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2. Stumpage value, the value of timber as it stands — " on the 

 stump." May include all wood or only certain classes. 



3. Price paid for standing timber. 

 Subcompartment. See Subdivision. 



Subdivision. A larger or smaller part of a forest property segregated 

 with a view to making units for purposes of administration, protection, 

 organization, management. 



District. GenericaUy, any administrative unit; specifically, an 

 aggregate of administrative imits or forests for control and inspection 

 purposes. 



Forest. An administrative unit, as National forest, State forest, 

 Municipal forest. 



Ranger district or Range. Part of a forest, an executive unit under 

 care of a ranger. 



Patrol district or Beat. An executive unit for protective purposes, 

 imder a guard or patrol. 



Compartment. An organization unit or small subdivision for pur- 

 poses of orientation, administrative, and silvicultural operations. 



G., AbteUung, Jagen (Prussia). 



Lot. A small subdivision of a compartment, differing in composition, 

 age, or character, requiring different treatment from the main body of 

 the compartment; impermanent if due to accidental, permanent if due 

 to site conditions. 



Syn.: subcompartment. 



G., Unterabteilung, AbteUung (Prussia). 



Block. A major division of the working plan unit, intermediate in 

 size between the working plan unit and a compartment. A block is 

 usually based on topography and comprises a main logging unit or 

 group of logging units. A single block may contain many thousand 

 acres. 



Working plan unit. A forest area managed under one working plan. 

 It may or may not coincide with the administrative unit. 



G., Wirtschaftsganzes. 



Working group. An organization or working plan tmit, comprising 

 an aggregate of compartments or stands to be managed under the same 

 silvicultural system and rotation. 



Syn.: working block; working circle; working figure; working sec- 

 tion; management class. 



