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<br />~.' <br />:) <br /> <br />:) <br /> <br />Ipoc:Iu CempoIlIIon 01 RIo Grlnel. Foro" SlwlImber <br /> <br />.'" <br /> <br />'~.' <br /> <br /> <br />Ipoc:Iu C0mp08llloll of Rio GrlncIo 'Ilmllerlhld SlWIImber <br /> <br />III <br /> <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />0_ <br />80o?<I <br />_L'" <br />-- <br /> <br />0_ <br />_0o?<I <br />_L... <br />0... <br />-- <br />II- <br /> <br />In the Rio Grande timbershed aDd on the Rio Grande forest, the primary species type is spruce-fir. Further, <br />much of the dead volume(deDotcd IS a species here) is spruce that is used primarily for house logs and <br />other specialty produc:ts. The maiD dift'erence between the timbershed aDd the forest is the timbershed <br />coatains a s\iahtly broader array of DOHpruce volumes iIIcluding Douglas.fir and poaderosa pille. While <br />these species also occur on the Rio Grande forest, their percentages I'OIIIIded to zero. 1be Rio Grande <br />forest bas sold about a 12 percentage poilll higher mix of spruce-fir than the timbershed. Spruce is <br />CODSidered by iome purchasers to be a more desirable species ~se it saws weU. <br /> <br />The Dext three cIwts illustrate timber sale attribU1CS of the supply plOgr3lTl. First, the Dumber of sales per <br />year for both the Rio Grande and its timbenbed is shown. <br /> <br />(",2e";,' 0 <br />" v:t <br /> <br />7 <br />