Historical silvicultural treatments

G. E. Gruell; W. C. Schmidt; S. F. Arno; W. J. Reich; James Menakis

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Historical silvicultural treatments

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Authors:

G. E. Gruell, W. C. Schmidt, S. F. Arno, W. J. Reich, James Menakis

Year:

1999

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Smith, Helen Y.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa pine forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-23. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 10-13

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Abstract

The Lick Creek timber sale of 1906 attracted much attention because it was the first large National Forest timber sale (2,135 acres) in the ponderosa pine cover type in the USDA Forest Service Northern Region. A total of 37,600,000 board feet (bd ft) was cut (White 1924).

Parent Publication

Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa pine forest

Keywords

ecosystem-based management, forest succession, prescribed fire, Lick Creek timber sale

Citation

Gruell, G. E.; Schmidt, W. C.; Arno, S. F.; Reich, W. J.; Menakis, James. 1999. Historical silvicultural treatments. In: Smith, Helen Y.; Arno, Stephen F., eds. Eighty-eight years of change in a managed ponderosa pine forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-23. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 10-13