Treesearch

Presents highlights and statistics on area, volume, growth, removals, and mortality from the 1990 forest inventory of the Superior National Forest.

Illustrates the kinds of information that can be generated from forest resource inventory data about access restrictions on private timberland.

Discusses recent Indiana forest industry trends; production and receipts of pulpwood, saw logs, and veneer logs; and production of other timber products in 1990. Reports on harvest residue, on wood and bark residue generated at primary wood-using mills, and on disposition of this mill residue.

The fifth inventory of Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula forests reports 4,989.1 thousand acres of land, of which 3,973.1 thousand acres are forested. This bulletin presents statistical highlights and contains detailed tables of forest area, as well as timber volume, growth, removals, mortality, and ownership.

Discusses recent Missouri forest industry trends; production and receipts of saw logs; and production of charcoal, veneer logs, cooperage logs, and other products in 1991. Reports on logging residue, on wood and bark residue generated at primary wood-using mills, and on disposition of this residue.

The fifth inventory of Michigan's Southern Lower Peninsula forests reports 14,429.0 thousand acres of land, of which 3,053.7 thousand acres are forested. This bulletin presents statistical highlights and contains detailed tables of forest area, as well as timber volume, growth, removals, mortality, and ownership.

Discusses recent Wisconsin forest industry trends; production and receipts of pulpwood, saw logs, and veneer logs; and production of other timber products in 1990. Reports on logging residue, on wood and bark residue generated at primary wood-using mills, and on disposition of this mill residue.

Reports findings on the latest survey of residential fuelwood consumption and production in Michigan, and compares findings with earlier survey results. Topics examined include the geographic distribution of residential fuelwood consumption and production within the state, the species of trees used for residential fuelwood, the types of wood-burning facilities used, the reasons for burning fuelwood, and the land, ownership, and tree classes from which fuelwood is produced.

Lake States pulpwood production increased to 8.6 million cords. Central States pulpwood production dropped about 9% from 374 thousand cords in 1990 to 339 thousand cords in 1991. Pulpwood production is shown by county and species group for Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.

Describes the results of a field trial of tree-section harvesting, a shortwood version of whole-tree harvesting, in a northern hardwood thinning. This technique is technically feasible and especially useful where the appearance of the residual stand is a primary concern.