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A timber cruise is a sample measurement of a stand used to estimate the amount of standing timber that the forest contains. These measurements are collected at sample locations called plots, quadrants, or strips. Each of these individual sample areas is one observation in a series of observations called a sample.
A cruising rod is a simple device used to quickly estimate the number of pieces of lumber yielded by a given piece of timber. Similarly to a yardstick, it is a rod with markings. The estimation is carried out as follows. Standing at arm's length from the tree, estimate its average diameter by taking a note on the rod's markings.
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QMD can be used in timber cruises to estimate the standing volume of timber in a forest, because it has the practical advantage of being directly related to basal area, which in turn is directly related to volume. [1]
Stumpage is the price a private firm pays for the right to harvest timber from a given land base. It is paid to the current owner of the land. It is paid to the current owner of the land. Historically, the price was determined on a basis of the number of trees harvested, or "per stump".
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The wind caused the ship to experience "sudden movement," the cruise line said. Disarray in a bar area of the Explorer of the Seas on Nov. 7, 2024. / Credit: Jonathan Parrish