Northern Research Station

Title: The "let-it-grow" treatment for timber -- Is it economically worthwhile?

Author: Worley, David P.

Date: 1970

Source: Res. Pap. NE-157. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 37 p.

Station ID: RP-NE-157

Description: One way to treay a timber stand is to ignore it--simply let it grow. This treatment will in time produce usable timber. And this is how many small woodlands in the Northeast are treated today. The question is: How well does this treatment work in returning a profit to the owner? As a guide for forest managers, the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station has made an economic study of this let-it-grow treatment. We found that the profitability of this treatment depends mainly upon the age of the stand and the timber markets available.

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Worley, David P.  1970.  The "let-it-grow" treatment for timber -- Is it economically worthwhile?.   Res. Pap. NE-157. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 37 p..