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Jenkins, Chojnacky, Heath, Birdsey
ANNOTATION: This report compiled all available diameter-based allometric regression equations for estimating total aboveground and component biomass, defined in dry weight terms, for trees in the United States. A modified meta-analysis based on the…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rummer, Klepac
ANNOTATION: This project studied the performance and costs of an innovative wood transport system using roll-off pallet racks to facilitate handling of small-diameter thinning material. Elemental studies defined the transport cycles and cost analysis…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Thompson
ANNOTATION: A productivity study was performed on a tree length harvesting system thinning a Ponderosa pine stand in Flagstaff, Arizona investigating opportunities to lower the costs of fire hazard reduction treatments in over stocked stands. The…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fiedler, Keegan, Morgan, Woodall
ANNOTATION: This assessment of Montana used data collected from Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots across Montana and summarized by forest type, density, and structure. The focus of the analysis was on ponderosa pine/Douglas fir/ dry mixed conifer…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
ANNOTATION: A pre-feasibility assessment is an early stage and limited analysis of the probable risks and returns of an investment. Focused on gathering preliminary information, it helps decision makers determine if there is a basis for investing…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rummer, Prestemon, May, Miles, Vissage, McRoberts, Liknes, Shepperd, Ferguson, Elliot, Miller, Reutebuch, Barbour, Fried, Stokes, Bilek, Skog
ANNOTATION: This article assesses how forest biomass can be utilized with and the implementation of fuel reduction and ecosystem restoration objectives of the National Fire Plan for the Western United States. Both public and private forests are assessed…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McIver, Adams, Doyal, Drews, Hartsough, Kellogg, Niwa, Ottmar, Peck, Taratoot, Torgersen, Youngblood
ANNOTATION: Fuel reduction by mechanical thinning and removal was studied in mixed-conifer stands in northeastern Oregon. A single-grip harvester was coupled with either a forwarder or a skyline yarding system, and operational economics, fuel reduction,…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Prestemon, Abt, Holmes
ANNOTATION: This paper outlines a Joint Fire Science Program funded study, 'A national study of the economic impacts of biomass removals to mitigate wildfire damages on federal, state, and private lands.' The study involves using the treatment-product and…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Han, Lee, Johnson, Folk, Gorman
ANNOTATION: This report discusses opportunities for biomass energy in southwest Idaho, looking at the amount of biomass available and potential costs and economic feasibility of harvesting small-diameter trees. Biomass in this report is classified into…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bain, Overend
ANNOTATION: Bain and Overend provide a national history of biomass used for energy, a brief market and supply analysis, and a current status of technology. They additionally identify research needs. ABSTRACT: Biomass is the single largest source of non-…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Badger
ANNOTATION: The purpose of this study was to identify and characterize all the receiving, handling, storing, and processing steps required to make woody biomass feedstocks suitable for use in direct combustion and gasification applications, including…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson
ANNOTATION: In this study, two units, one on steep slopes and one on gentle slopes, were harvested using variations to conventional harvesting systems in northeastern Washington. On the steep slope unit, cut-to-length processing and forwarding were…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Keegan, Niccolucci, Fiedler, Jones, Regel
ANNOTATION: This article provides several harvest cost estimation methods for forest managers. Methods discussed include elements of stump-to-truck timber harvest cost estimation methods in ecosystem restoration prescriptions. Particular attention is…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sampson, Smith, Gann
ANNOTATION: This article discusses the need for a reduction of fuels in forest ecosystems in order to mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfire and the ability of the biomass industry to play a role in managing this risk. Generally, this article…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hartsough, Zhang, Fight
ANNOTATION: Data from numerous published studies were combined to estimate the costs of harvesting small trees in natural stands in the Interior Northwest of North America. This article discusses cost estimates for harvesting small trees in natural stands…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Windell, Bradshaw
ANNOTATION: This report contains the results of numerous interviews, a field survey, and a literature search and discusses fuel reduction equipment and methods that have been tried in the past, those that are currently being used, and those that may…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cleaves, Martinez, Haines
ANNOTATION: This study covers the results of survey concerning National Forest System prescribed burning activity and costs from 1985 to 1995. Four types of prescribed fire were looked at, including slash reduction, management-ignited fires, prescribed…
Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Morris
ANNOTATION: This report estimates the value of ancillary services provided by the U.S. biomass industry in order to inform policy makers on the viability of the biomass industry. Specifically, criteria air pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions, landfill…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Roos, Graham, Hektor, Rakos
ANNOTATION: This paper contributes to the identification and analysis of barriers and drivers behind bioenergy market growth. It presents a framework for the analysis of both existing and projected bioenergy market potential, using economic concepts and…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fiedler, Keegan, Wichman, Arno
ANNOTATION: This study evaluated restoration prescriptions for three widely occurring ponderosa pine stand conditions and determine to what level the value of product removals could finance the treatment costs. The article compares the cost in both…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
