Characteristics of New York's logging businesses and logging business owners

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 106-110

  Egan, Andrew ^a  

^a PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to logging businesses; Logger training; Occupational choice and prestige

Indexed keywords

SAWMILLS;

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; FAMILIAL ATTACHMENT; FOREST-PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; LOGGING BUSINESS; LOGGING PROFESSION; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; EDUCATION; FORESTRY; LOGGING; SAW MILLS;

EID: 70349527888     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/26.3.106     Document Type: Article

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