Article
 

Potential financial returns from alternative silvicultural prescriptions in second-growth stands of coastal British Columbia

Public Deposited

Downloadable Content

Download PDF
https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/79407x622

Descriptions

Attribute NameValues
Creator
Abstract
  • This paper reports the findings from a study made of the potential financial returns from nine alternative silvicultural prescriptions applied to four case-study stands of second growth in coastal British Columbia. The objectives were to compare prescriptions based on partial cutting with conventional clear-cutting and to explore the effects of harvesting costs and harvesting systems on potential returns. Inventory data were obtained for four case-study second-growth stands representing a wide range of both stocking and species composition. Prescriptions based on shelterwood, uneven-age management, and intermediate commercial thinnings followed by clear-cutting were specified. The PROGNOSIS growth and yield simulation program was used to model stand responses. Logging costs and timber gross and net values were estimated using a timber harvesting simulation model. Discounted cash flow analysis was used to compare the prescriptions. The findings showed that prescriptions based on partial cutting were more profitable than conventional clear-cutting in only a few cases, but competitive in most. Integrated design of individual treatments and whole prescriptions involving both silvicultural objectives and the economics of timber harvesting was recommended.
Resource Type
DOI
Date Available
Date Issued
Citation
  • Andrew F. Howard and H. Temesgen. 1997. Potential financial returns from alternative silvicultural prescriptions in second-growth stands of coastal British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 27: 1483–1495.
Journal Title
Journal Volume
  • 27
Journal Issue/Number
  • 9
Academic Affiliation
Rights Statement
Publisher
Peer Reviewed
Language
Replaces

Relationships

Parents:

This work has no parents.

Items

Thumbnail Title Date Uploaded Visibility Actions
file details HowardTemesgen_97.pdf 2017-07-06 Public Download