Timber and tracks: Practices for limiting soil disturbance during harvest operation

Deborah S. Page-Dumroese

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Timber and tracks: Practices for limiting soil disturbance during harvest operation

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Deborah S. Page-Dumroese

Year:

2021

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), August 2021. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

A new GTR reviews timber harvest operations and their effects on soil sustainability to help forest managers understand and limit impacts and allow national forests to continue to produce ecosystem services and goods.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, timber, soil disturbance, harvesting, forest management

Citation

Dumroese-Page, Debbie. 2021. Timber and tracks: Practices for limiting soil disturbance during harvest operation. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), August 2021. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.