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Mass wasting in forested mountain topography

Creator:

Hu, Su Cherng

Abstract:

As the demands for forest products increase, additional timber harvesting operations can be expected on steep mountainous terrain, The resulting disruption of natural slope stability by man's disturbances (roadbuilding, logging and vegetative manipulation, etc.) may also accelerate mass movement processes in this terrain. Swanston (1969) defines mass movement as ".,...

Resource Type:

Capstone Project
A case study of prebunching and swinging : a thinning system for young forests

Creator:

Kellogg, Loren D.

Abstract:

Commercial thinning young growth forests is an increasingly important silvicultural technique for improving second growth management of Douglas-fir stands. Research aimed at advancing the efficiency of skyline logging operations in small wood timber stands is essential in order to make thinning these young stands economical. The purpose of this study...

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Capstone Project
Silvicultural mechanical site preparation

Creator:

Moore, William Wardlaw

Abstract:

The preparation of suitable sites for planting and growing of tree seedlings following logging is recognized by British Columbia Forest Service as a major silvicultural problem in the Central and Northern Interior regions of the province. Over the past few decades, scarification trials have been made with various types of...

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Capstone Project
Detecting land use changes in agricultural and woodlands by the use of aerial photographs

Creator:

Maul, Alan Stephen

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to show the amount of land use change taking place between 1963 and 19714. in T. 11 S.,R. 14- W., W.M., which is located between Albany and Corvallis. The changes of primary interest involve the shifts of agricultural land to residential, commercial and industrial...

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Capstone Project