Excerpt from Lodgepole Pine Logging Residues: Management Alternatives In recent years there has been a growing concern over timber harvesting practices and the disposal of the resulting logging residues. Although alternative methods of harvesting and handling residues have been suggested, there has often been a lack of information on the feasibility and on the effects these alternatives might have on the forest resource and its management, and on the environment, esthetics, and related matters. In 1971, a study was begun to evaluate a system of harvesting mature lodgepole pine (pinus contorta Dougl.) in which virtually all the logging residue - branches, tops, and dead and cull materia1-was yarded and chipped at the logging site. The study area is located in Wyoming near the Union Pass area of the Teton National Forest. U.s. Plywood Division of Champion International and the usda Forest Service1 cooperated in the study. Presently, chips produced in the study cannot be marketed locally. A critical part of evaluating the feasibility of field chipping, however, is to determine the costs and evaluate the methods for logging and chipping. In addition, the environmental and esthetic effects of logging that removes nearly all the woody material from the land are of interest. These concerns coupled with the opportunity to cooperate among the participants led to this study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.