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Filtering by: Subject Forest thinning -- Economic aspects -- Oregon -- Willamette National Forest Committee Member Sessions, John

Thinning aged Douglas-fir : an analysis of mobilization costs and a log bucking strategy for revenue improvement

Creator:

Pilkerton, Stephen J.

Abstract:

Contract harvest operations have become the preferred approach to reducing the largest cost component of timber production through free market competition amongst logging contractors bidding or negotiating for work. The goal of this research was to investigate economic components of harvesting operations not previously studied for steep slope thinning harvests...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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costs: Experience from the Willamette Young Stand project. Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State