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Productivity And Cost Of A Cut-To-Length Commercial Thinning Operation In A Northern California Redwood Forest, Kigwang Baek
Productivity And Cost Of A Cut-To-Length Commercial Thinning Operation In A Northern California Redwood Forest, Kigwang Baek
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
Cut-to-length (CTL) harvesting systems have recently been introduced to the redwood forests of California’s north coast. These machines are being used to commercially thin dense redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) stands which tend to form clumps of stems that vigorously sprout from stumps after a harvest. One of the challenges is to avoid damaging residual trees which can decrease productivity, increase costs, and lower the market value of trees. The goal of this study was to evaluate the productivity and costs associated with CTL systems used in a redwood forests and use that data to develop equations for predictions. Time …
Impacts On Soils And Residual Trees From Cut-To-Length Thinning Operations In California's Redwood Forests, Kyungrok Hwang
Impacts On Soils And Residual Trees From Cut-To-Length Thinning Operations In California's Redwood Forests, Kyungrok Hwang
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
In northern California, a cut-to-length (CTL) system was used for the first time to harvest young redwood forests (Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl.). However, landowners and public agencies are concerned about the potential negative impacts of CTL logging to soils and residual trees since the extent and amount of CTL impacts are unknown in these forests. This study was designed to (1) determine soil physical property using bulk density (BD) and hydraulic conductivity (HC) (2) examine the characteristics of stand damage after CTL harvesting, and (3) compare the scar size differences between tree growing patterns (individuals vs. …