Financial analysis of pruning coast Douglas-fir.

Roger D. Fight; James M. Cahlll; Thomas D. Fahey; Thomas A. Snellgrove

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-390

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Financial analysis of pruning coast Douglas-fir.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Roger D. Fight, James M. Cahlll, Thomas D. Fahey, Thomas A. Snellgrove

Year:

1987

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-390

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-390. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 17 p

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Abstract

Pruning of coast Douglas-fir was evaluated; recent product recovery information for pruned and unpruned logs for both sawn and peeled products was used. Dimensions of pruned and unpruned trees were simulated with the Douglas-fir stand simulator (DFSIM). Results are presented for a range of sites, ages at time of pruning, ages at time of harvest, product prices, and interest rates, and for both fertilized and unfertilized regimes.

Keywords

Simulation, pruning, Douglas-fir (coast), product recovery, financial analysis, forest product value

Citation

Fight, Roger D.; Cahlll, James M.; Fahey, Thomas D.; Snellgrove, Thomas A. 1987. Financial analysis of pruning coast Douglas-fir. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-390. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 17 p