Comment: Pokharel & Latta 2020 assumes that wood is only moving by truck, which is a fine assumption for the paper but highly inappropriate for this study. Logs are moved by rail and ship frequently.
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.
Commenter Organization: Anonymous
Commenter: Anonymous
2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: 11.2
Comment: Pokharel & Latta 2020 assumes that wood is only moving by truck, which is a fine assumption for the paper but highly inappropriate for this study. Logs are moved by rail and ship frequently.
Proposed Change: Use more and different sources