National project on wood utilization options for ecosystem management-an interim peport

摘要

Using an ecosystem approach to forest management will change silvicultural practices, thus requiring utilization options to provide revenue and help offset the costs of silviciulture treatments. The Forest Service, University cooperators, and several industry mills in the U.S. South, West, and Northeast have been involved in a National multidisciplinary research project to proide (1) methods for evaluating the economic feasibility of different silvicultural treatments, (2) various harvesting methods, and (3) product options for woody materials removed from forests maintained under an ecosystem approach. This paper presents the ongoing progress of this project.