Evaluating Dead Lodgepole Pine for Products

Dead lodgepole pine is a resource currently abundant in the intermountain West. Possible uses for dead pine range from small power poles to fuel and fiber. Values for products that can be produced from dead trees are evaluated based on ovendry tons of fiber for both logs and products. The technique can be adapted by the reader to make allocation choices among products for any species. Specific products evaluated as uses for roundwood products arc power poles, house logs, and corral poles. These products return high values per unit of log, but have restrictive specifications and limited markets. Solid wood products include random length dimension, studs, and core veneer. Values are lower than roundwood products but specifications are less restrictive and markets are much larger. Fiber products generally return low values per unit of volume and values vary from never feasible to feasible under some conditions.

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