Skyline logging productivity under alternative harvesting prescriptions and levels of utilization in larch-fir stands

Rulon B. Gardner

doi:10.2737/INT-RP-247

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Skyline logging productivity under alternative harvesting prescriptions and levels of utilization in larch-fir stands

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Rulon B. Gardner

Year:

1980

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-RP-247

Source:

Res. Pap. INT-RP-247. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 35 p.

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Abstract

Larch-fir stands in northwest Montana were experimentally logged to determine the influence of increasingly intensive levels of utilization upon rates of yarding production, under three different silvicultural prescriptions. Variables influencing rate of production were also identified.

Keywords

skyline yarding, productivity, utilization

Citation

Gardner, Rulon B. 1980. Skyline logging productivity under alternative harvesting prescriptions and levels of utilization in larch-fir stands. Res. Pap. INT-RP-247. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 35 p.