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doi: 10.1093/jof/62.3.147pmid: N/A
A 94,000-acre strip of land bordering the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers in the Missouri Ozarks has been proposed as a national recreation area under the administration of the National Park Service. The history of land use change in this area is traced, including exploitation of the timber resource, results of rehabilitation efforts, attempts to dam the streams, and recent proposals aimed at preservation of the landscape and economic development of the region. The validity of studies justifying an "Ozark National Rivers" is questioned and alternative means of reaching preservation objectives are explored. The question is raised whether economic development, using recreation as the vehicle, and single-use preservation are compatible land management objectives. The central idea presented revolves around the fact that extensive forest management practices have improved the naturalness of the landscape while the area has concurrently served several use demands.
doi: 10.1093/jof/62.3.147pmid: N/A
A 94,000-acre strip of land bordering the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers in the Missouri Ozarks has been proposed as a national recreation area under the administration of the National Park Service. The history of land use change in this area is traced, including exploitation of thetimber resource, results of rehabilitation efforts, attempts to dam the streams, and recent proposals aimed at preservation of the landscape and economic development of the region. The validity of studies justifying an "Ozark National Rivers" is questioned and alternative means of reachingpreservation objectives are explored. The question is raised whether economic development, using recreation as the vehicle, and single-use preservation are compatible land management objectives. The central idea presented revolves around the fact that extensive forest management practiceshave improved the naturalness of the landscape while the area has concurrently served several use demands.
doi: 10.1093/jof/62.3.154pmid: N/A
Workmen's compensation is a term used to describe various state laws which provide for recovery of damages for personal injury sustained by an employee in the course of employment. In this instance, the laws are related to forest workers and primary wood-using mills. Interviews were held with wood producers, dealers, and representatives of wood-using mills in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, 1960. Correspondence followed with various state commissioners of labor and the National Council of Compensation Insurance; interviews were held with the Michigan Workmen's Compensation Rating Bureau and the State of Michigan, Workmen's Compensation Department. Application of workmen's compensation to forest workers presents unusual problems, at least in Michigan where rates for coverage are high and forest workers are, in general, not being protected. Rates for other selected states are shown. The present Michigan law, if strictly enforced, could cause serious readjustments in the production of raw wood and operation of primary wood-using mills. Suggestions are offered for reducing costs of compensation insurance. Other suggestions related to forest workers in Michigan are: (1) The issue of who is an employer and an employee needs to be determined, and (2) the present law might be used in such a way, or amended, to cover forest workers more effectively. Workmen's compensation laws have or are capable of exerting a major disequilibrium effect on wood production and primary processing. A thorough analysis by an impartial commission is proposed.
doi: 10.1093/jof/62.3.154pmid: N/A
Workmen's compensation is a term used to describe various state laws which provide for recovery of damages for personal injury sustained by an employee in the course of employment. In this instance, the laws are related to forest workers and primary wood-using mills. Interviews wereheld with wood producers, dealers, and representatives of wood-using mills in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, 1960. Correspondence followed with various state commissioners of labor and the National Council of Compensation Insurance; interviews were held with the Michigan Workmen's CompensationRating Bureau and the State of Michigan, Workmen's Compensation Department. Application of workmen's compensation to forest workers presents unusual problems, at least in Michigan where rates for coverage are high and forest workers are, in general, not being protected. Rates for other selectedstates are shown. The present Michigan law, if strictly enforced, could cause serious readjustments in the production of raw wood and operation of primary wood-using mills. Suggestions are offered for reducing costs of compensation insurance. Other suggestions related to forest workers inMichigan are: (1) The issue of who is an employer and an employee needs to be determined, and (2) the present law might be used in such a way, or amended, to cover forest workers more effectively. Workmen's compensation laws have or are capable of exerting a major disequilibrium effect onwood production and primary processing. A thorough analysis by an impartial commission is proposed.
Cook, David B.; Smith, Ralph H.
doi: 10.1093/jof/62.3.161pmid: N/A
In 1941, six conifer species were planted in small blocks on a recently cultivated, poorly drained, exposed hilltop site in southwestern Albany County, N. Y., to determine whether any or all would be suitable to reforest such adverse sites. All species suffered at first from frost heaving and strong winds. After 21 growing seasons, white cedar had grown too slowly to produce a closed stand. White spruce, while resistant to glaze storms and heavy, wet snow was only beginning to dominate the site. Jack pine had formed a thin, crooked-stemmed stand, still being damaged by winter storms; its volunteer seedlings were vigorous and straight-stemmed. Red pine had grown poorly on this deficiently-drained site; nearby plantations on better-drained sites were satisfactory. European larch showed poor initial survival, was later damaged by ice and snow, but the remaining, undamaged trees had grown satisfactorily. Japanese larch suffered moderate damage from ice and snow but had produced the best stand of all, while its numerous volunteer seedlings were growing vigorously.
Cook, David B.; Smith, Ralph H.
doi: 10.1093/jof/62.3.161pmid: N/A
In 1941, six conifer species were planted in small blocks on a recently cultivated, poorly drained, exposed hilltop site in southwestern Albany County, N. Y., to determine whether any or all would be suitable to reforest such adverse sites. All species suffered at first from frost heavingand strong winds. After 21 growing seasons, white cedar had grown too slowly to produce a closed stand. White spruce, while resistant to glaze storms and heavy, wet snow was only beginning to dominate the site. Jack pine had formed a thin, crooked-stemmed stand, still being damaged by winterstorms; its volunteer seedlings were vigorous and straight-stemmed. Red pine had grown poorly on this deficiently-drained site; nearby plantations on better-drained sites were satisfactory. European larch showed poor initial survival, was later damaged by ice and snow, but the remaining, undamagedtrees had grown satisfactorily. Japanese larch suffered moderate damage from ice and snow but had produced the best stand of all, while its numerous volunteer seedlings were growing vigorously.
doi: 10.1093/jof/62.3.163pmid: N/A
The large number of small forest ownerships has posed problems in effective management for many years. Efforts to bring about better forest practices through technical assistance, subsidy, and educational programs have met with only limited success. Analysis of the institutional andeconomic framework in which individual owners must operate indicates that their small-scale production involves high overhead unit costs, marketing difficulties (small volumes infrequently offered in a poorly organized marketing mechanism), and high cost supervision and operations. To achievethe economies of large-scale operation while at the same time preserving the advantages of individual private ownership, the organization of forest owner managing and marketing associations is suggested. The several requirements for success and the kind of functions to be performed are setforth.
doi: 10.1093/jof/62.3.163pmid: N/A
The large number of small forest ownerships has posed problems in effective management for many years. Efforts to bring about better forest practices through technical assistance, subsidy, and educational programs have met with only limited success. Analysis of the institutional and economic framework in which individual owners must operate indicates that their small-scale production involves high overhead unit costs, marketing difficulties (small volumes infrequently offered in a poorly organized marketing mechanism), and high cost supervision and operations. To achieve the economies of large-scale operation while at the same time preserving the advantages of individual private ownership, the organization of forest owner managing and marketing associations is suggested. The several requirements for success and the kind of functions to be performed are set forth.
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