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Forestry/timber : There are 5 , 190 acres of <br /> forested land in Coal Basin consisting of the following : <br /> Aspen stands - There are 3 , 646 . 9 acres of <br /> Aspen stands in the Basin which are of generally poor form, <br /> and at present have little commercial value . <br /> Conifer stands - There are 1 , 480 acres in <br /> Coal Basin forested by Spruce and Fir trees . Sixty percent <br /> of the stands consist of poorly stocked mature stands with <br /> Aspen intermixed and 40 . of the stands are in the pole and <br /> sapling size classes . Only 220 acres are loggable with the <br /> tractor logging system presently used in commercial timber <br /> operations . Road construction costs and environmental <br /> factors makes it uneconomical and infeasible to log the <br /> small , scattered stands of timber . <br /> Mixed Aspen , Conifer stands - There are <br /> 1063 . 1 acres forested in Aspen, Spruce and Fir trees which <br /> are classified as poorly stocked , mature trees . <br /> Source : U. S . Forest Service <br /> White River National <br /> Forest "Timber Report" <br /> A substantial number of the pole and sapling <br /> category trees which, the Forest Service notes , make up some <br /> 40% of the Spruce and Douglas Fir timber resource , can <br /> probably be attributed to a planting program carried on by <br /> Mid-Continent since 1972 . <br /> ?3 <br />