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  • Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

    Creator:
    Gagnon, Aaron R.
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    In this thesis I examine the question: can allowing a wildfire to burn this year result in a net positive economic gain? To answer this question I created 2,500 multiple sets of paired scenarios (called a fire of interest) which consist of ignitions, vegetation growth, and timber harvest over the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Aaron R. Gagnon for the degree of Master of Science in Sustainable Forest

  • Economic optimization of forest biomass processing and transport

    Creator:
    Zamora Cristales, René Arturo
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    An economic analysis and optimization of forest biomass processing and transportation at the operational level is presented. Renewable sources of energy have captured the interest of public and private institutions to develop cost-effective supply chains to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The production of energy from forest harvest residues constitutes...
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    Dissertation
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    Economic Optimization of Forest Biomass Processing and

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

    Creator:
    Pilkerton, Stephen J.
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    . Pilkerton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Engineering presented on June 12, 2009. Title

  • Radiative forcing and forest climate policy

    Creator:
    Thompson, Matthew P.
    Abstract:
    This thesis is comprised of two manuscripts that relate to forest-based management strategies in the context of market-based climate change mitigation policies. The work questions the appropriateness of a singular focus on carbon sequestration given the albedo effect and its possible countervailing climatic impacts. Through a review of salient literature...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Matthew P. Thompson for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Resources presented on December 5

  • Estimating volume and value on standing timber in hybrid poplar plantations using terrestrial laser scanning : a case study

    Creator:
    Barnett, Jennifer S.
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    Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) may provide a way to increase timber value recovery by replacing manual timber cruising with a simple-to-use, cost-effective alternative. TLS has been studied in several trials worldwide. Past studies have not compared TLS based estimates with mill estimates of stem value and volume. Three differently stocked...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jennifer S. Barnett for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Engineering

  • Contemporary forest road management with economic and environmental objectives

    Creator:
    Thompson, Matthew P.
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    One of the basic questions facing transportation planners and road managers is how to provide and maintain a road system that provides efficient access to the forest while limiting adverse effects roads can have on water and soil resources. The purpose of this study is to develop decision support models...
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    Dissertation
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    Engineering presented on March 19, 2009. Title: Contemporary Forest Road Management with Economic and

  • Livelihoods and land use change in highland Ethiopia

    Creator:
    Guillozet, Kathleen
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    This dissertation investigates livelihood and land use change dynamics in a community at the farm-forest periphery in highland Ethiopia. I use interviews and livelihood assessment data to compare the strategies used by members of different wealth groups to negotiate and maintain access to forest resources, and integrate socioeconomic, bio-physical and...
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    Dissertation
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    the productive capacity of the forest on economic, cultural, ecological, spiritual and political

  • Sustainable biomass supply from fuel reduction treatments : a biomass assessment of federally owned land in eastern Oregon

    Creator:
    Vogler, Kevin C.
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    Wildfire exclusion over the past century or more has resulted in extensive fuel accumulations throughout much of the West that combined with recent climatic patterns have increased the frequency of relatively uncommon, large, high-severity wildfires. Forest restoration treatments intended to alter landscape-level fire disturbance patterns can be difficult to implement...
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    Masters Thesis
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    THESIS OF Kevin C. Vogler for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Resources presented on