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Western U. P. Forest Improvement District Equipment Design Proposal

 Collection — sc_box: MS 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: MS-833

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

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