harvesting and marketing young koa
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Harvesting and marketing young koa. Plantations. Natural stands. Current state of the industry. Age?. Mana Rd (DHHL) 24 years. Waipunalei 25 yrs (Parker). Keauhou 33 yrs(KS). Measured upper log diameters of all koa using laser caliper (748 trees) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Harvesting and marketing young koa
Natural stands
Plantations
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Current state of the industry
Age?
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Mana Rd (DHHL)24 years
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Waipunalei 25 yrs (Parker) Keauhou 33 yrs(KS)
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• Measured upper log diameters of all koa using laser caliper (748 trees)
• Calculated merchantable timber volumes
• Min 4 ft length, 10 inch diameter
Koa volume inventoryKeauhou 1978 stand
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Predicted koa harvest volumes
Author Age, years Yield, bf/acreLoudat and Kantor Hawai'i County 1997 20 34,000Goldstein et al. PNAS 2006 40 8,500Hensley HFIA 2002 40 10,000Keauhou 2011 (current study) 33 5,930
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Harvest
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Diagramming logs and milling at
Jay Warner’s mill, Waipunalei
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• 31 trees• 50 logs• 578 boards• 2,300 board feet• 7 units bowl stock
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Wood distributed
• Commissioned woodworkers and bowl turners– Don Albrecht– Clark Allred– Richard Cunningham– Mats Fogelvik– Scott Hare– Ron Hester
• Schools (UH Mānoa, Hawaii Commuity College, Kamehameha, Hilo High, Kealakehe
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Bowl stock
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Bowls
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Furniture
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Field day
Publicity
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Woodworker reactions
• Light weight and soft OR• Medium hardness• Not for carving: tearout• Lots of defect• Sapwood: plus or minus?• Light color• Little curl• Sands, turns easily• Dents easily• Finishes easily• DIFFERENT MARKET• Sells at 1/3 price OR• Sells at same price• “Became more interesting”• “Don’t sell this short”