Panorama Instructions: Click on the
panorama, and press the keyboard Spacebar to view Hotspots (click them
for tree info), press the "A" key to zoom in, "Z" to
zoom out. To pan around, left click the mouse and drag.
In this case, two out of the three trees that the forester
selected as crop trees were actually released by the logger. The released
trees are very easy to find. Just look for large patches of sunlight
on the forest floor.
The landowner did realize some profit per acre from
this improvement cut.
Total value harvested per acre: $1160 *
- Sawtimber: 3100 board feet = $1069
- Pulpwood: 5 cords = $91
* Growth data represented here is based on one prism
point sample within the harvested stand. Monetary data is based on 2003
dollars and timber values. Actual payments to landowners are generally
50% of gross payments, but vary widely with distance to mills, terrain,
harvest size, etc.
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