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Commercial morel harvesters and buyers in western Montana : an exploratory study of the 2001 harvesting season / Rebecca J. McLain, Erika Mark McFarlane, and Susan J. Alexander.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- McLain, Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jean)
- Series:
- General technical report PNW ; 643.
- General technical report PNW ; 643
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mushroom industry--Montana, Western.
- Mushroom industry.
- Morels--Effect of fires on--Montana, Western.
- Morels.
- Morels--Montana.
- Western Montana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (44 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Portland, OR] : USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2005]
- Summary:
- "This exploratory study examined aspects of the social organization of the commercial wild morel industry in western Montana during 2001. We talked with 18 key informants (7 buyers and 11 pickers) and observed social interactions at one buying station near the Kootenai National Forest and three buying stations near the Bitterroot National Forest. The key informant and observational data permitted us to construct a picture of social interactions at field buying stations, buyer strategies for attracting pickers, changes in prices over the course of a season, and the ways in which various participants in the wild morel harvest construct their livelihoods. In the discussion, we contrast our findings with the results of a recently published study on nontimber forest product harvesters in the Eastern United States. We end the report with a discussion of management implications for managers and scientists."
- Contents:
- Social and ecological context
- Bitterroot national forest
- Kootenai national forest
- Recent economic changes in the study areas
- Morel ecology
- Study results
- Scope of the commercial morel harvest in 2001
- Field buying stations: social interactions and operator strategies
- Strategies buyers use to attract pickers to their buying stations
- Buying stations as learning centers
- Contrasts with floral greens gatherers.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on Apr 27, 2006).
- "July 2005."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Other Format:
- Commercial morel harvesters and buyers in western Montana
- OCLC:
- 67781956
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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