THE AUTHORS 



JOHN HOST received his B.S. in Forestry from the University of Cal- 

 ifornia, an M, F. in Logging Engineering from University of Wash- 

 ington, and an M. B.A. from University of Montana. He has more 

 than 25 years of experience in logging, forest engineering, sawmil- 

 ling, and research. Currently he is a research forester for the 

 Forest Residues Utilization research work unit, at the Forestry 

 Sciences Laboratory in Missoula. 



JOYCE A. SCHLIETER received her bachelor's degree in Mathematics 

 from Portland State University and her master's in Statistics from 

 Michigan State University. Since 1975, she has been the Mathema- 

 tician/Statistician for the Forest Residues Utilization research 

 work unit, Missoula. 



