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Filtering by: Subject Forest thinning Advisor Kellogg, Loren D. Committee Member Olsen, Eldon D. Resource Type Dissertation

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

Full Text:

thinning a western hemlock-Sitka spruce stand: Harvesting costs and stand damage. Forest Research