Estimating sawmill processing capacity for Tongass timber
Subtitle: 2009 and 2010 update
By: Susan J. Alexander and Daniel J. Parrent
Contributors: Parrent, Daniel J.; Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Series: Research note PNW -- RN-568; Research note PNW -- 568.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Sawmills; Statistics
Description: In spring and summer of 2010 and 2011, sawmill production capacity and wood utilization information was collected from major wood manufacturers in southeast Alaska. The estimated mill capacity in southeast Alaska for calendar year (CY) 2009 was 249,350 thousand board feet (mbf) (log scale), and for CY 2010 was 155,850 mbf (log scale), including idle sawmills. Mill consumption in CY 2009 was estimated at 13,422 mbf (log scale), and for CY 2010 was 15,807 mbf (log scale). Wood products manufacturing employment in southeast Alaska increased from 57.5 full-time equivalent positions in 2009 to 63.5 in 2010 despite the loss of 23,500 mbf of capacity in two sawmills owing to fires, the decommissioning of one large sawmill (65,000 mbf), and equipment sales at two small mills (5,000 mbf).
Notes: Cover title.

"July 2012."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-15).

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