What makes for a regulated forest? A “regulated forest” consists of tree sizes in approximately equal parts (and age classes that correspond to the size classes). As the trees in a stand grow into the harvestable age class, equal volumes may be harvested at roughly equal intervals. Meyer (1961) says, it is “the organization andContinue reading “A regulated forest”
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A Regulated Forest – Part 2
Alston Chase’s 1995 book, In A Dark Wood, chronicles the clash over the last century between forest productionists and forest preservationists. He wrote about the strategy of removing decadent timber from timberlands, owned by timber companies or the government (though not from parks), to make way for young trees: [Private companies] sought to convert old,Continue reading “A Regulated Forest – Part 2”
A Regulated Forest
This circa 1967 picture* is of Cliff Fago scaling (measuring logs to determine their net volume) old growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) logs. Cliff became the first permanent forest manager of Boggs Mountain State Forest (BMSF) in 1965. In 1967, he conducted the BMSF’s first timber sale to begin removal of the remaining old growth. ThreeContinue reading “A Regulated Forest”
Nullius in Verba 