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Kenya Field Work: November 2011 Kakamega Forest only

Kenya Field Work: November 2011 Kakamega Forest only. MSU: Mike Smalligan, Eric David ICRAF : Donald Agwa , Tom Ochinga. Trip Itinerary. Sunday Nov 6 – both arrive in NBO at 9 pm on KL 565 Monday Nov 7 – 10 am KQ 654 flight to Kisumu ; sort and pack wood samples in afternoon

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Kenya Field Work: November 2011 Kakamega Forest only

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  1. Kenya Field Work: November 2011Kakamega Forest only MSU: Mike Smalligan, Eric David ICRAF: Donald Agwa, Tom Ochinga

  2. Trip Itinerary Sunday Nov 6 – both arrive in NBO at 9 pm on KL 565 Monday Nov 7 – 10 am KQ 654 flight to Kisumu; sort and pack wood samples in afternoon Tuesday Nov 8 – Mid Yala sampling Wednesday Nov 9 - Mid Yala sampling Thursday Nov 10 – Mid Yala sampling Friday Nov 11 – Mid Yala sampling Saturday Nov 12 – Mid Yala sampling Sunday Nov 13 – Mid Yala sampling Monday Nov 14 – depart Kisumu at 11:15 am on KQ 655, meet with Meteorology & KWS in afternoon, visit Nairobi NP from 3-6, Eric departs NBO at 11 pm on KL 566 Tuesday Nov 15 – Mike meets with USAID, KFS & UNEP Wednesday Nov 16 – Mike departs NBO on KL 4140 at 8:20 am Note: All useful wood samples were brought back to MSU to complete the transfer of dendrochronology wood samples collected by ICRAF during the destructive harvesting for allometric equations.

  3. Location of Sample Plots Relative to Kisumu

  4. Location of 11 Sample Plots in Kibiri Plantations

  5. PLOT and SAMPLING DESIGN: • 1,000 m2 plot area with a 17.85m plot radius • Measure DBH only of all trees in plot and record species • Intensive wood density sampling of 10 trees within plot • 2 trees nearest plot center and nearest the center of each quadrant • Tree measurements: DBH, total height, crown height, 2 crown diameters, species • Wood density: • 3 sound measurements along 2 axis (N/S & E/W) • 2 increment cores at N/S & E/W axis • Photographs: • hemispherical photo at ½ crown radius on north side of each intensive tree • horizontal GPS photos from plot center in 4 cardinal directions

  6. Plot Summary All plots are in known age KFS plantations near the Kirbiri Forest Station. Plots took 2-3 hours to collect the more intensive wood density parameters. The Kaimosi Tea Estate denied our impromptu request to collect data on their property. We sought and found alternate hardwoods in new locations within the Kibiri Forest. 7 of the 11 plots are within our July 2010 Worldview imagery.

  7. Nairobi Meetings Nov 14-15 • KWS – Jane Wamboi was out of town and missed our meeting • Meteorology – much trouble buying 10 years of climate data at 5 stations for 5,000 KSH. Prior letter required. • USAID – met with EnockKanyanya to discuss the PROMARA project in the Mau Forest • KFS – met with Alfred Gichu to update him on the SERVIR proposal • UNEP – met with Gemma Shepherd and MohamadSessay to debrief the Annual Review and UNCCD meetings • KEFRI – did not meet with Vincent Oeba as he was at MSU in October • SERVIR – did not stop by as we are waiting on the proposal • ICRAF – spoke briefly with Henry Neufeldt in Kisumu on the 14th

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