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Item The formulation of a technique for finding an optimal 'skidding' road layout(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1968) Carter, Michael RichardItem Monte Carlo simulation of some logging operations(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1966) Cesario, Frank JosephItem Data gathering system for logging operations(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1966) Londgren, Donald KaneItem Assessing potential impacts of logging and road construction on the soil and water resources in a semi-primitive area(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1973) Aasheim, Ronald JayItem An economic comparison of 'skidding' methods employed in the Northern Rocky Mountain area(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1967) Brown, David BruceItem Simulation of the loading and hauling subsystems of a logging system(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1970) Johnson, Leonard RoyItem An exploratory analysis of 'skidding' in the Rocky Mountain area with emphasis on crawler tractor skidding(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1966) Stevens, LeRoy ConradItem The effects of spotted owl litigation on national lumber markets(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1994) Yoder, Jonathan Keith; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Randal R. Rucker.Spotted Owl litigation has led to substantial fluctuations in Pacific Northwest public timber availability from 1987 to the present. A theoretical and two distinct empirical models using monthly data are developed to understand and test the potential of this litigation to affect the national market for lumber. The results of an econometric framework indicate that Northwest public timber fluctuations have affected the Northwest lumber industry, but provide no evidence that the effects are felt in other regions of the United States. A time-series approach indicates that the Northwest lumber market is affected by these timber fluctuations, and that regional lumber markets are interdependent, but again, there is no direct evidence that Northwest public timber fluctuations have affected the lumber markets of other regions. Using each of these empirical frameworks, intervention analysis is performed to test the significance of individual litigation events on regional lumber markets. Econometric-model intervention results provide no evidence to suggest that individual litigation events have influenced these markets, but time-series intervention results suggest that lumber prices may have been influenced by some of the litigation in question.Item The difficulty in identifying a subsidy in the use of a natural resource : Canadian lumber imports(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1989) Harkleroad, Brian Craig; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Ronald N. Johnson.Canadian stumpage price subsidies are claimed to be the cause of injury to the U.S. lumber industry. Legislative action has been taken which will impose a 15% export tax on Canadian lumber. This study examines the difficulty of identifying such a subsidy in the case of Canadian lumber imports, and more importantly, the difficulty of identifying subsidies in the use of natural resources as a whole. This is done through examination of resource depletion in the theory of the mine and the steady state timber management system. A model of the Canadian lumber market is then proposed. Examination of this model rejects the hypothesis that stumpage price systems are subsidies which injure the U.S. lumber industry.