Designed to work effectively both as a manual for the logging industry and as a textbook for timber harvesting courses. The sequence of the chapters on logging and associated activities coincides with the consecutive steps in logging--from acquiring the timber through its final transport. This Second Edition emphasizes environmental considerations--such as the increasing need to reduce excessive soil movement and subsequent siltation.Timber Acquisition.
Logging Planning.
Forest Road Engineering.
Forest Road Construction.
Timber Production Management.
Tree Processing.
Skidding and Forwarding.
Cable Yarding.
Loading and Unloading.
Final Transport.
Logging Cost Analysis.
References.
Glossary.
Index.
George Stenzel and Thomas A. Walbridge Jr. are the authors of Logging and Pulpwood Production, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.