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Excerpt from Logging Residues in Principal Forest Types of the Northern Rocky Mountains Recent years have seen growing interest in forest residues-the woody material that is left after harvesting. This interest stems from two basic concerns: residues as a source of additional wood fiber at a time of dwindling timber supplies and the role of residues in the forest environment. On the one hand, dead trees may provide habitat for birds and small animals, and down material may provide protection against soil erosion and in the process of decay provide essential nutrients to the site. On the other hand, the public dislikes unsightly accumulations of logging debris, and dead and down material can be a fire hazard or impede movement of wildlife. 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.