THE AUTHORS 



ARTHUR L. ROE is leader of the western larch and 

 spruce-fir silviculture project of the Intermountain 

 Station at Missoula, Montana. He spent 13 years 

 in National Forest Administration before entering 

 research in the Northern Rocky Mountains in 1946. 

 Since then he has made outstanding research con- 

 tributions on the silviculture and growth of Montana 

 forests. 



WYMAN C. SCHMIDT is conducting research in west- 

 em larch and spruce-fir timber management, 

 working primarily with silviculture of young stands . 

 He joined the Intermountain Station in 1960 after 2 

 years with National Forest Administration. 



