Western U. P. Forest Improvement District Equipment Design Proposal
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Design proposal, 1986-1987, for a compact skidder for small logging operations by the Western U. P. Forest Improvement District (doing business as Forest Restoration, Inc. of Pelkie, Michigan). Includes photographs of the VTR 2000 and prototype blueprints as well a written proposal for grant funding, specifications, and a letter of support for the grant proposal.
Dates
- 1986-1987
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Biography
The Western Upper Peninsula Forest Improvement District (WUPFID) was formed in 1985 to provide forest management services to private, non-industrial forest owners. It is a "cooperative", which means members pay annual fees to receive benefits derived from community participation. The kinds of benefits received from this cooperative are: expert forest management advice; forest management planning; skilled timber sale administration; better stumpage values from larger volumes; and access to multiple markets (excerpted from http://mff.dsisd.net/Balance/CaseStudies.htm, accessed June 2011).
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Design proposal, 1986-1987, for a compact skidder for small logging operations by the Western U. P. Forest Improvement District (doing business as Forest Restoration, Inc. of Pelkie, Michigan). Includes photographs of the VTR 2000 and prototype blueprints as well a written proposal for grant funding, specifications, and a letter of support for the grant proposal.
Processing History
Elizabeth Russell,6/15/2011
- Title
- Western U. P. Forest Improvement District Equipment Design Proposal
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
- Date
- 6/15/2011
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository