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Subunit<br />

1<br />

The entomol og<br />

shown <strong>in</strong> ffgure 1,<br />

Trees to be Cut<br />

A1 1 designated sawtirn-<br />

ber; all understory<br />

trees.<br />

A1 1 designated sawtim-<br />

ber; all understory<br />

trees.<br />

A1 1 designated sawtim-<br />

ber; a1 1 understory<br />

trees. (All slash<br />

removed.<br />

A1 1 designated sawtim-<br />

ber .<br />

Uti 1 i tation Standard<br />

Intensive log uti 1 iza-<br />

tion. Remove all<br />

material (live & dead,<br />

stand<strong>in</strong>g & down) to<br />

3" dia., 8' length, &<br />

1/3 sound.<br />

Conventional log &<br />

tree util isation.<br />

Remove sawtimber<br />

material (live & recently<br />

dead) to current<br />

NFS sawlog merchantabil<br />

i ty standards--<br />

6"--dia., 10 bd. ft.,<br />

1/3 sound.<br />

Intense fiber utiliza-<br />

tion. Remove all<br />

material (1 ive & dead,<br />

stand<strong>in</strong>g and down) to<br />

3" dia., 8' length,<br />

and 1/3 sound.<br />

Leave submerchantabl e<br />

understory. Remove a1 1<br />

material <strong>in</strong> sawtimber<br />

trees (1 ive & dead,<br />

stand<strong>in</strong>g & down) to<br />

3" dia., 8' length,<br />

and 1/3 sound.<br />

Site or Seedbed<br />

Treatment<br />

Broadcast burn.<br />

Broadcast burn.<br />

Leave as is.<br />

(A1 1 slash removed. )<br />

Leave as is.<br />

ical study followed the overall study design as presented above and<br />

with three major exceptions:<br />

1. Our study was restricted to one shel terwood unit, Block 21, one clearcut,<br />

Block 23, and one control unit, Block 24. We did not consider the group selections--<br />

pr<strong>in</strong>cipally because of their small size--nor shel terwood Block 11, cl earcut Block 13,<br />

or control unit Block 14.<br />

2. With<strong>in</strong> the shelterwood unft Block 21 and the clearcut Block 23, we considered<br />

only subunits 1 and 3. A1 though there were two utilization standards prescribed, as<br />

subunits 1 and 2, the amount of residues left <strong>in</strong> those units and the broadcast burn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong> the two unSts was very similar, so we considered these as a s<strong>in</strong>gle subunit.<br />

Subunit 4 was not considered primarily because of the difficulty of remov<strong>in</strong>g residues<br />

<strong>in</strong> the clearcuts with the skyl<strong>in</strong>e harvest<strong>in</strong>g system.<br />

3. This entomological study did not beg<strong>in</strong> until the fall of 1975. Therefore, no<br />

measurements were made prior to or dur<strong>in</strong>g the harvest<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the sumner of 1974, nor<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g harvest<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g the sumner of 1975. The first measurements were made <strong>in</strong><br />

early September 1975, immediately prior to the prescribed burn<strong>in</strong>g.

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