by Martin Lusk | Sep 16, 2010 | Prunned Log Index, Sawing Studies
The Pruned Log Index (PLI) was developed by former FRI scientist Jim Park in the late 80’s and is respected throughout New Zealand by forest owners and Log buyers a like as the absolute measure of pruned log quality. Interpine is now providing stand sampling...
by Martin Lusk | Nov 8, 2009 | Carbon Inventory, Company Updates, Emissions Trading Scheme, LUCAS
The New Zealand Ministry for the Environment’s LUCAS (Land Use and Carbon Analysis System) Project has achieved an exceptional placing, being one of the 4 finalists out of 16 in the Government’s ICT (information and communications technology) awards held...
by Martin Lusk | Sep 25, 2009 | Company Updates
Interpine are on the move. Our head office is relocating to the TePapa Tipu Innovation Park, 99 Sala Street, Rotorua on the 2 Oct 2009. Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park is set against the magnificent backdrop of Whakarewarewa Forest, the 114ha of park-like grounds are...
by Martin Lusk | Jan 16, 2009 | Emissions Trading Scheme
The NZETS is generally a positive development for forest owners in New Zealand whether Maori or not. Forest owners can now generate additional income through trading carbon credits that are allocated to them as their forests remove carbon from the atmosphere. The...
by Martin Lusk | Nov 7, 2008 | Logmaker Auditing, Timbertech, Value Recovery
The Timbertech or Logger Tool was developed in the late 90’s to assist a logmaker (log bucker) gain the best value solution from the trees (stems) as they are merchandised into log products. As shown in the video below, a handheld computer is connected to a...
by Martin Lusk | May 16, 2008 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme, Forest Inventory, LUCAS
INFORMATION RELEASE FOR SURVEY SITE LANDOWNERS Part of the “Land Use and Carbon Analysis System” (LUCAS) Interpine is working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Ministry for the Environment (MFE) to implement a planted forest...
by Martin Lusk | Apr 14, 2008 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme, Forest Inventory, LUCAS
Interpine is working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Ministry for the Environment (MFE) to implement a planted forest inventory system for carbon monitoring. The first planted forest measurement season was completed in 2007 by Interpine,...
by Martin Lusk | Mar 14, 2008 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme, Forest Inventory, LUCAS
Interpine has recently being working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Ministry for the Environment (MFE) and Scion Research to implement a planted forest inventory system for carbon monitoring. The first measurement season is now completed (July to...
by Martin Lusk | Mar 14, 2008 | Prunned Log Index, Sawing Studies
Interpine is now providing stand sampling and mill studies for PLI and CVP. This includes the incidence of resin and other randomly occurring defects. Indicative of Interpine’s commitment to progressive research based business development, this association with...
by Martin Lusk | Sep 8, 2007 | YTGEN
YTGen (Yield Table Generator) is software for generating yield estimates in a production forestry context. The prediction of yields by log grade often referred to as MARVL* (Method for Assessment of Recoverable Volume by Logtype) and is based on a forest inventory....
by Martin Lusk | Sep 7, 2007 | Log Defect Measurement
A number of stem or log attributes are recognised and/or measured during log-making (bucking of logs within a stem). One of these is a “spike knot”. Spikes knots are the result of acutely angled branches. So in essence they are just a normal branch which...
by Martin Lusk | Jul 7, 2007 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme
The fervour with which global warming, Kyoto and carbon credits are now discussed politically and within mainstream media nationally and internationally begs the question of what carbon value is stored in New Zealand forests. Before I attempt to answer that a basic...
by Martin Lusk | Jan 15, 2007 | Forest Inventory, PlotSafe, YTGEN
Many foresters planning pre-harvest inventory in Pinus radiata in New Zealand consider the option of placing secondary basal area tally plots (aka prism plots) in addition to the normal primary plots. This can be valid way of conducting inventory in some...
by Martin Lusk | Dec 15, 2006 | Acoustic Wood Testing, Forest Inventory, Log Structural Assessment
In August 2005 extensive acoustic testing was carried out on behalf a client throughout their forest estate. This testing comprised of two parts. The first involved the sampling of upcoming harvest areas to attain an average acoustic velocity of the standing resource...
by Martin Lusk | Dec 15, 2006 | Forest Inventory, PlotSafe, YTGEN
With the release of PLOTSAFE and the RAD05 feature cruising dictionary, the CNI regional YTGEN user group have also released an update to the Forest Inventory Procedures Manual which will help people implement PLOTSAFE and RAD05 with ease. This can be downloaded...
by Martin Lusk | Dec 7, 2006 | Logmaker Auditing
For the past 18 years Interpine Forestry Ltd (IPF) has provided the forest industry with log value recovery services (LVR) beginning with the use of the FRI AVIS program to the now most widely used TIMBERTECH* audit tool. Interpine invested significant resources in...
by Martin Lusk | Oct 15, 2006 | Forest Inventory
Interpine found a real need for a better way of measuring branch size during forest inventory. It is one stem feature which is still very much an eye-omitter classification which can have a big effect on any valuation of the standing resource. This is particularly...
by Martin Lusk | May 7, 2006 | Logmaker Auditing
This article helps receivers of the Log Maker Value Recovery Audit results understand the terminology used and displayed in the audit results. But first an overview of what an LVR audit is…. Overview of a Logmaker / Crew Value Recovery Audit One of our services...
by Martin Lusk | Nov 7, 2005 | Acoustic Wood Testing, Log Defect Measurement, Log Structural Assessment
The use of acoustic technology has been recognized as an accurate, precise, and efficient means by which wood quality can be quantifiably measured (www.metriguard.com/fiber.htm ; Rippy 1998; Baldwin 1995). However, the process of measuring wood quality at the log...
by Martin Lusk | Oct 15, 2005 | Forest Inventory, PlotSafe
PLOTSAFE brings the flexibility to collect multiple overlapping feature codes at the stem level and cruising dictionaries such as RAD05 have been developed to take advantage of these new features. However many users of the current A-Z style single feature dictionary...
