Changes in timber haul emissions in the context of shifting forest management and infrastructure |
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Authors: | Sean P Healey Jock A Blackard Todd A Morgan Dan Loeffler Greg Jones Jon Songster Jason P Brandt Gretchen G Moisen and Larry T DeBlander |
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Institution: | (1) US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Inventory, Monitoring and Analysis Program, 507 25thSt., Ogden, UT 84401, USA;(2) Bureau of Business and Economic Research, School of Business Administration, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA;(3) US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Human Dimensions Program, 800 E. Beckwith Ave, Missoula, MT 59801, USA |
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Abstract: | Background Although significant amounts of carbon may be stored in harvested wood products, the extraction of that carbon from the forest
generally entails combustion of fossil fuels. The transport of timber from the forest to primary milling facilities may in
particular create emissions that reduce the net sequestration value of product carbon storage. However, attempts to quantify
the effects of transport on the net effects of forest management typically use relatively sparse survey data to determine
transportation emission factors. We developed an approach for systematically determining transport emissions using: 1) -remotely
sensed maps to estimate the spatial distribution of harvests, and 2) - industry data to determine landscape-level harvest
volumes as well as the location and processing totals of individual mills. These data support spatial network analysis that
can produce estimates of fossil carbon released in timber transport. |
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