Timber Products Output And Timber Harvests In Alaska

Projections of Alaska timber products output, the derived demand for logs & chips, & timber harvest by owner are developed by using a trend-based analysis. These are revised projections of those made in 1990, 1994, & 1997, & reflect the consequences of recent changes in the Alaska forest sector & trends in markets for Alaska products. With the cancellation of the long-term contracts & the closure of the two SE Alaska pulp mills, demand for Alaska nat. forest timber now depends on markets for sawn wood & the ability to export manufacturing residues & lower grade logs. Four scenarios are presented that display a range of possible future demands. The range in annual demand for timber from Alaska nat. forests is 48 to 370 million board feet of logs annually. Areas of uncertainty include the prospect of continuing changes in markets & competition, & the rates of investment & innovation in manufacturing in Alaska. Illus.

Updated projections of demand for Alaska timber were published July 2006. Their application in land management planning for the Tongass National Forest has resulted in numerous questions and requests for clarification. This note discusses a broad range of these questions from the context of why we do projections, the model we used, the assumptions that determine the levels of timber harvest, our use of scenario planning, comments about how producers in Alaska compete with other North American producers, and the potential that some significant changes in southeast Alaska markets have changed the demand projections.

Excerpt from Timber Products Output and Timber Harvests in Alaska: An Addendum Why we described the existing model and approach obsolete (brackley et al. 2006b. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Projections of Alaska timber products output, the derived demand for logs & chips, & timber harvest by owner are developed by using a trend-based analysis. These are revised projections of those made in 1990, 1994, & 1997, & reflect the consequences of recent changes in the Alaska forest sector & trends in markets for Alaska products. With the cancellation of the long-term contracts & the closure of the two SE Alaska pulp mills, demand for Alaska nat. forest timber now depends on markets for sawn wood & the ability to export manufacturing residues & lower grade logs. Four scenarios are presented that display a range of possible future demands. The range in annual demand for timber from Alaska nat. forests is 48 to 370 million board feet of logs annually. Areas of uncertainty include the prospect of continuing changes in markets & competition, & the rates of investment & innovation in manufacturing in Alaska. Illus.