THE AUTHORS 



WYMAN C. SCHMIDT is Silviculturist and Leader of the Silviculture 

 of Western Larch and Engelmann Spruce research work unit at 

 the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, Montana, After 

 1 year with the National Forest Administration in the Black 

 Hills, he joined the Intermountain Station in 1960 and since then 

 has worked primarily in research of young coniferous forests. 

 He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Forest Management and is 

 currently completing requirements for the Ph. D. in Forest 

 Ecology at the University of Montana. 



RAYMOND C. SHEARER, Silviculturist, received his B.S. degree 

 in Timber Management from Utah State University in 1957 and 

 his M.S. degree in Silviculture in 1959. Since 1957 he has been 

 assigned to the Station's Silviculture of Western Larch and 

 Engelmann Spruce research work unit at the Forestry Sciences 

 Laboratory at Missoula, Montana. His primary assignment has 

 been the study of natural and artificial regeneration of western 

 larch and associated species. 



We acknowledge with appreciation the work of L. Adams, K, N. Boe, 

 R. K. LeBarron, A. L. Roe, A. E. Squillace, and D. Tackle for designing 

 and establishing these studies and collecting much of the field data; the coop- 

 eration of the St. Regis Paper Company and the Kootenai National Forest; 

 and the use of current unpublished findings of C. H. Halvorson, Bureau of 

 Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, USDI, stationed at INT Forestry Sciences 

 Laboratory, Missoula, Montana. 



