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  1. Effects of site preparation on timber and non-timber values of loblolly pine plantations

    This study evaluated the timber and non-timber values of the forest stands generated by four site preparation methods tested in the Tuskegee National Forest 15 yr earlier. The timber values of the forest stands were assessed with the timber yields predicted by the SE TWIGS model. Non-timber benefits were evaluated through the Contingent Valuation Method. Two hundred...

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    Author(s):
    Jianbang Gan; Stephen H. Kolison; James H. Miller; Tasha M. Hargrove
    Year:
    1998
    Keywords:
    Economic analysis, Contingent valuation, Multi-attribute assessment, National forest, Regeneration
    Source:
    Forest Ecology and Management. 107: 47-53.

  2. National measures of forest productivity for timber

    This report presents national measures of forest productivity for timber. These measures reveal trends in the relationship between quantity of timber produced by forests and the quantity of forest resources employed in timber production. Timber production is measured by net annual growth of timber and annual timber removals. Measures of timber productivity include...

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    Author(s):
    Peter J. Ince; H. Edward Dickerhoof; H. Fred Kaiser
    Year:
    1989
    Keywords:
    Forest productivity, timber, national indexes
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-61. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; 1989. 14 pages

  3. Timber value—a matter of choice: a study of how end use assumptions affect timber values.

    The relationship between estimated timber values and actual timber prices is discussed. Timber values are related to how, where, and when the timber is used. An analysis demonstrates the relative values of a typical Douglas-fir stand under assumptions about timber use.

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    Author(s):
    John H. Beuter
    Year:
    1971
    Keywords:
    forest appraisal, forestry business economics, timber value, stumpage price
    Source:
    Res. Pap. PNW-RP-118. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p

  4. Information transfer during the timber transaction period in West Virginia. USA

    Timber harvesting has long-lasting impacts on the productivity and aesthetics of private forests. In many instances, landowners who possess high quality timber are at a competitive disadvantage during timber transactions--the time between a decision by the landowner to sell timber and the completion of the timber harvesting operation--as they may lack understanding of...

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    Author(s):
    David W. McGill; Daniel J. Magill; James Kochenderfer; W. Mark Ford; Tom Schuler
    Year:
    2006
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Proceedings 7th extension working party symposium, communication strategies for multiple partner involvement in foresry extension, IUFRO working party 6.06.03 extension, Orvieto, Italy, September 2004.

  5. Mechanical grading of oak timbers

    For many wood species, the grading of timbers [>76 mm (>4-in.) thick] has not changed in decades. Most timbers are still visually graded by methods that originated in the 1930s. Mechanical grading procedures used to accurately grade 38-mm (2-in. nominal) dimension lumber have not been adapted for use with timbers. Furthermore, the only reliable timber test data...

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    Author(s):
    David E. Kretschmann; David W. Green
    Year:
    1999
    Keywords:
    Quercus, Grading, Mechanical methods, Structural timbers, Modulus of elasticity, Strength testing.
    Source:
    Journal of materials in civil engineering. Vol. 11, no. 2 (May 1999).:p. 91-97 : ill.

  6. Determinants of Non-Timber Values in Wisconsin Northern Hardwoods

    A working definition of non-timber value is the difference between the revenues attainable by implementing an infinite horizon timber revenue maximizing cutting rule, and the value of the observed harvest. This non-timber value was estimated for the stands of the Forest Inventory Analysis data in the maple-beech-birch type in Wisconsin. Non-timber values averaged 23...

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    Author(s):
    Richard Scarpa; Joseph Buongiorno; Karen Lee
    Year:
    1998
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Proceedings of the 1998 Southern Forest Economics Workshop Part II March 25-27, 1998, Williamsbury, VA

  7. Timber resources of the Sacramento area, California, 1972.

    This report summarizes the 1972 timber resource inventory of the Sacramento area, California. Included are detailed tables of forest area, timber volume, growth, mortality, and timber cut and a discussion of the current timber resource and timber industry situation.

