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Wood Utilization In Aspen: Ecology And Management In The Western United States, E.M. Wengert, D.M. Donelly, D.C. Markstrom, H.E. Worth
Wood Utilization In Aspen: Ecology And Management In The Western United States, E.M. Wengert, D.M. Donelly, D.C. Markstrom, H.E. Worth
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In the past, markets for quaking aspen timber from the Rocky Mountains have been insufficient to support significant harvesting. This shortage of markets severely restrained the potential for aspen management. As a result, many stands protected from wildfire gradually reverted to conifers (see the VEGETATIVE REGENERATION and FIRE chapters).
Wood Resource In Aspen: Ecology And Management In The Western United States, J.R. Jones, N.V. Debyle, R.P. Winokur
Wood Resource In Aspen: Ecology And Management In The Western United States, J.R. Jones, N.V. Debyle, R.P. Winokur
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Aspen has not been cut extensively in the West; in fact, it has been grossly underutilized. For example, as recently as 1975, the aspen harvest from National Forests in four Forest Service regions in the Rocky Mountain area was 7.64 million board feet.1 Additional minor volumes were cut on special-use permits for products such as fuel and corral poles. The total amount cut represented only 0.1% of the net volume available in these aspen forests.