Identifying wood utilization options for ecosystem management : summary of a national research project

K. E. Skog; R. J. Barbour; J. E. Baumgras; A. Clark

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Identifying wood utilization options for ecosystem management : summary of a national research project

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Authors:

K. E. Skog, R. J. Barbour, J. E. Baumgras, A. Clark

Year:

1997

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Role of wood production in ecosystem management : proceedings of the Sustainable Forestry Working Group at the IUFRO All Division 5 Conference, Pullman, Washington, July 1997. Madison, Wis. : USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1997. General technical report FPL ; GTR-100.:p. 31-36.

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Abstract

Using an ecosystem approach to forest management will change silvicultural practices, thus requiring utilization options to provide revenue and to help offset the costs of the silviculture treatments. The Forest Service, university cooperators, and several industry mills in the southern, western, and northeastern United States have been involved in a national multidisciplinary research project to provide information and methods to evaluate current and future product opportunities for woody materials removed from ecosystem-managed forests. This paper explains how research from a range of disciplines is providing information to aid in making management decisions.

Keywords

Wood utilization, Forest management, Silviculture, Forestry practice, Economics, Wood utilization research, Wood Utilization Options for Ecosystem Management

Citation

Skog, K. E.; Barbour, R. J.; Baumgras, J. E.; Clark, A. 1997. Identifying wood utilization options for ecosystem management : summary of a national research project. Role of wood production in ecosystem management : proceedings of the Sustainable Forestry Working Group at the IUFRO All Division 5 Conference, Pullman, Washington, July 1997. Madison, Wis. : USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1997. General technical report FPL ; GTR-100.:p. 31-36.