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    Author(s):
    Brian R. Wall
    Year:
    1978
    Keywords:
    forest surveys, statistics (timber), timber statistics, resources (timber), timber resources, California (Sacramento area), Sacramento area—California
    Source:
    Res. Bull. PNW-RB-073. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 66 p

  8. Deconstructing the timber volume paradigm in management of the Tongass National Forest.

    Timber volume information and associated maps have been widely used in the Tongass National Forest for land-use planning and timber and wildlife management. Although considerable effort has been expended to improve timber volume maps, little has been done to evaluate the suitability of timber volume as a descriptor of forest character.We established a rough indicator...

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    Author(s):
    John P. Caouette; Marc G. Kramer; Gregory J. Nowacki
    Year:
    2000
    Keywords:
    Tongass National Forest, timber volume, forest structure, trees per acre, quadratic mean diameter, aerial photointerpretation, canopy texture
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-482. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 20 p. (Shaw, Charles G., III, tech. coord.; Conservation and resource assessments for the Tongass land management plan revision)

  9. Simulating spatial and temporal context of forest management using hypothetical landscapes

    Spatially explicit models that combine remote sensing with geographic information systems (GIS) offer great promise to land managers because they consider the arrangement of landscape elements in time and space. Their visual and geographic nature facilitate the comparison of alternative landscape designs. Among various activities associated with forest management,...

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    Author(s):
    Eric J. Gustafson; Thomas R. Crow
    Year:
    1998
    Keywords:
    Simulation modeling, timber harvest, historical context, spatial context, landscape pattern, forest interior, forest edge
    Source:
    Environmental Management 22:777-787.

  10. Value of timber and agricultural products in the United States, 1991

    In the United States, timber and agriculture are two important components of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The purpose of this study was to quantify the volume and value of timber in the U.S. economy in 1991 and compare the value of timber with that of agriculture. Combined, timber and agriculture accounted for 6.2 percent of total GDP in 1991, and 13.2 percent of...

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    Author(s):
    D. B. McKeever; J. L. Howard
    Year:
    1996
    Keywords:
    Forest products industries, Forest products, Agricultural products, Economics, USA
    Source:
    Forest products journal. Vol. 46, no. 10 (Oct. 1996).:p. 45-50.

  11. Timber Products Supply and Demand

    This chapter describes historical, current, and projected timber inventories and timber product outputs from southern forests. It also attempts to place these quantities in national and international perspectives. Timber is the most valuable commercial commodity taken from most forests, and its removal strongly influences the character of those forests. Timber is...

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    Author(s):
    Jeffrey P. Prestemon; Robert C. Abt
    Year:
    2002
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Wear, D.N.; Greis, J.G., eds. The Southern Forest Resource Assessment. General Technical Report GTR-SRS-53. Asheville, North Carolina: USDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 299-325.

  12. Economic Impacts of the Southern Pine Beetle

    This paper provides an overview of the timber economic impacts of the southern pine beetle (SPB). Although we anticipate that SPB outbreaks cause substantial economic losses to households that consume the nonmarket economic services provided by healthy forests, we have narrowly focused our attention here on changes in values to timber growers and wood-products...

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    Author(s):
    John M. Pye; Thomas P. Holmes; Jeffrey P. Prestemon; David N. Wear
    Year:
    2011
    Keywords:
    disturbance valuation, impact assessment, SPB, timber market, welfare economics
    Source:
    In: Coulson, R.N.; Klepzig, K.D. 2011. Southern Pine Beetle II. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-140. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 213-222.

  13. Considering departures from current timber harvesting policies: case studies of four communities in the Pacific Northwest.

    U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations permit departures from current National Forest timber harvesting policies when "implementation of base harvest schedules.., would cause a substantial adverse impact upon a community .... " This paper describes the kinds of information needed for forest managers to adequately assess the relevance of the departure...

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    Author(s):
    Con H Schallau; Paul E. Polzin
    Year:
    1983
    Keywords:
    National Forest policy, economic impact, economic importance (forests), timber harvesting policy, harvest scheduling, timber supply
    Source:
    Res. Pap. PNW-RP-306. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 29 p

  14. Competition for National Forest timber: effects on timber-dependent communities.

    Results are reported for three studies that dealt with the influence of timber sale practices on competition for timber in the timber-dependent communities of Medford and Grant County An Oregon and those surrounding the Nezperce National Forest in Idaho. Results are also reported for a fourth study that examines how several firms managed their uncut volume under...

