. 1979 Research accomplishments : forests for our needs. Forests and forestry Research United States. Dead Timber is Valuable The rising price of lumber combined with the desire to improve wood utihzation has resulted in more extensive use of a resource once considered valueless-timber dead and dying from insect attack. Approxi- mately billion cubic feet of standing dead timber exists in tlie northern Rocky Mountain States alone. Studies at the Pacific Northwest Experiment Station and at the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station show that much dead timber thought to be unmercha
. 1979 Research accomplishments : forests for our needs. Forests and forestry Research United States. Dead Timber is Valuable The rising price of lumber combined with the desire to improve wood utihzation has resulted in more extensive use of a resource once considered valueless-timber dead and dying from insect attack. Approxi- mately billion cubic feet of standing dead timber exists in tlie northern Rocky Mountain States alone. Studies at the Pacific Northwest Experiment Station and at the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station show that much dead timber thought to be unmerchantable is actually satisfactory for lumber and otlier forest products. Researchers have worked with public forest managers and private industry to revise timber appraisal guide- hnes, set utilization standards, and lower log diameter Hmits to increase utilization of the dead timber resource. Information gained from these studies has been applied in various ways and is providing needed wood for American consumers, reducing the fire hazard of dead stands and wood waste in managed forests, and benefiting forest products industries in small towns throughout the West. The potential dollar benefits are also great. Approximately $1 can be returned to the national economy for each cubic foot of dead timber processed as sawtimber. The total salvageable sawtimber in the West is estimated at billion cubic feet. If only 10 percent of that volume were utilized, the value to the economy would exceed $500 miUion. Products and Engineering. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Forest Service. [Washington, D. C. ?] : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service
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