Timber resource statistics for the Porcupine inventory unit ofAlaska, 1978.

Theodore S. Setzer

doi:10.2737/PNW-RB-141

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Timber resource statistics for the Porcupine inventory unit ofAlaska, 1978.

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Authors:

Theodore S. Setzer

Year:

1987

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RB-141

Source:

Res. Bull. PNW-RB-141. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 32 p

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Abstract

A timber resource inventory of the Porcupine inventory unit, Alaska, was conducted in 1977 and 1978. Statistics on forest area, timber volumes, and annual growth and mortality from this inventory are presented. Timberland area is estimated at 1,453 thousand acres, and net growing stock volume, mostly softwood, is 530,505 thousand cubic feet. Net annual growth of growing stock is estimated at -3,415 thousand cubic feet and annual mortality at 5,841 thousand cubic feet.

Keywords

Forest surveys, timber resources, statistics (forest), Alaska (interior), interior Alaska

Citation

Setzer, Theodore S. 1987. Timber resource statistics for the Porcupine inventory unit of Alaska, 1978. Res. Bull. PNW-RB-141. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 32 p