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US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Industry: Forest products; Government
Number of terms: 2933
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
Commercial forest land on which the stocking of trees is less than 16. 7 percent.
Industry:Forest products
Consists of the following States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Industry:Forest products
To make an undercut in a tree, preparatory to felling it in a given direction. Also known as a box or an undercut.
Industry:Forest products
Top-grade log, such as number-one peeler, number- one saw log.
Industry:Forest products
Truck designed to handle loads exceeding legal highway size and weight restrictions. These trucks are not driven on highways; they are used in logging operations conducted on other types of roads.
Industry:Forest products
1. Virgin timber. 2. Growth in a mature forest.
Industry:Forest products
Skyline carriage that opens on one side allowing it to travel over intermediate support jacks.
Industry:Forest products
Van that can be loaded from above and is often covered by a tarp or mesh.
Industry:Forest products
Time during this period can be either productive or delay time. Delay time-Sum of disturbance time, service time, and repair time.
Industry:Forest products
1. Timber inventory that includes the estimation of timber volumes or other stand information on specific geographic areas for specific purposes, as contrasted with more broadly based estimates for forestwide planning. 2. Inventory survey of a logging Unit for developing logging plans and production budgets. 3. Seedling surveys for regeneration stocking and precommercial thinning cruises for stand density are examples of operational cruises. Results from these surveys form the basis for decisions on subsequent activities about the specific geographic areas crui.
Industry:Forest products