Estimating two indirect logging costs caused by accelerated erosion.

Glen O. Klock

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Estimating two indirect logging costs caused by accelerated erosion.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Glen O. Klock

Year:

1976

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-044. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 9 p

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Abstract

In forest areas where high soil erosion potential exists, a comparative yarding cost estimate, including the indirect costs determined by methods proposed here, shows that the total cost of using "advanced" logging methods may be less than that of "traditional" systems.

Keywords

Erosion, yarding costs, logging methods

Citation

Klock, Glen O. 1976. Estimating two indirect logging costs caused by accelerated erosion. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-044. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 9 p