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Locational Changes in the Forest Products Industries of the Pacific Northwest

Locational Changes in the Forest Products Industries of the Pacific Northwest Robert L. Monahan Western Washington State College Forest Products Industries of the Pacific Northwest The forest product industries are of major economic importance Locational Changes in the in the Pacific Northwest and particularly in the portion lying west of the Cascade Mountains, the area usually called the DouglasFir Region by the forest products industry. Some interesting changes in the location of the processing plants are taking place which have economic and geographic significance. The number of plants processing the forest yield is declining, and the less numerous plants are concentrating in larger centers of production. Several factors have contributed to this shift. Fuller utilization of the trees has encouraged the clustering of plants producing a variety of products. Waste products from one type of plant are frequently a major source of raw materials for another type of processing, and wood "wastes" are usually bulky, low unit-value commodities with a restricted range of movement imposed by transportation costs. The desirability of access to both domestic and foreign markets is generally recognized by forest-product oriented firms. Locations served by a variety of transport including ocean shipping are advanin the forest products industries, and the plant expansion necessary to achieve economies http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers University of Hawai'I Press

Locational Changes in the Forest Products Industries of the Pacific Northwest

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Robert L. Monahan Western Washington State College Forest Products Industries of the Pacific Northwest The forest product industries are of major economic importance Locational Changes in the in the Pacific Northwest and particularly in the portion lying west of the Cascade Mountains, the area usually called the DouglasFir Region by the forest products industry. Some interesting changes in the location of the processing plants are taking place which have economic and geographic significance. The number of plants processing the forest yield is declining, and the less numerous plants are concentrating in larger centers of production. Several factors have contributed to this shift. Fuller utilization of the trees has encouraged the clustering of plants producing a variety of products. Waste products from one type of plant are frequently a major source of raw materials for another type of processing, and wood "wastes" are usually bulky, low unit-value commodities with a restricted range of movement imposed by transportation costs. The desirability of access to both domestic and foreign markets is generally recognized by forest-product oriented firms. Locations served by a variety of transport including ocean shipping are advanin the forest products industries, and the plant expansion necessary to achieve economies

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Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Oct 1, 1966

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