Understanding the impact of thinning on residual stands helps forest managers achieve management objectives associated with sustainability and quality control. Stand damage control becomes more critical as thinning presc ...

The success of civil engineering construction in cold regions often depends on the assessment of the potential for frost heave. Over the past two decades two models have been presented to the engineering community to i ...

Recent catastrophic wildfires have forced the forest management community to develop new strategies for reducing forest fuels. Tightly spaced understory trees often create a fire ladder allowing surface fires to encroac ...

Alternative silvicultural systems, such as group selections, have recently come into vogue in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in response to political and public pressure against traditional, even-aged silviculture. There ...

With increasing environmental concerns, short harvesting seasons, salvage logging needs, and limited road access, helicopter yarding is becoming attractive to many land managers. Most helicopter yarding has occurred on ...

Past afforestation programs launched to promote private and community woodlots in rural Ethiopia have not been based on clear understanding of the incentives and constraints of smallholder farmers. This study investiga ...

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 ...