Chipping and Pulping Dead Trees of Four Rocky Mountain Timber Species (Classic Reprint)

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Many of the dead trees are removed from the sale area at the time of harvesting the green timber, but the bulk of this material is left on the area and becomes a part of the logging residue. More intensive use of dead trees would enhance the raw material base of the region's wood-using industry, facilitate management practices on logged over areas, and help decrease the cost of postharvest cleanup.

One possible method of utilizing dead trees in this region is to chip the wood either in the forest or at the mill, for manufacturing into paper. However, the paper making industry needs additional information regarding the processing and quality of the resulting chips.

This paper reports the results of two investigations: (1) characteristics of chips from dead down and standing trees, and (2) the pulping characteristics of dead lodgepole pine trees. The studies are discussed separately.

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