The economic significance of mortality in old-growth Douglas-fir management.

R.O. McMahon

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The economic significance of mortality in old-growth Douglas-fir management.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

R.O. McMahon

Year:

1961

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

PNW Old Series Research Paper No. 37: 1-21

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Abstract

Current mortality in the Douglas-fir subregion, exclusive of catastrophic mortality, approximates a billion feet a year. The Forest Service report "Timber Resources for America's Future" recommended "...utilizing a substantial portion of the unsalvaged mortality loss..." as one means of permanently increasing the Nation's timber supply and bringing it into better balance with expected future timber requirements. Recovery of mortality from old-growth forests in the Douglas-fir subregion offers special opportunities for acting on this recommendation. Increased recognition of these opportunities is needed.

Citation

McMahon, R.O. 1961. The economic significance of mortality in old-growth Douglas-fir management. PNW Old Series Research Paper No. 37: 1-21