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Welcome to Forest Products Measurement!

The Forest Products Measurements group coordinates biometric activities for the National Forests throughout the nation. Our primary responsibilities are for cruising, scaling, volume estimation and spatial information/area determination supporting the Forest Service’s Forest Product Sales program. We provide technical support for cruising, scaling, and volume estimation equations, processes, and software. You may use the resources available on this website, call us or contact us by e-mail.

  • About Us
    Description of the Forest Products Measurement group.
  • Timber Cruising Software
    Documentation, training, and software to assist designing, collecting, and processing timber cruise data.
  • Log Scaling Software
    Documentation, training, and software to assist collecting and processing log scale data.
  • Volume Estimation Software
    Documentation, procedures, software to develop and validate the National Volume Estimator Library (NVEL) models.
  • Handbooks and Guides
    Supporting documentation for cruising, scaling, volume estimation, and area-location determination.
  • Support
    Contact us with your questions or problems regarding our products or forest products measurement.
  • Training
    Forest Products Measurement training resources.

USDA Forest Service
Forest Management Service Center
2150 Centre Avenue, Bldg. A
Fort Collins, CO 80526-1891

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Last modified: Friday, 31-Oct-2008 09:55:33 EDT