Hartsog, William S. 



1978. Balloon logging in the Idaho Balholith--a fcasibiliiy study. 

 USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. INT -208, Hi p. Interml. For. 

 and Range E,xp. Stn. , Ogden, Utah 84401. 



A site on the Idaho Batholith where conventional logging and road- 

 building had produced massive erosion was experimentally logged with 

 a balloon yarding system. Balloon logging proved feasible, environ- 

 mentally acceptable, but economically unattractive. The extreme 

 steepness of the terrain and the selective cutting (overslor\- removal) 

 contributed to high yarding costs. 



KEWORDS: timber harvesting, yarding, environment, balloon logging. 



Hartsog, William S. 



1978. Balloon logging in the Idaho Batholith — a feasibility study. 

 USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. 1NT-20S, 16 p. Intermt. For. 

 and Range Exp. Stn. , Ogden, Utah 84401. 



A site on the Idaho Batholith where conventional logging and road- 

 building had produced massive erosion was experimentally logged with 

 a balloon yarding system. Balloon logging proved feasible, environ- 

 mentally acceptable, but economically unattractive. The extreme 

 steepness of the terrain and the selective cutting (overstory removal) 

 contributed to high yarding costs. 



KE\'WORDS: timber harvesting, yarding, environment, balloon logging. 



