User guide for HCR Estimator 2.0 : software to calculate cost and revenue thresholds for harvesting small-diameter ponderosa pine /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Other Authors:	Becker, Dennis R.
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2008]
Series:	General technical report PNW ; 748.
Subjects:	Ponderosa pine > Harvesting > Economic aspects > Computer programs. Logging > Costs > Mathematical models > Computer programs.
Online Access:	http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr748.pdf

Description
Abstract:	The HCR (Harvest Cost-Revenue) Estimator is engineering and financial analysis software used to evaluate stand-level financial thresholds for harvesting small diameter ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.) in the Southwest United States. The Windows-based program helps contractors and planners to identify costs associated with tree selection, residual handling, transportation of raw materials, and equipment used. Costs are compared against total financial return for regionally based market opportunities to arrive at potential net profit. Information is used to identify per-acre cost thresholds, for contract appraisal, and for prioritizing project planning for wildfire fuel reduction treatments and forest restoration efforts.
Item Description:	Cover title. "April 2008."
Physical Description:	51 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available on the World Wide Web.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-28).