Estimating sawmill processing capacity for Tongass timber: 2003 and 2004 update.

Brackley, Allen M.; Parrent, Daniel J.; Rojas, Thomas D.

doi:10.2737/pnw-rn-553

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Section: Changes In System Conditions Pre-and Postcollapsementioning

confidence: 88%

“…2), consistent with the frequent mill closures and reopenings during this period (Morse 2000, Crone 2004, Brackley et al 2006. Permanent mill closures, including the Alaska Pulp Co. sawmill in Wrangell and the Ketchikan Pulp Co. mills in Ketchikan and Annette Island (for more detail on these operations, see Brackley et al 2006) drove the overall decline of regional mill capacity during this time. Mill utilization, as a percentage of total mill capacity, exhibited a negative correlation with mill capacity until 1992, when it began a steady decline, and was uncorrelated with capacity, to reach less than 25% of capacity by 2004 (Fig.…”

Section: Changes In System Conditions Pre-and Postcollapsementioning

confidence: 88%

“…2). Most of this decline occurred rapidly between 1992 and 1995. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art40/ In subsequent years, mill utilization as a percent of capacity has exhibited a positive correlation with mill capacity, but overall utilization remains very low (Brackley et al 2006). In 2003 and 2004, only about 10% of capacity was utilized for both small craft mills (9.1%) and larger industrial facilities (12.2%).…”

Section: Changes In System Conditions Pre-and Postcollapsementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mill capacity and mill utilization data were derived from two USFS technical reports (Morse 2000, Brackley et al 2006. These mill-related data included the three sawmills affiliated with the Ketchikan Pulp Co. and Alaska Pulp Co. pulp mills (see Beier et al 2009), but not the actual pulp mill facilities in Sitka and Ketchikan.…”

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“…8). A very low level of capacity utilization, especially among small craft mills (9.1%) suggests that there is room for additional growth (Brackley et al 2006). …”

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Factors Influencing Adaptive Capacity in the Reorganization of Forest Management in Alaska

Beier¹

2011

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ABSTRACT. Several studies of U.S. National Forests suggest that declines of their associated forest products industries were driven by synergistic changes in federal governance and market conditions during the late 20th century. In Alaska, dramatic shifts in the economic and political settings of the Tongass National Forest (Tongass) drove changes in governance leading to collapse of an industrial forest management system in the early 1990s. However, 15 years since collapse, the reorganization of Tongass governance to reflect 'new' economic and political realities has not progressed. To understand both the factors that hinder institutional change (inertia) and the factors that enable progress toward reorganization (adaptation), I analyzed how Tongass forest management, specifically timber sale planning, has responded to changes in market conditions, local industry structure, and larger-scale political governance. Inertia was evidenced by continued emphasis on even-aged management and large-scale harvesting, i.e., the retention of an industrial forestry philosophy that, in the current political situation, yields mostly litigation and appeals, and relatively few forest products. Adaptation was evidenced by flexibility in harvest methods, a willingness to meet local demand instead of political targets, and a growing degree of cooperation with environmental advocacy groups. New partnerships, markets, and political leaders at state and national levels can frame a new blueprint for reorganization of Tongass management toward a more sustainable future.

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Section: Changes In System Conditions Pre-and Postcollapsementioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Changes In System Conditions Pre-and Postcollapsementioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Changes In System Conditions Pre-and Postcollapsementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…8). A very low level of capacity utilization, especially among small craft mills (9.1%) suggests that there is room for additional growth (Brackley et al 2006). …”

Section: Evidence Of Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors Influencing Adaptive Capacity in the Reorganization of Forest Management in Alaska

Beier¹

2011

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Physical Properties and Consumer Reaction to Use of Compressed Wood Bricks in Southeast Alaska

Brackley¹,

Gorman²,

Petersen³

2012

Forest Products Journal

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In late 2008, a group of business people and entrepreneurs in southeast Alaska became aware of a compressed wood brick product that could be used as an alternative fuel in existing wood-burning stoves and heating equipment. The product differed from many others on the market in that it contained no additive to promote binding and burn characteristics. In 2009, local materials in the form of sawmill residuals and chipped material from land clearing were collected, dried, and shipped to a producer in the northeast United States. A set of returned samples was sent to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Forest Products Laboratory for evaluation of physical properties. Survey methods were used to determine characteristics of wood-burning equipment and conditions at the time of test burns and to assess consumer reactions to the product as an alternative to cordwood. The price that people were willing to pay for such a product was also evaluated. Few differences were detected between bricks made from material available in southeast Alaska and those from outside the region. In addition, the duration of burn was significantly greater for consumers using modern wood-burning stoves approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Consumers expressed a high degree of satisfaction with the product, but their reported fuel of choice was still traditional cordwood. Twenty-nine percent of surveyed consumers were willing to pay a price of $200 a ton for the brick product.

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Influence of Selected Factors on the Sawing Capacity of Sawmills in the Czech Republic

Bomba

Böhm

Šedivka

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Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica

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The paper deals with the influence of selected factors on the sawing capacity of small and medium-sized sawmills with a sawing capacity to 99 999 m 3 /year under the conditions of the Czech Republic. One of the objectives was to analyze the current state of production technology and machinery. In total, data was analyzed from 195 sawmills that were divided into five groups according to the volume of processed timber. A production function was created from the ascertained results in order to determine the sawing capacity for small and medium-sized sawmills. It was found out that sawing capacity is mostly affected by the number of employees. The influence of the degree of mechanization and the main sawing technology was evaluated, too.Wood; sawing; small and medium-sized enterprise

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Estimating sawmill processing capacity for Tongass timber: 2003 and 2004 update.

Abstract: In spring 2006 and 2007, mbf Scribner log scale. This is a 3.6-percent increase over CY 2004 (31,027 mbf Scribner log scale).

Cited by 14 publications

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Factors Influencing Adaptive Capacity in the Reorganization of Forest Management in Alaska

Factors Influencing Adaptive Capacity in the Reorganization of Forest Management in Alaska

Physical Properties and Consumer Reaction to Use of Compressed Wood Bricks in Southeast Alaska

Influence of Selected Factors on the Sawing Capacity of Sawmills in the Czech Republic

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