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Timber
Measurement Society Meeting, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
11-13 April, 2012
The
meeting was attended by more than 115 people from the US, Canada, Chile, Germany, Sweden, New Zealand and Switzerland. Most of the presentations from the
meeting can be downloaded below. Download the minutes of the business meeting, agenda and photo journal.
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How can we measure trees and logs for the most useful
information
Toby Atterbury, Atterbury Consultants Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
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presentation
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Idaho Forest Group’s move toward cubic log measure and
away from Scribner
Alan Harper, Idaho Forest Group, Chilco, Idaho
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presentation
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Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group cubic scaling
fundamentals and procedures
Rick Stoutenburgh, Southern Oregon Log Scaling
and Grading Bureau, Roseburg,
Oregon
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presentation
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2012 US Forest Economy: outlook and policy threats
Charley
McKetta, Forest Econ Inc, Moscow, Idaho
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presentation
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Demand for forest products under a background of foreclosures and defici spending
Delton Alderman, Researcher, USFS, Princeton, West Virginia
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presentation
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Estimating basal area, trees, and above ground
biomass per acre for common tree species across the Uncompahgre Plateau using
NAIP CIR imagery
John Hogland, US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research
Station, Missoula, Montana
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New methods for estimating National Forest
biomass supply and delivered cost in developing markets
Nate Anderson, US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain
Research Station, Missoula,
Montana
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presentation
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What is the best way to measure pulp logs and
biomass: results of log studies
Matt Fonseca, UNECE, Geneva, Switzerland
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presentation
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Scanned log volumes compared with manually measured
volumes: trial in Vancouver BC
Peter Dyson, FPInnovations, Vancouver,
British Columbia
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presentation
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Log scanning – state of the art in Sweden
Harald Nylinder, Setra Group, Solna, Sweden
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presentation
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Computer tomography scanning
Ludwig Fleischhackl,
Microtec Industries North America Inc., Delta, British Columbia
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| April 12, 2012 |
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New Zealand sampling of pulp logs
John Ellis, Group
Technical Manager, C3 Ltd.; and Managing Director of Scaling Research
International, Mount Maunganui,
New Zealand
No presentation available - Click here for a related article:
A log volume formula for exporters (NZ Journal of Forestry, vol. 56, no. 3, Nov. 2011)
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Idaho Board of Scaling Practices program for
certifying scalers and ensuring competency
Russ Hogan, IBSP, Hayden Lake, Idaho
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presentation
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Roundwood trade in Sweden
Mats Nylinder, Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Sweden
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presentation
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Log quality control and accountability for log sort
sales
David Richards and Denise Roush-Livingston, Washington DNR, Olympia Washington
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Alberta Smalian cubic scale, stratification and sampling
Max Matthews, Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., Whitecourt, Alberta
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Electronic measurement solutions: examples in
log scaling and standing forest inventory
Brian L. Mitchell, Haglof, Inc North America, Madison Mississippi
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presentation
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Add GLONASS to GPS: will it improve GPS data in the
woods?
Jon Aschenbach, Resource Supply, LLC., Beaverton, Oregon
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presentation
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New scaling and cruising equipment from Juniper
Systems
David Dean, Electronic Data Solutions, Jerome, Idaho
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presentation
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Montana DNRC program for selling timber by
weight: challenges for converting from volume to weight
and insuring reasonable
valuation
Sarah Lyngholm, Montana DNRC, Missoula,
Montana
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presentation
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Log deck measurement with Deck Easy: new program
by Laser Technology
John
Calkins, Scaling Supervisor,
Simpson Timber Company, Shelton,
Washington
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presentation
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Log and tree measurements
as related to wood product applications
Thomas Gorman, University of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho
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presentation
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NAIP imagery update: 2011 color imagery is available
for OR, WA, and ID. How to get it for free
Mike McGuire, Ascent GIS Inc, Spokane,
Washington
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presentation
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Drive-through log scanning installations in
North America and abroad
Mario Angel, WoodTech
- North America, Portland, Oregon
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presentation
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| April 13, 2012 |
On
April 13,
we had a field trip to the Idaho Forest Group (IFG) mill in Chilco
Idaho. Most took a
tour of the mill and many participated in a comparison scale using
Scribner short log scale on a group of 75 logs. The logs included mix
of typical inland western North American logs that are used at this
mill, however, there were a number
of highly defective logs thrown in to make
things interesting. The "school book" volumes for the logs was
as follows:
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Scribner short log board foot
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USFS Cubic Log Scale
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Gross
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Net
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Gross
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Net
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20,800
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16,490
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3261.8
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2730.7
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The
logs were reviewed one-by-one, with the correct methodology and volume
developed and agreed upon for each log. The meticulous review
process was necessary as there was much at stake (a prize of $190
for the answer that was closest to the agreed upon log volumes).
Many thanks to IFG for providing a superb mill tour, log rollout, lunch
and for contributing $100 of prize money the log rollout.
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