The Four Corners timber harvest and forest products industry, 2002

Abstract

This report traces the flow of timber harvested in the "Four Corners" States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah) during calendar year 2002, describes the composition and operations of the region's primary forest products industry, and quantifies volumes and uses of wood fiber. Historical wood products industry changes are discussed, as well as trends in timber harvest, production, and sales of primary wood products.

The effects of a thinning treatment on carbon stocks in a northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest

“…In 2002, 81% of the wood harvested in Arizona went to sawmills, 1% of wood harvested was used for log homes, and the remaining 18% was used for a variety of products including poles, wood pellets, and firewood (Morgan et al, 2006). As of 2002, there Fig.…”

“…Carbon stocks before and after a restoration treatment. were five sawmills and nine other wood processing facilities within 160 km of the study site (Morgan et al, 2006). Assuming live trees greater than 30 cm DBH could be used in home construction and trees greater than 18 cm could be used in pallets, 6110 kg C ha À1 could have been sequestered rather than released to the atmosphere (Table 3).…”

Alaska's timber harvest and forest products industry, 2005

“…Mountain and Pacific Coast States for 30 years (Brandt et al 2006;Morgan et al 2004aMorgan et al , 2004bMorgan et al , 2005Morgan et al , 2006Spoelma et al 2008). Information collected through FIDACS is stored at the BBER in Missoula, Montana.…”

Global Change and Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions – Proceedings of the COST Strategic Workshop

“…The intensive exploitation in the Rocky Mountain region started relatively late (late 1800) and that the majority of the forest and rangelands are on public lands, with private owners accounting for less than one quarter of the timberland resources (Price, 1976;Morgan et al, 2006). While use these public lands have traditionally been made available to private ranchers to graze their cattle and sheep through a permitting system, the management of the forest largely remained the mandate of federal land management agencies.…”

“…Post-WWII timber extraction reached its peak during the 1960s, but has declined since, mostly due to a reduction in the timber derived from National Forest lands. Two-thirds of the timber processed in Colorado is now harvested on private and tribal lands, whereas the National Forests were major contributors in the 1970s and 1980s, accounting for 80-90% of the timber harvests (Morgan et al, 2006) For example, current harvest levels in Colorado fulfill only half of the timber processing capacity in the region (Morgan et al, 2006). Nationwide timber demands are now mostly supplied by areas with higher productivity such as the southeastern U.S.…”