Harvesting Techniques - Lecture 1

Question 1

What are 4 concerns when taking wood from forests?

Answer 1

-amount of wood taken
-species of wood
-regeneration efforts
-location of the raw forest products

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

ie. economic value, uses and commercial uses

Question 3

Amount

Answer 3

Domestic use versus commercial purposes

Question 4

Tenure

Answer 4

Ownership pattern - Crown versus Private

Question 5

What are most harvesting techniques concerned with?

Answer 5

Cost, efforts, and silvics

Question 6

What is the last concern of todays harvesting practices?

Answer 6

Regeneration efforts

Question 7

Timber Sales

Answer 7

Like market value, can go up or down

Question 8

Stumpage

Answer 8

Money paid for the right to harvest (and keep) the wood from someone else’s land

Question 9

SK - Dues

Answer 9

Money goes directly to the Crown / Province

Question 10

SK - Fees

Answer 10

Forest renewal effort which may be composed of some or all of these applications
-regeneration surveys
-site preparation
-planting
-planting operation

Question 11

What units is stumpage in Canada?

Answer 11

m3

Question 12

How much wood is being used world wide as fuel wood?

Answer 12

1.6 billion m3

Question 13

How much wood does Canada harvest a year?

Answer 13

185 million m3

Question 14

Fuel Wood in developing countries

Answer 14

49%

Question 15

Industrial Wood in developed countries

Answer 15

36%

Question 16

Industrial Wood in developing countries

Answer 16

10%

Question 17

Fuel Wood in developed countries

Answer 17

5%

Question 18

Stand Down

Answer 18

Is usually defined as damage to the crown, bole, or roots of a residual tree during harvest

Question 19

Site Damage

Answer 19

Refers to soil-related damage either through compaction, tire rutting, or erosion during harvest

Question 20

Site Occupancy

Answer 20

Refers to the amount of land area taken up by the roads and landings during harvest