Abstract Presented is an economic analysis of the physical relationship between the production of timber and water on wildlands. Recent studies have indicated that water yield may be increased through certain types of forest cutting under certain conditions; and though this relationship is not fully known, economic research into potential management of these two resources is needed. Based on research at the Forest Service's Fraser Experimental Forest in Colorado, a graphical and mathematical procedure for predicting stream yield increases due to forest cutting is developed. Inventory data on streamflow and timber stands on the headwaters of the Fraser River, which supplies water to Denver, Colo. via the Moffat Tunnel, were used in the analysis. It is concluded that the management intensity indicated by the analysis for the watershed is both realistic and desirable; and that the use of minimum figures throughout the analysis enhances its practical value in application to the land through good land management practices.
Peter E. Black (Sat,) studied this question.
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