Utah's forest products industry : a descriptive analysis, 1992 /

Keegan, Charles E.; Hooser, Dwane D. Van; Wichman, Daniel P.

doi:10.5962/bhl.title.81501

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“…Product output was based on data published by industry associations, such as WWPA for lumber, AF&PA for pulp and paper, and APA-The Engineered Wood Association for plywood. Data on conventional timber supply and product output by supply region were gleaned from state level industry reports such as those by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana and Forest Service (Keegan et al, 2001;Gebert et al, 2002). The model was programmed with a set of assumed future growth rates in demand (2005 to 2020) for each forest product commodity.…”

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Market impacts of hypothetical fuel treatment thinning programs on federal lands in the western United States

Ince

Spelter

Skog

et al. 2008

Forest Policy and Economics

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This paper addresses the economics of forest fuel thinning programs on federal lands in the U.S. West, and presents a model of regional timber and product market impacts. The issue of economics is vital to the debate about fire management, and this paper presents market implications of two alternative silvicultural strategies, even-aged and uneven-aged thinning. Projections are based on a regional market model called FTM-West (Fuel Treatment Market model-West), which uses the method of price-endogenous linear programming to project annual market equilibria for softwood timber and wood products in the western United States from 1997 to 2020. The model takes into account variability in tree and log size, as well as economic effects of variable size class on harvest costs, log value, product recovery and mill capacity. Results show large potential market impacts from expanded thinning on federal lands, but impacts vary by silvicultural regime due to differences in size-class distributions of trees available under different thinning regimes. A hypothetical even-aged thinning program ("thin-from-below" strategy) results in net negative market welfare over the projection period (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019)(2020), while a hypothetical uneven-aged thinning program (thinning based on stand density index) results in positive net market welfare. Net welfare results are the same over a range of different subsidy and administrative fee assumptions. An implication is that even-aged thinning regimes on federal lands in the U.S. West are less economical and therefore will be less effective. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Market impacts of hypothetical fuel treatment thinning programs on federal lands in the western United States

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Spelter

Skog

et al. 2008

Forest Policy and Economics

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“…In many regions of the Western United States, the costs associated with the transport of small raw logs are prohibitive because of diminished solid wood and biomass processing capacity necessitating long haul distances to manufacturing facilities (Han et al 2002, Keegan et al 2001, Lynch 2001, USDA Forest Service 2003. Finding suitable markets for small-diameter logs is further complicated by physical characteristics and product suitability of such wood (Spelter et al 1996).…”

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Economic assessment of using a mobile Micromill® for processing small-diameter ponderosa pine.

Becker¹,

Hjerpe

Lowell³

2004

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“…For example, Montana experienced a series of insect and fire epidemics in the 1960s and 1970s, producing an overabundance of dead lodgepole pine. These dead trees possessed favourable physical characteristics, namely excellent form and workability, relatively light weight, low moisture content and final stability, making it a desirable log home building material (Keegan III et al 2000). Today, the Montana log home industry's size and sales are similar to BC's industry, but has thrived over the last decade using primarily insectkilled timber.…”

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A characterization of the British Columbia log home and timber frame manufacturing sector

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Mabee²,

Kozak³

et al. 2006

The Forestry Chronicle

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This study characterizes the log home and timber frame manufacturing sector in British Columbia, with a focus on the potential of utilizing insect-killed wood from the mountain pine beetle outbreak. A mail survey was conducted in the spring of 2003 to assess the industry's status. In 2002, an estimated 200 companies were active within BC using approximately 200 000 m 3 of fibre, employing 1500 workers, and producing 2200 homes to generate sales of $140 million CDN. Results indicate that these sectors are poised for growth and that firms are willing to using insect-killed wood.Key words: log homes, timber frame homes, industry overview, British Columbia, mountain pine beetle The beetles affect various species of pine including lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.), an important commercial species used in log home and timber frame manufacturing and found extensively through the interior forests of BC. Pinus species make up about 30% of the BC timber harvesting landbase, the equivalent of 1.2 billion m 3 in total standing timber volume (Eng et al. 2004). It is anticipated

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Utah's forest products industry : a descriptive analysis, 1992 /

Cited by 18 publications

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Market impacts of hypothetical fuel treatment thinning programs on federal lands in the western United States

Market impacts of hypothetical fuel treatment thinning programs on federal lands in the western United States

Economic assessment of using a mobile Micromill® for processing small-diameter ponderosa pine.

A characterization of the British Columbia log home and timber frame manufacturing sector

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