THE CROSSETT STORY The Beginning of Forestry in Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana

Cover

Acknowledgment

About the Author

Preface

The Crossett Story: The Beginning of Forestry in Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana

In the Beginningؙ"Cut Out and Get Out!"
Professional Forestry Comes to Crossett
The U.S. Forest Service Comes to Crossett
The Beginning of Selective Cutting and Management
The Crossett Research Center and Experimental Forest
Meanwhile—Back at the Future Research Center
More Growing Pains
The Beginning of Partial Cutting on Crossett Lands
The First Use of Tractors for Skidding
A Full-Blown Crisis Develops
First Research on the Crossett Experimental Forest
Development of a Market for Pulpwood
Growth and Yield Tables—Concepts
Jim Girard
The Pulpwood Thinning Study
Small-Town Living
Research Studies Multiply
Farm Forestry Studies
Truck Logging
A Wage Increase—A Major Problem
Items of Interest
A Large-Scale Test of Even-Versus Uneven-Aged Management
Pine-Hardwood Management Research
Farm Forestry Study Days
Fire in the Forests
The Beginning of State Forestry in Arkansas
Fires and the Crossett Research Center
The Birth of Aerial Patrol
Controlled Burning
Cooperative Research
The "Sudden Sawlog" Study
In Conclusion