San Juan National Forest - Resistance

Treatment: maintain relatively unchanged conditions over time

Management Goals

Mixed conifer forest.
San Juan National Forest. Photo Credit: Mike Battaglia, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
  • Retain the same species composition as in pre-harvest stand of ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and aspen, with a slight reduction in white fir, and maintain all species, especially if poorly represented
  • Maintain even and consistent spacing
  • Retain stand structure to resist the increase of growing space for shrub components and the likelihood of creating a new cohort of conifers that would act as ladder fuels to the existing co-dominants and dominants in the stands

Strategies & approaches

  • Thin to 60-90 ft2/acre
  • Maintain even and consistent spacing
  • Retain the same species composition as in pre-harvest stand of ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and aspen, with a slight reduction in white fir
  • Retain stand structure to resist the increase of growing space for shrub components and the likelihood of creating a new cohort of conifers that would act as ladder fuels to the existing co-dominants and dominants in the stands

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Site Leads & Partners

Mike Battaglia (USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, RMRS) is the site lead for the San Juan National Forest project and Adam Tlachac (San Juan National Forest) is the local site manager. Key partners include Lance Asherin (RMRS), Kevin Emde (San Juan National Forest) Matt Tuten (USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry), Paula Fornwalt (RMRS), Chuck Rhoades (RMRS), Wade Tinkham (RMRS), Zach Steel (RMRS), Anthony Culpepper (Mountain Studies Institute), and Jake Kurzweil (Mountain Studies Institute), who are working with us to complete monitoring and outreach goals. Linda Joyce (Retired, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station) was a key thought-leader in the development of the San Juan ASCC site. 

Headshot of Mike Battaglia.

Mike Battaglia
San Juan national Forest ASCC Site Lead

Research Forester, Rocky Mountain Research Station
USDA Forest Service
Forest and Woodland Ecosystems Science Program
240 West Prospect Road Fort Collins, CO 80526
Phone: 970-498-1286
Michael.battaglia@usda.gov

Adam Tlachac
San Juan National Forest ASCC Site Manager Lead

San Juan National Forest
USDA Forest Service
180 Pagosa Street, P.O. Box 310 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Phone: 970-264-1513
adam.tlachac@usda.gov

Kevin Emde
San Juan National Forest ASCC Site Manager Lead

San Juan National Forest
USDA Forest Service
180 Pagosa Street, P.O. Box 310 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Phone: 970-264-1510
kevin.emde@usda.gov