Western Forest Mensuration History Articles Archives - Forest Biometrics Research Institute

Chapter 2: Forest Mensuration in the 1970’s

Evolution of Forest Mensuration in the West Where have we come? Where are we? Where to from here? By James D. Arney, Ph.D.[1] Forest Mensuration in the 1970’s By 1970 other industrial forest owners became interested in pursuing research into more aggressive forestry practices. The USFS Experiment Stations and BCFS …

Chapter 1: Forest Mensuration Pre-1970

Evolution of Forest Mensuration in the West Where have we come? Where are we? Where to from here? By James D. Arney, Ph.D.[1] Abstract This paper presents a chronology of the evolution of forest mensuration in the western States in the last half of the 20th century. The significant turning …

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