Cattle Grazing and Wood Production with Different Basal Areas of Ponderosa Pine

Abstract

Ponderosa pine stands were thinned to various basal areas on the Wild Bill Range near Flagstaff, Arizona, to determine the effects on beef and wood production. Beef gain potential was maximum at zero basal area and was one-third less when ponderosa pine was present at basal areas of 20 ft/2. Physical relationships and the 1972 prices suggest that the combined economic value of grazing and saw log production would be maximum in tree stands having a basal area of about 45 to 60 ft/2