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    Author(s):
    Richard W. Haynes
    Year:
    1983
    Keywords:
    Timber sales, National Forest policy, National Forest administration, stumpage sales arrangements, economic impact
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-148. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 40 p

  15. The 1993 RPA timber assessment update

    This update reports changes in the Nation's timber resource since the 1989 RPA timber assessment. The timber resource situation is analyzed to provide projections for future cost and availability of timber products to meet demands. Prospective trends in demands for and supplies of timber, and the factors that affect these trends are examined. These include changes...

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    Author(s):
    Richard W. Haynes; Darius M. Adams; John R. Mills
    Year:
    1995
    Keywords:
    RPA, assessment, timber, projections, supply and demand, management alternatives
    Source:
    General Technical Report RM-259. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 66 p.

  16. A third look at Minnesota's timber.

    This report presents timber resource statistics from 1962 and compares them with those from 1953 and 1936. It contains 17 line illustrations and 50 tables that deal with forest area, number of trees, timber volume and growth, desirable cut, timber product output, and timber cut statistics. It also includes a 30-year projection of timber growth and cut. The...

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    Author(s):
    Robert N. Stone
    Year:
    1966
    Keywords:
    timber resource statistics, timber growth, timber cut
    Source:
    Resource Bulletin NC-1. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

  17. The forest ecosystem of southeast Alaska: 7. Forest ecology and timber management.

    Large-scale use of the timber resource of southeast Alaska began in 1953 after long efforts to establish a timber industry. Development and present status of the industry and present management of the timber resource are summarized, stressing the biological basis for timber management activities in southeast Alaska today. Ecological and silvicultural considerations...

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    Author(s):
    Arland S. Harris; Wilbur A. Farr
    Year:
    1974
    Keywords:
    Alaska, silvicultural characteristics timber management planning, succession, timber, logging operations (general)
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-025. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 116 p

  18. Global sustainable timber supply and demand

    Industrial timber use has provided timber revenue that has helped make timber supply and demand more sustainable in the leading timber producing regions of the world. Sustainable development implies not consuming more resources today than we can replace tomorrow, but sustainable forest management implies more than merely a non-declining supply of timber. Forests as a...

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    Author(s):
    Peter J. Ince
    Year:
    2010
    Keywords:
    Forest products, statistics, marketing, economic aspects, renewable natural resources, utilization, sustainable forestry, market surveys, timber supply, supply, demand, timber, forest products industry, forecasting, economic forecasting, lumber trade, forest resources
    Source:
    Sustainable development in the forest products industry, Chapter 2. Porto, Portugal : Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 2010: p. 29-41. ISBN: 9789896430528.

  19. Timber market research, private forests, and policy rhetoric

    The development of the profession and practice of forestry in the United States can be linked to urgent concerns regarding timber shortages in the late 19th century (Williams 1989). These were based largely on perceived failures of forest landowners to protect or invest enough in the productive capacity of their forests (Manthy 1977). The South, as the only major...

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    Author(s):
    David N. Wear; Jeffrey P. Prestemon
    Year:
    2004
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–75. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Ch. 24. p. 289-301

  20. Use and production of solid sawn timbers in the United States

    Although timber production has grown steadily over the last decade, information about the use of timbers and the corresponding resource remains in short supply. This study adds to the available literature on solid sawn timbers by compiling data on timber production and uses. The major categories of solid sawn timbers researched were railroad ties, timber bridges, and...

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    Author(s):
    Gerry Jackson; James Howard; A. L. Hammett
    Year:
    2001
    Keywords:
    Sawnwood, Timbers, Lumber, Forest products industries, Wood utilization, Productivity, Railways, Bridges
    Source:
    Forest products journal. Vol. 51, nos. 7/8 (July/Aug. 2001).:p. 23-28.

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