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Table of Contents

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PREAMBLE

[1.0] Executive Summary

[2.0] Introduction

[3.0] Historical Development

[4.0] Current MOF Timber Inventory

[4.1] Purpose

[4.2] Overview

[4.3] Design

[4.4] Inventory Procedures


[4.4.1] Data Acquisition
[4.4.2] Data Compilation
[4.4.3] Data Storage and Reporting

[4.5] Updating the Inventory

[4.6] Projection of Data


[4.6.1] Endemic and Epidemic Growth Losses

[4.7] Yield Analysis and Harvest Planning

[5.0] Other Timber Inventory Processes

[5.1] TFL Inventory Processes

[5.2] Silvicultural Surveys

[5.3] Operational Cruises

[5.4] Residue and Waste

[5.5] Scaling

[6.0] Administration of the Inventory

[6.1] General Comments

[6.2] Specific Programs


[6.2.1] Inventory Training and Planning
[6.2.2] Business Area Analysis

[7.0] Integration of the Timber Inventory with Other Types of Inventory

[7.1] Wildlife Inventory

[7.2] Recreation Inventory

[7.3] Range Inventory

[7.4] Old-Growth Inventory

[8.0] Client Needs: Present and Future

[9.0] Recommendations

Appendix I: Timber Inventory Task Force Terms of Reference

Appendix II: An Historical Summary of Forest Sampling Designs in British Columbia

Appendix III: Some Characteristics of a Good Inventory

Appendix IV: Flow Chart-Forest Inventory Process

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