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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
Sheridan, Wyoming
TITLE 2409.12 - TIMBER CRUISING HANDBOOK
Bighorn Supplement 2409.12-99-1
Effective May 15, 1999
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements are numbered consecutively by Title and calendar year. Post by
document name. Retain this transmittal as the first page of this document. The last supplement to
this Title was Supplement 2 to chapter 10 which is being removed.
Document Name
Superseded New
(Number of Pages)
2409.12-99-1
1
Digest: Updates Supplement to correct electronic format.
ABIGAIL R. KIMBELL
Forest Supervisor
2
BIGH Supplement 2409.12-99-1
EFFECTIVE 5/99
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13 - Tree Merchantability Specifications. The following are the minimum tree and piece
specifications for the Bighorn National Forest:
Products
and
Species
Estimated
Quantity
And Unit of
Measure
DBH
Piece
Units
DIB
Small
Ends
Net Scale
in % of
Gross
Scale
DBH-DOB
Inches
Feet
Top-DIB
Inches
%
Live
Sawtimber
All Conifers
Aspen
MBF (CCF)
MBF (CCF)
7.0
7.0
8
8
6.0
6.0
331/3
50
Products other than
sawtimber
All
Cords (CCF)
5.0
61/2
4.0
100
Sawtimber
Lodgepole pine
Douglas fir
Other conifers
MBF Gross
MBF Gross
MBF Gross
8.0
8.0
12.0
16
16
16
7.0
7.0
10.0
331/3
331/3
331/3
Products other than
logs
All species
Cord (CCF)
5.0
Variable
Dead
1/
1/ Variable depends upon product being appraised.
4.0