An estimate of the amount of road in the staggered-setting system of clearcutting.

Roy R. Silen; H.J. Gratkowski

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An estimate of the amount of road in the staggered-setting system of clearcutting.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Roy R. Silen, H.J. Gratkowski

Year:

1953

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

PNW Old Series Research Notes No. 92, p. 1-4

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Abstract

One question frequently asked by foresters in the Douglas-fir region is: "How much land is taken out of forest production by logging roads and landings?" The final answer is not known, but a rough estimate recently prepared for a sizable portion of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest may be useful as a tentative figure. The experimental area is located about 50 miles east of Eugene, Oregon on the Willamette National Forest and is fairly typical of the old-growth Doughs-fir forests that are found on steep watersheds in the Oregon Cascades.

Citation

Silen, Roy R.; Gratkowski, H.J. 1953. An estimate of the amount of road in the staggered-setting system of clearcutting. PNW Old Series Research Notes No. 92, p. 1-4