strip cruise

Lumbering

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a timber survey in which the cruiser counts or estimates the number of trees suitable for logging on each side of a pre-set compass line.

Quotations

1953

By running strip cruises through the area, it is possible to determine the amount of timber that can be cut immediately for either pulp or sawlogs.