THE AUTHORS 



JAMES E. LOTAN has been Project Leader of the 

 Intermountain Station's Lodgepole Pine Silvi- 

 culture research work unit, located in Bozeman, 

 Montana, since 1965. He has been a member of 

 this unit since 1961 and has published a number 

 of articles on lodgepole pine management. 



CHESTER E. JENSEN is Principal Statistician for 

 the Intermountain Forest and Range Experi- 

 ment Station. Previously, he held the same 

 position at the Northeastern and Central States 

 Forest Experiment Stations. Mr. Jensen, who 

 holds a master of forestry degree from Michi- 

 gan State University, received his training in 

 graduate statistics at Iowa State University. 



