scholarly journals The Silvicultural and Economic Impact of Professional Forestry Assistance on Timber Harvests on Non-Industrial, Private Forestland in West Virginia

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart A. Moss
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Private Forestland ◽  
Timber Harvests

scholarly journals An Assessment of Stand Damage Following Timber Harvests in West Virginia

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curt C. Hassler ◽  
Shawn T. Grushecky ◽  
Mary Ann Fajvan
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Plot Sampling ◽  
Stand Damage ◽  
Residual Stand Damage ◽  
Stand Basal Area ◽  
Timber Harvests

Abstract Fixed plot sampling was used to measure residual stand damage on 101 harvested stands in West Virginia. Damage was categorized for roots, base, bole, and crown components of all trees 4 in. dbh and greater. The level of damage was correlated to both preharvest and residual stand densities. Equations were developed to estimate stand damage, based on preharvest and residual stand basal area and trees per acre. These equations were found to reasonably estimate levels of stand damage from previous studies in partial/selection cuts, but not in thinnings. North. J. Appl. For. 16(4):191-196.

scholarly journals Economic Impacts of Timber Harvest Regulations in the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Stier ◽  
A. Jeff Martin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Performance Standards ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
The State ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Private Forestland ◽  
Visual Impacts ◽  
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In 1989 the State of Wisconsin created the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway, a new and unique institution to preserve and protect the aesthetic and environmental quality of the Riverway corridor. Performance standards that were developed for the Riverway include restrictions on timber harvesting. The debate over this intrusion into the management decisions of private forestland owners has sparked controversy and calls for compensation. We examined the range and severity of the economic impact of the harvest regulations on forestland owners by simulating several restricted and unrestricted timber management scenarios. What one considers a "cost" of the regulations depends critically upon what it is assumed landowners would do in the absence of the regulations. We estimated these costs by measuring returns from regulated management against returns from two possible "benchmarks," one involving a diameter limit harvest and the other a selectively marked thinning. The economic impact is greater for the diameter limit alternative, and greater in the Bluff Zone along the ridge line where visual impacts are more easily seen from the river, than along the hillsides. The impact typically fell below the threshold of 20% of property value that is incorporated into most compensation proposals currently being debated in the state and federal legislatures. Two timber harvests that were exempt from the regulations came very close to meeting the performance standards. While the focus has been on the issue of compensation, the controversy basically is rooted in the deeper underlying differences in philosophy about where the balance lies between actions to promote the public interest and the rights of property owners to pursue their own interests. Measures of the cost of regulations cannot be expected to resolve these fundamental differences. North. J. Appl. For. 14(3):126-134.

Bark Stripping by White-Tailed Deer in West Virginia

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin D. Michael
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Bark Stripping ◽  
Above Ground Level

Abstract This paper reports on deer girdling trees by stripping bark. This behavior was documented in a small portion of Monongalia County, West Virginia, and was restricted to slippery elm. Fifty-six percent of all slippery elm examined had bark stripped from trunk or roots. Thirty-five percent of the trees with stripped bark had 90-100% of the trunk girdled. Girdling of the trunk reached as high as 7 ft above ground level. Stripping of bark from roots extended as far as 9 ft from the trunk. This behavior was first noted in 1981 and appears to be increasing. A serious economic impact may result if deer begin stripping bark from commercially valuable trees. North. J. Appl. For. 4:96-97, June 1987.

How Big Is Big Coal? Public Perceptions of the Coal Industry’s Economic Impact in West Virginia

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Blaacker ◽  
Joshua Woods ◽  
Christopher Oliver
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Public Perceptions

scholarly journals Increasing incidence of IV‐drug use associated endocarditis in southern West Virginia and potential economic impact

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 432-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Bates ◽  
Frank Annie ◽  
Ayan Jha ◽  
Fred Kerns
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
West Virginia ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Iv Drug Use

scholarly journals Logging Residue Yield Equations from West Virginia Timber Harvests

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-16
Author(s):  
Shawn T. Grushecky ◽  
Curt C. Hassler ◽  
Mary Ann Fajvan
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Logging Residues ◽  
Plot Sampling ◽  
Logging Residue ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Two Independent Variables ◽  
Timber Harvests

Abstract Line intersect and fixed plot sampling methodologies were used to measure both logging residues and overstory structural characteristics on 101 harvested stands in West Virginia. Equations were developed for predicting total and species-specific postharvest residue volume based on two independent variables, average dbh, and basal area of harvested trees. Finally, yield tables were developed that present expected postharvest residue volumes. North. J. Appl. For. 15(1):14-16.

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