Timber marking costs in spruce-fir: experience on the Penobscot Experimental Forest

Paul Sendak

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Timber marking costs in spruce-fir: experience on the Penobscot Experimental Forest

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Authors:

Paul Sendak

Year:

2002

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 19(1): 22-24.

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Abstract

In the application of partial harvests, time needs to be allocated to marking trees to be cut. On the Penobscot Experimental Forest located in Maine, eight major experimental treatments have been applied to northern conifer stands for more than 40 yr. Data recorded at the time of marking were used to estimate the time required to mark trees for harvest. A simple linear regression equation is presented that estimates labor hours per acre marked from data on volume marked per acre.

Keywords

timber marking, timber harvesting, spruce- fir, Maine

Citation

Sendak, Paul E. 2002. Timber marking costs in spruce-fir: experience on the Penobscot Experimental Forest. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 19(1): 22-24.