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Forest Harvest Residue Moisture Management in the Pacific Northwest, USA

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Belart Lengerich, Maria Francisca

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Moisture content management is a key requirement to improve forest harvest residue economics for bioenergy production. This dissertation aims to contribute towards better management through these three general objectives (1) Determine average moisture content of fresh forest harvest residues and its changes over the different seasons of the year, focusing...

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in large piles at the landing. In gentle slope, a common logging method in the Pacific Northwest
An analysis of technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmill industry

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Helvoigt, Ted L.

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The objective of this project was to investigate technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmilling industry over the period 1968-2002. Productivity growth was decomposed into three components: technical change, efficiency change, and scale efficiency change. In addition, using econometric methods, changes in output elasticities and input substitution...

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productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmilling industry over the period 1968-2002. Productivity
The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

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Crandall, Mindy S.

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The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues of tops and limbs of trees or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a financial incentive to help motivate treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest...

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-sized) forest trees in the Pacific Northwest is typically done with cable or ground-based logging
Economic considerations for expanded feeding of livestock in the Pacific Northwest

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Grimshaw, Paul R.

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Several agricultural and related industry groups in the Pacific Coast states have expressed concern about the competitive position of these states in the production of feed grains and livestock products. This study was directed toward the investigation of these concerns. In order to permit the real world situation, with its...

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RIGHTS RESERVED Economic Considerations for Expanded Feeding of Livestock in the Pacific Northwest
Cost-efficient management of aquatic invasive species : application to New Zealand mudsnails in the Pacific Northwest

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Lim, Youngah

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By affecting the ecological, pecuniary and aesthetic productivity of ecosystems, invasive species (IS) increase production and management costs to business, while straining public agencies' budgets with monitoring, enforcement and management efforts. Understanding invasion pathways or vectors, and identifying costs and benefits of alternative management strategies are critical to public and...

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: Application to New Zealand Mudsnails in the Pacific Northwest AN ABSTRACT OF THE
Estimated expenditures by sport anglers and net economic values of salmon and steelhead for specified fisheries in the Pacific Northwest

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Sorhus, Colin

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and Net Economic Values of Salmon and Steelhead for Specified Fisheries in the Pacific Northwest
Biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol : experimental, enzymatic hydrolysis modeling, techno-economic and life cycle assessment studies

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Kumar, Deepak

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Ethanol production from lignocellulosic feedstock has been under intense scrutiny as a transportation fuel due to its potential to address concerns of increasing energy consumption, limited fossil energy resources, climate changes due to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels, and especially use of non-food biomaterials, which address the biggest limitation...

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Northwest. There were no previous comprehensive studies to evaluate the technical feasibility, economic
An economic analysis of the competitive position of the Northwest frozen pea-industry

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Hutchings, H. M. (Harvey Myron)

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A production function analysis of water resource productivity in Pacific Northwest agriculture

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Holloway, Milton L.

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The competition or rivalry for the use of water resources among economic sectors of the Pacific Northwest and among geographical regions of the western United States has intensified in recent years. This rivalry and the long run prospects for water shortages have increased the demand for research concerning the productivity...

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resources among economic sectors of the Pacific Northwest and among geograph- ical regions of the western
A production function analysis of water resource productivity in Pacific Northwest agriculture

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Holloway, Milton L.

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The competition or rivalry for the use of water resources among economic sectors of the Pacific Northwest and among geographical regions of the western United States has intensified in recent years. This rivalry and the long run prospects for water shortages have increased the demand for research concerning the productivity...

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PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF WATER RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST AGRICULTURE Abstract

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Agricultural Economics4
Agriculture and Resource Economics2
Applied Economics2
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Forest Ecosystems and Society1
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Belart Lengerich, Maria Francisca1
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Agricultural Economics4
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Oregon State University. Graduate School12

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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Mathematical models2
Water resources development -- Northwest, Pacific2
Agricultural wastes as fuel -- Economic aspects -- Northwest, Pacific1
Agricultural wastes as fuel -- Environmental aspects -- Northwest, Pacific1
Agricultural wastes as fuel -- Northwest, Pacific1
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