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Residential fuel-wood production and sources from round-wood in Missouri, 1987. Forest Service resource bulletin

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6020941

A study of Missouri fuelwood production from roundwood in 1987 was required to provide estimates of fuelwood production for the fourth Missouri forest inventory and to determine the impact of fuelwood production on the forest resource. To answer these and related questions in Missouri, a cooperative study was completed in 1987. Total fuel production from roundwood in 1987 was 924 thousand cords. More than 99 percent of the fuelwood was cut by households. Oak comprised 60 percent of the fuelwood cut. Private land supplied 98 percent of the fuelwood cut. Rural woodlands furnished 53 percent of the fuelwood. The remaining 47 percent of fuelwood harvested came from other land classes. Growing stock on timberland was a minor source of fuelwood. Dead trees on timberland provided 35 percent of the fuelwood. Commercial producers cut five times as much from growing stock on timberland as did households.

Research Organization:
Forest Service, St. Paul, MN (United States). North Central Forest Experiment Station
OSTI ID:
6020941
Report Number(s):
PB-92-102748/XAB; FSRB-NC--132
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English