Wisconsin Timber Sale Availability as Impacted by Seasonal Harvest Restrictions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Demchik ◽  
Joseph L. Conrad, IV ◽  
Daniel McFarlane ◽  
Melinda Vokoun
1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Kittredge ◽  
Michael J. Mauri ◽  
Edward J. McGuire

Abstract The heavily forested landscape of Massachusetts is dominated by nonindustrial private ownerships. Statistics indicate that parcel size has decreased to a most recent average of 10.6 ac. Professional loggers were queried to determine if there was a timber sale size (expressed in eithervolume or area) below which they would not bid. Respondents indicated that they had operated on a timber sale as small as an average of 7.8 ac and 20.4 mbf, and would purchase one as small as an average of 5.3 ac and 17.1 mbf. The single most important factor in deciding to bid on a smallsale was the quality and value of the timber. In the future, small parcels with a preponderance of low-quality timber resulting from high-grading may be deemed inoperable by loggers. The importance of high quality timber on small parcels emphasizes the need for stand improvement measures toensure small parcels are feasible to commercially operate in the future. North. J. Appl. For. 13(2):00-00.


1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Robert H. Nelson ◽  
Randal R. Rucker
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2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Kilgore ◽  
Charles R. Blinn

Abstract Twenty-seven public timber tracts were auctioned in Minnesota where bidders were required to submit two sealed bids for a tract–one with and the other without the use of timber harvesting guidelines. After the auctions, bidders were mailed a questionnaire requesting information about their logging business, the sources of information consulted in developing their bids, and perceptions of how various tract- and sale-specific factors and guidelines influenced their bidding behavior. The majority of responding timber harvesters did not consult any special sources and only one-half visited the tract before submitting their bids. Although bidding behavior was influenced by several factors, a tract's physical characteristics (e.g., volume of merchantable timber) had a greater influence on their bidding behavior than did any guidelines. Of the guidelines evaluated, those that required leaving merchantable trees (e.g., for wildlife or visual purposes) were reported to have the greatest influence on stumpage bids. Sale-specific variables (e.g., timber harvester's need for timber) had only a minimal to moderate influence on bidding behavior. The findings suggest that timber sale design can help mitigate the cost associated with implementing forest management guidelines.North. J. Appl. For. 22(4):275–280.


2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Lynch ◽  
Michael M. Huebschmann ◽  
David K. Lewis ◽  
Daniel S. Tilley ◽  
James M. Guldin

Abstract An equation relating bid price to timber sale characteristics was developed using regression techniques on the basis of data from 150 timber sales that occurred between June 1992 and Dec. 1998 in the Ozark and Ouachita National Forests in Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. Predicted values of the real winning bid price are based on total sawtimber volume per sale, total pulpwood volume per sale, average sawtimber volume per acre, average sawtimber volume per tree, and the ratio of southern yellow pine #2 dimension lumber producer price index (PPI) to pine sawlog PPI. Sawtimber and pulpwood in these sales are mainly shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.). The most highly significant variables were total sawtimber volume and the ratio of southern yellow pine #2 dimension lumber PPI to pine sawlog PPI. The equation explains 95% of the variation in the total bid price data. South. J. Appl. For. 28(2):100–108.


2017 ◽  
Vol 115 (6) ◽  
pp. 513-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas D. Reep ◽  
Charles R. Blinn ◽  
Michael A. Kilgore

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