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  • Tires, Tracks, and Tethering: Idaho Steep Slope Harvesting

    Creator:
    Finster, Austin R.
    Abstract:
    Steep slope timber harvesting often falls under scrutiny of labor, safety, and operational challenges, but is beginning to advance past these barriers through substantial technological progression. Across previous decades, large advancements of technology have occurred in ground-based timber harvesting systems, giving mechanized options to every phase of timber harvesting. These...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Department of Forest Engineering, Resources & Management Dean of the Graduate School

  • Real-time Decision Making on Helicopter Dispatch during Multiple Forest Fires

    Creator:
    Jeon, Duckha
    Abstract:
    On average there are over 500 forest fires burning more than 3,700 ha each year in South Korea. Between 2014 and 2018, 62 percent of forest fires were multiple fires burning simultaneously in more than two different locations across the country. These multiple fires make it difficult to make decisions...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Forest Engineering, Resources & Management Dean of the Graduate School

  • The Impact of Understory Vegetation on the Productivity and Costs of Cut-to-length Thinning Harvest Systems in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Uffelman, Shane
    Abstract:
    The forests in the Pacific Northwest are highly productive for timber and are a major factor in the economies of the region. The Pacific Northwest is the leading producer of lumber and plywood in the country. The use of harvester-forwarder cut-to-length harvest systems as a method for timber harvests in...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Management Head of the Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Dean

  • Supply Chain Management of Timber and Biomass from Mountain Pine Beetle Infested Forests

    Creator:
    She, Ji
    Abstract:
    Mountain pine beetle infested forests in the Rocky Mountain region raise complicated economic, environmental, and social impacts and pose severe forest management challenges to land managers and public and private landowners. Harvesting infested forest stands provides an opportunity to utilize otherwise wasted resources, mitigate economics losses to landowners, and generate...
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    Dissertation
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    Head of the Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management Dean of the Graduate

  • Insight into the Productivity, Cost and Soil Impacts of a Cable-assisted Harvester-forwarder Thinning in Western Oregon

    Creator:
    Green, Preston Q.
    Abstract:
    Timber harvesting in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) region of the United States of America (USA) has a long history of explosive growth, environmental litigation and regulation, economic downturn, and workforce dynamics that have created a current environment where cable-assisted harvesting is quickly gaining popularity among private and public land managers...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ______________________________________ Head of the Department of Forest Engineering, Resources & Management

  • A Vision System for Automatic Dendrometry and Forest Mapping

    Creator:
    Wells, Lucas A.
    Abstract:
    In pursuit of global sustainability, forestry has witnessed significant shifts in practices and the development of new technologies and ideas. Primary and secondary processing industries have made substantial efforts to increase wood utilization rates, improve occupational safety and the working environment for humans, and have exhibited interest in procuring raw...
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    Dissertation
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    operations and a tool to aid in the pursuit of sustainable forest management. © Copyright by Lucas A

  • The Effect of Downed-trees on Harvesting Productivity and Costs in Beetle-killed Stands

    Creator:
    Kim, Yaejun
    Abstract:
    The mountain pine beetle has impacted over 5 million hectares of pine forests in the Rocky Mountains region in the United States. Although some beetle-killed stands are available for salvage harvesting, there are many uncertainties in harvesting beetle-killed stands including safety, costs, recoverable products and their values. These uncertainties impose...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    of the Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Dean of the Graduate