Logging

:For another article about a different type of logging, see data logging.

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Logging is the practice of cutting down trees, then cutting out their central boles (the clear trunk or central stem) and possibly branches in order to use the wood directly or to market it as an economic resource. Standing trees viewed as a potential economic resources are termed timber.

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Most conventional logging is either for pulpwood production for the manufacture of paper products or for sawlogs for lumber production. In the United States, standard sawlogs are sixteen feet long. Trees may be referred to as "two-saw-log-trees", for instance, meaning that they have a clear bole for at least 34 or so feet (allowing for the remaining stump).

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A significant amount of logging is also done for firewood production, and, today, a very large and growing amount of logging is being done for chipwood production.

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Tree: :This article is about the biological organisms known as trees. For other meanings of the word see tree (disambiguation)....

Timber: Timber is a term used to describe wood that has been processed for use —from the time trees are planned for industrial use, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use —such as structural material for construction or wood pulp for paper production....

Pulpwood: Pulpwood refers to timber stocks that are cut in order to make wood pulp for paper production. In the logging of mixed forest stands, the better trees usually are used for sawlogs for lumber production, while the inferior trees and components are harvested for pulpwood production. However, because...

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