THE AUTHOR 



ALFRED L. CHASE is a forestry instructor at the Missoula Technical Center 

 in Missoula, Montana. He has extensive field experience organizing and 

 conducting studies in mensuration, forest inventory, and thinning. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This project was supported by the USDA Forest Service, State & Private 

 Forestry, which provided funds under the General Forestry Assistance Pro- 

 gram; Intermountain Forest & Range Experiment Station, which provided funds 

 and assistance in writing and publishing the report; and the State of Idaho, De- 

 partment of Lands. The project was also supported by the Idaho-Washington 

 RD&C Project Council and the assistance of R. A. Bundy (then with Idaho Forest 

 Industries) and D.P. Almas, Idaho Department of Lands. 



Use of trade or firm names is for reader information only, and does 

 not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of 

 any commercial product or service. 



