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1 Key Findings

· A wide range of technology is available for forest management in the South

· New technology makes forest operations more productive, cost-effective, and environmentally sensitive.

· Increases in forest operations productivity and the logging workforce are being used to meet the increasing demand for fiber and to reduce unit production costs.

· Southern forests are generally managed under economic constraints. Choices of rotation length, systems, and operations technology are fundamentally determined by the costs and values of a selected management regime.