THE AUTHORS 



John H. Wikstrom is leader of the Production Economics 

 research and Forest Survey research work units at the Inter- 

 mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in Ogden, 

 Utah. His Forest Service career began in 1948 at the North- 

 em Rocky Mountain Station in Missoula, where he was as- 

 signed to Forest Survey. In 1954 he was transferred to 

 Ogden, where his primary concern has centered on the eco- 

 nomics of timber production and utilization. Mr. Wikstrom 

 holds a bachelor of science degree from Utah State University 

 and a master's degree from Oregon State University. He is the 

 author of several publications in the field of production eco- 

 nomics, including studies of pulpwood production, eco- 

 nomics of lodgepole pine utilization, timber growing costs, 

 and timber growing alternatives. 



S. Blair Hutchison, Forest Economist, Division of Forest 

 Economics and Marketing Research, USDA Forest Service, 

 Washington Office, was formerly Assistant Director of Forest 

 Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Utilization, Recreation, 

 and Forest Survey at the Intermountain Forest and Range 

 Experiment Station. He joined the Forest Service at the 

 Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment 

 Station in 1934, after graduating from the University of 

 Michigan. He has conducted numerous studies dealing with 

 timber supply, timber production, and forest land manage- 

 ment policy. 



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