Wood utilization in Aspen: Ecology and Management in the Western United States

Authors

E.M. Wengert
D.M. Donelly
D.C. Markstrom
H.E. Worth

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Editor

Norbert V. DeByle and Robert P. Winokur

Volume

Norbert V. DeByle and Robert P. Winokur

Issue

119

Publisher

USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

First Page

169

Last Page

180

Publication Date

1985

Abstract

In the past, markets for quaking aspen timber from the Rocky Mountains have been insufficient to support significant harvesting. This shortage of markets severely restrained the potential for aspen management. As a result, many stands protected from wildfire gradually reverted to conifers (see the VEGETATIVE REGENERATION and FIRE chapters).

Recommended Citation

Wengert, Eugene M.; Donnelly, Dennis M.; Markstrom, Donald C.; Worth, Harold E. 1985. Wood utilization. In: DeByle, Norbert V.; Winokur, Robert P., editors. Aspen: Ecology and management in the western United States. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-119. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colo. p. 169-180