THE AUTHOR 



WYMAN C. SCHMIDT is Associate 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 Intermoun- 

 tain 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 com- 

 pleting requirements for the Ph. D. in Forest Ecology at 

 the University of Montana. 



The author acknowledges the work of B. M. Huey, A. L. 

 Roe, K. N. Boe, and R. C. Shearer in designing, establishing, 

 and collecting field data for this study and the cooperation of 

 Gilbert Kries, Don and Winton Weydemeyer, as well as the 

 Anaconda Forest Products, Northern Pacific Railroad, Mon- 

 tana State Forester, and the Flathead, Kootenai, and Lolo 

 National Forests in the use of their lands. 



