THE AUTHOR 



JAMES E. BRICKELL is an Associate Mensurationist in the 

 Station's forest survey research work unit located in 

 Moscow at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory. He re- 

 ceived his bachelor's degree in forest management from 

 Washington State University in 1961 and joined the Sta- 

 tion's staff in 1964 after taking graduate studies at the 

 University of Washington. He gratefully acknowledges 

 the assistance and advice given him by Albert R. Stage, 

 leader of the Station's timber measurement work unit at 

 the Laboratory in Moscow. 



