Timber resource statistics for the Ketchikan area of the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, 1985.

George Rogers; Willem W.S. van Hees

doi:10.2737/PNW-RB-184

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Timber resource statistics for the Ketchikan area of the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, 1985.

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Authors:

George Rogers, Willem W.S. van Hees

Year:

1991

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RB-184

Source:

Res. Bull. PNW-RB-184. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 18 p

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Abstract

Statistics on forest area, total gross and net volumes, and annual net growth and mortality are presented from the 1984-85 timber inventory of the Ketchikan Area, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Available timberland area is estimated at 1.5 million acres, net growing stock volume at 8.2 billion cubic feet, and annual net growth and mortality at 24.8 and 65.6 million cubic feet, respectively.

Keywords

Forest surveys, timber inventory, statistics (forest), Alaska (southeast)

Citation

Rogers, George; van Hees, Willem W.S. 1991. Timber resource statistics for the Ketchikan area of the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, 1985. Res. Bull. PNW-RB-184. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 18 p