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Excerpt from The Opportunity to Thin and Prune in the Northern Rocky Mountain and Intermountain Regions Thinning and pruning do not have high prior ity in Northern Rocky Mountain or Intermountain forestry today.' This situation arises largely from inadequate financing. Partly, however, it stems from a state of mind that has only recently begun to change. Thinning and pruning have been thought of only as a part of intensive forestry, that is the kind of extra activity that might be used someday to expand forest productivity - but not yet; not today. One-scan hardly argue against the idea that thinning and pruning represent considerably more intensive forestry than is being practiced today in these two regions; yet there is some question whether these practices can be long postponed without a costly sacrifice of future timber yields and values.' In this light, thinning and pruning cease to be refinements or frills and become a basic part of forestry in these regions. This conclusion is sup ported by three facts about our regional forestry situation. 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.