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Horse Logging a Group Selection Stand in Northern Idaho Item Info
- Title:
- Horse Logging a Group Selection Stand in Northern Idaho
- Creator:
- Kent, Nicholas
- Date Created:
- 1985-04-09
- Description:
- Horses were used for logging in a commercial harvest entry of a 40 acre group selection stand on the University of Idaho Experimental Forest, Moscow, Idaho. The stand is a horse logging demonstration area. During a four month period 106,120 board feet Scribner (gross) of timber was removed by a teamster, a faller, and 3 Belgian draft horses. Topics discussed are: the logging operation, logging costs and production rates, advantages and disadvantages of horse logging this type of stand, and suggestions for land managers contemplating horse logging in similar stand conditions.
- Document Type:
- Thesis
- Subjects:
- Flat Creek horse logging group selection group selection logging costs production rates operations forest operations
- UIEF Unit:
- Flat Creek
- Section:
- NW 1/4 S33
- Township:
- T41N
- Range:
- R3W
- Location:
- UIEF; Flat Creek
- Latitude:
- 46.863951
- Longitude:
- -116.72808
- Department:
- Department of Forest Resources
- Type:
- text
- Format:
- application/pdf
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Horse Logging a Group Selection Stand in Northern Idaho", UIEF Research Exchange, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/uief/items/uief_0044.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In copyright, educational use permitted.
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