Lumber grade and value performance of young-growth ponderosa pine logs at the Challenge Experimental Forest

Carl A. Newport; Elliot L. Amidon

doi:10.5962/bhl.title.70209

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Lumber grade and value performance of young-growth ponderosa pine logs at the Challenge Experimental Forest

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Authors:

Carl A. Newport, Elliot L. Amidon

Year:

1961

Type:

Technical Paper

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.70209

Source:

Tech. Paper 55. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 14 p

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Abstract

Old-growth timber is still the main source of ponderosa pine sawlogs in California, but the proportion of the annual cut from young-growth sawtimber is expected to rise rapidly in the future. The increasing significance of the young-growth resource is particularly apparent in the westside Sierra subregion, where the Challenge Experimental Forest is located. In this subregion, almost 20 percent of the annual softwood sawtimber growth on commercial forest land is in young-growth sawtimber.

Citation

Newport, C.A.; Amidon, E.L. 1961. Lumber grade and value performance of young-growth ponderosa pine logs at the Challenge Experimental Forest. Tech. Paper 55. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 14 p.