. Biomass statistics for Vermont : 1983. Biomass energy Vermont Statistics; Forests and forestry Vermont. Introduction The USDA Forest Service completed the fourth inventory of Vermont's forest resources in 1983. Previous inventories were conducted in 1948, 1966, and 1973. The inventories are conducted under the authority of the McSweeney-McNary Forest Research Act of 1928 and subsequent acts including the Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978. The biomass, area, and volume statistics presented in this report are a summary of data collected o
. Biomass statistics for Vermont : 1983. Biomass energy Vermont Statistics; Forests and forestry Vermont. Introduction The USDA Forest Service completed the fourth inventory of Vermont's forest resources in 1983. Previous inventories were conducted in 1948, 1966, and 1973. The inventories are conducted under the authority of the McSweeney-McNary Forest Research Act of 1928 and subsequent acts including the Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978. The biomass, area, and volume statistics presented in this report are a summary of data collected on new field plots established during the fourth inventory. The new plot sample consisted of 823 ground plots randomly selected from 16,313 photo points classified by land use and cubic-foot volume class. Data were collected, processed, and analyzed by the Forest Inventory and Analysis staff. A complete list of available biomass tables is included in the appendix of this report. These tables are available on microfiche by state, geographic unit (Fig. 1), and county levels. Other tables or additional information may be developed. For further information, contact the Forest Inventory, Analysis, and Economics Project, USDA Forest Service, 370 Reed Road, Broomall, PA 19008 (phone 215-461-3037). Background Traditionally, forest resource data have been collected to describe the forest in terms of its timber production capabilities. Board- and cubic-foot measures of volume (Fig. 2) were and are adequate for that purpose. Today, timber production is still considered by many to be the primary use of forest land, however, many data users are also interested in how the resource can be used for energy production, fiber-based products, wildlife or recreation. Because board-foot and cubic-foot volume estimates do not describe the forest NORTHERN. Figure 1.—Geographic Units. resource broadly enough, biomass estimates have been built into the standard Forest Service inventory procedure (Fig.
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