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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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. Pilkerton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Engineering presented on June 12, 2009. Title
An integrated study of mechanical forest fuel reduction: quantifying multiple factors at the stand level

Creator:

Bolding, Michael Chad, 1977-

Abstract:

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 encroach into the crowns of overstory trees. This situation can lead to intensive, catastrophic, stand-replacement forest fires. Mechanical removal or...

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Dissertation

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Microsoft Word - All 4 Grad School.doc forest fuel