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Documents, Data, and Code. The NCX Methodology For Improved Forest Management (IFM) Through Short-Term Harvest Deferral.
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Public Comment: 140 (Anonymous) #140

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ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

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2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: 11.1

Comment: Proximity to mill an inappropriate method for estimating likelihood to harvest. Wood moves through mediums other more than roads. In Pennsylvania, we regularly ship round logs to mills in China, Spain, and Germany (just to name a few) via ship. While logs of that value are rare, their presence drives harvest. Forests regularly generate cooperage logs that are send by rail to cooperages in KT or TN, again this would be outside of the range of truck but are a huge driver in making a harvest viable. Additionally, many large logging firms across the country have log yards where they store logs to be shipped via rail or ship to mills that would be well outside the economic range of a truck. The range to mills needs to be disclosed for buyers to understand the validity of these credits.

Proposed Change: Distance to a mill should be discarded

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

NCX response: Where alternative methods of transportation are evidently significant to timber harvesting decisions, we expect to incorporate them as we continue to improve our baseline models over time.