. West fork of Swift Creek timber sale project final environmental impact statement . Forest reserves; Logging; Logging; Environmental impact statements; Harvesting. Timber-Related Employment Timber harvesting generates employment. Keegan et al estimate that on average jobs are created or maintained for every MMBF of timber harvested. Both economic theory and empirical analysis suggest that the marginal effect of an increase in the timber harvested is likely to be different than the average effect because of increasing returns. The marginal effect may be larger or smaller than the averag
. West fork of Swift Creek timber sale project final environmental impact statement . Forest reserves; Logging; Logging; Environmental impact statements; Harvesting. Timber-Related Employment Timber harvesting generates employment. Keegan et al estimate that on average jobs are created or maintained for every MMBF of timber harvested. Both economic theory and empirical analysis suggest that the marginal effect of an increase in the timber harvested is likely to be different than the average effect because of increasing returns. The marginal effect may be larger or smaller than the average. Empirical evidence would suggest that in a growing industry marginal effect on employment is likely to be smaller than the average. In a contracting industry, the marginal effect on employment could be either larger or smaller than the average. In most cases the marginal effect of increased or decreased timber sales is "lumpy", 2 sales of the same size under different conditions might induce a larger-than-average employment response in one case and a smaller-tnan-average, or nearly negligible, employment response in another. sale are unknown, the best estimate of employment, (, the average effect on employment) should be used since it is the best estimate available and the marginal effect of the sale is unknown. A ratio of jobs per mmbf of wood harvested implies the direct generation of between 60 and 100 jobs and between $ and $ million in wages for each alternative as shown in TABLE G-5 - WEST FORK I TIMBER SALE DIRECT EMPLOYMENT AND INCME IMPACTS. The wages are based on an average wage of $37,347 for lumber industry in both counties, using the from data in TABLE G-1SELECTED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR FLATHEAD AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. These are the wages that directly result from the timber harvest. Without a timber harvest, income would be lost to the State and communities. Wages in the timber industry are higher than FIGURE G-l - TOTAL TIMBER
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