Methods of cutting, Stanislaus National Forest, Plot 8. Preliminary summary for field use and preparation of reports

Objects of study: To determine the growth rate and net growth of the residual stand after a heavy Forest Service cutting in an all-aged forest of the sugar pine-white fir type under optimum conditions, and the effects of cutting, logging and slash disposal upon the survival and growth of advance reproduction, the rate of restocking, and changes in composition of timber species and other vegetation.

One special object of this experiment is to determine whether the proportion of sugar pine can be increased in a stand where the natural replacement by white fir is in progress.