Intensive Culture on Northern Forest-Industry Lands: Trends, Expectations, and Needs

David A. Gansner; Owen W. Herrick; Dietmar W. Rose

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Intensive Culture on Northern Forest-Industry Lands: Trends, Expectations, and Needs

Informally Refereed

Authors:

David A. Gansner, Owen W. Herrick, Dietmar W. Rose

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-371. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8p.

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Abstract

Results of a survey of intensive forest-culture practices on forest-industry lands in the North. Timber-stand improvement and commercial thinning have been and apparently will continue to be the most popular practices undertaken. Estimated increases in recent annual harvests due to intensive culture averaged about 4 percent, and greater increases are expected during the next decade. Industrial managers expressed a high-priority need for more knowledge about genetic tree improvement, site preparation, fertilization, and species conversion.

Keywords

cultural practices, industrial forestry, investments, research needs

Citation

Gansner, David A.; Herrick, Owen W.; Rose, Dietmar W. 1977. Intensive Culture on Northern Forest-Industry Lands: Trends, Expectations, and Needs. Res. Pap. NE-371. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8p.