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Title

Outlook for new harvesting technology
Document Type: Book Chapter
Author(s): Michael J. Gonsior
Publication Year: 1981

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  • cost modeling
  • forest management
  • logging systems
  • new technology
  • timber harvesting
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ANNOTATION: This paper analyzes harvesting per se as well as its role in the total forest management picture. Models are presented for testing the sensitivity of total management cost and the harvesting components of cost to alternative silvicultural, utilization, and other forest management objectives. These models are used to discern opportunities for new harvesting technology. ABSTRACT: Because of increased emphasis on utilization of residues and smaller timber, rising energy and labor costs, and more severe environmental constraints pertaining to logging and road construction, the criteria for harvesting systems in the future will require both technological and institutional innovation. This paper analyzes harvesting per se as well as its role in the total forest management picture. Models are presented for testing the sensitivity of total management cost and the harvesting components of cost to alternative silvicultural, utilization, and other forest management objectives. These models are used to discern opportunities for new harvesting technology.

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Gonsior, Michael J. 1981. Outlook for new harvesting technology. Pages 113-146 In: Harvesting and Utilization Opportunities for Forest Residues in the Northern Rocky Mountains: Symposium Proceedings; November 28-30, 1979, Missoula, MT. General Technical Report INT-GTR-110. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.