This study was initiated and designed, first, to determine the reliability of the stocking survey system, and, second, to construct free hand curves which would give the ratio of percent of stocking to number of trees per acre.
"One of the basic problems of forest management is that of restoring to
productivity denuded areas which cannot be expected to restock through natural means.
The most efficient method of regenerating such lands is that method which
provides adequate restocking in the shortest time with the least expense. Successful
direct...