces alces shirasi) in Upper Rock Creek drainage Granite County Montana, Joel Leslie Stone
Description and analysis of the dude ranching industry in Montana, Joseph Parker Sullivan
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
ECOLOGY OF ALPINE LARCH (LARIX LYALLII PARL.) IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Stephen Francis Arno
Identification of big-game animals on small camera vertical aerial photography, Robert Charles Beall
Laboratory method for evaluating forest fire retardant chemicals, Aylmer D. Blakely
Prescribed burning considerations for western Montana, Gardner Walton Ferry
Reproductive success of Canada geese in the Bitterroot Valley Montana, Dennis L. Flath
Air drop tests with the Snow Commander airtanker and Gelgard F fire retardant, Joseph Edward Grigel
TRAVEL PATTERNS OF WILDERNESS USERS IN THE ANACONDA-PINTLAR WILDERNESS, Alan Jubenville
The Lincoln back country controversy: A case study of public land administration, Donald Robert Kendall
Effect of burn intensities on vegetal composition and canopy-coverage in a selected area of western Montana, Ralph Randolph Lafferty
Productivity of Morrell Creek a mountain stream with an intermittant flow section Clark Fork drainage Montana, Robert Lee Newell
Probable smoke column heights from slash fires, Rodney A. Norum
Ponderosa pine growth as influenced by the period of soil moisture recharge, Gary Joe Petersen
THE EFFECTS OF ASH AND SOME ADDITIVES ON THE PYROLYSIS OF COTTONWOOD AND ITS COMPONENTS, Charles W. Philpot
Some aspects of browse production in relation to timber harvest methods and succesion in western Montana, Ralph Alfred Warner
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Isolation and characterization of the structural polysaccharides of Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana, Wayne Bukwa
Center temperature changes in hot pressing Douglas fir particle board, Ping-sen Chin
Competition for food between mule deer and bighorn sheep on Rock Creek Winter Range Montana, Allen Cooperrider
Water-can fire analog its thermal characteristics and calibration, Charles W. George
Study on the weight gains of cattle on provincial grazing reserves in central Alberta, Samuel George Klumph
Some basic characteristics of recreation and the recreationist Stillwater State Forest Montana, Frederick Charles Low
Population status of the golden eagle in south-central Montana, Harry V. Reynolds
Fracture-failure behavior of western larch and some relationships with anatomical and mechanical properties of the wood, Bryan H. River
The surface radiation-temperature surface soil moisture relationship| A study in remote sensing, Norman Schweizer
Forage Competition Between Cattle and Elk in the Gird Creek Drainage of Western Montana, Roy Owen Snyder
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Observations on the decline of the Rock Creek Montana population of bighorn sheep, Stephen Harold Berwick
Magruder Corridor controversy; a case history, William P. Cunningham
Ecology of the Rattlesnake Creek, Montana mule deer winter range, Kenneth Gene Knoche
Chemotaxonomic investigation of hybridization between Larix occidentalis and Larix lyallii; a preliminary study, Gerhard M. Knudsen
Breeding bird populations in the coniferous forests of western Montana, David Allen Manuwal
Radiation from big game and background| A control study for infrared scanner census, Harriet Pirkle Marble
Small camera vertical aerial photography, Jean Paul Mohler
Evaluation of the Master Unit system used by the Federal government, James Alan Moorhouse
Herbage and timber production under a western Montana pine canopy, Ronald Edward Ries
Response of juvenile raptors to DDT in the diet, John C. Seidensticker
Cost analysis of the 1967 hand-planting projects in the northern Rocky Mountain region, Cole Charles Snyder
Multiple use forest management and the possibility of its application in the developing countries, Abdul Rashid Tariq
Theses/Dissertations from 1967
Improving resource management planning with precipitation probability estimates, Arthur P. Brackebusch
Relationships of stand conditions to spruce budworm damage on Lubrecht Forest, Montana, David Lloyd Fauss
Mandibular dentition and horn development as criteria of age in the Dall sheep Ovis dalli Nelson, James E. Hemming
Thinning ponderosa pine in western Montana with prescribed fire, Robert Charles Henderson
Fuel complex in 70-year old lodgepole pine stands of different densities, A. D. Kiil
Forage production and utilization in western Montana clearcuts, Burton Paul Lewis
Hydrologic analysis of the North Fork experimental watershed, Wilfred Harvey Poliquin
Preliminary study of the breeding biology of the spruce grouse in northwestern Montana, Ronald P. Stoneberg
Lumber wholesaling in the Pacific Northwest, George Thomas Tutt
Radar echoes and their relationship to lightning fires in the northern Rocky Mountains, Richard David Wahlfeld
Decision making and multiple use management in the United States Forest Service, Carl N. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
Ignition probability in ponderosa pine needles and decayed Douglas fir wood, Robert E. Burgan
Future of summer homes on national forest land, J. Russell. Dahl
Review of external-communications factors pertinent to the public administrator, J. Russell. Dahl
Root distribution of forest understory species determined with I-131, Lewis Arthur Daniels
Movements populations and behavior of deer on a western Montana winter range, Larry L. Fairman
Investigation of the use of helicopters at night for forest fire control, Arthur H. Jukkala
Conservation of protected large mammals in Thailand, Pong Leng-EE
The Conservation of Protected Large mammals in Thailand, Pong Leng-EE
Aging pronghorn antelope by the incisor cementum, Henry Earnest McCutchen
Season-of-use and the new model| Rest-rotation grazing, Don T. Nebeker
Some aspects of human relations and management, Don T. Nebeker
Study of the big game animals of the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, Jim E. Richard
Radiometric surface temperatures in relation to remote sensing of hydrologic data, Darold E. Ward
A study of land management and recreational users of the Mission Mountains Primitive Area Montana 1964, William Fred Wright
A study of land management and recreational users of the Mission Mountains Primitive Area Montana, William Fred. Wright