BIA Log Scaling/Timber Cruising Conference

Hi Everyone. I'm in Lincoln City at the BIA Log Scaling/Timber Cruising Conference. It's a great group of scalers and timber cruisers from all over the Northwest and Alaska. Attendance is down, but enthusiasm is up! Everyone is committed to learning as much as they can over this 3 day meeting.

Chamile, a master log scaler from the USFS gave a great presentation on the difference between board foot log rules and Cubic Feet. She did a great job of showing how bad board foot rules like Scribner, Doyle, 1/4 inch are and how good Cubic feet is. Guess what the USFS uses? Scribner. They were going to switch to Cubic and local industry people complained so much they went back to Scribner. Too bad because cubic feet is so much better.

Next week, I will be at the ESRI User Conference in San Diego. This conference has several thousand attendees. I'm helping with the Geneq Booth, promoting the SXBlue II GPS unit.

Trivia Question.... What real words rhyme with the word Month? With the word Purple? Answer next week.

Have fun!

Jon Aschenbach