• Minerowicz, Edward A.
  LSA Experiment Station
  
• Gauvin, Debra A.
  LSA Experiment Station
  
• Kaglawala, Mobez
  LSA Experiment Station
  
• Hill, Marqueta K.
  LSA Experiment Station
  
• Genco, Joseph M.
  LSA Experiment Station
  

Spruce budworm-killed balsam fir was harvested from test plots in Baxter State Park in Maine in cooperation with the USDA. These fir trees were determined to have been dead less than 1 year, 1-2 years, 2-3 years, or longer than 3 years based upon cambial activity studies performed by the USDA. Properties of the dead fir trees were compared with those of live, healthy fir.

Wood properties examined were moisture content, specific gravity, bark content, chip classification on the basis of size, and solubility of the wood in 190 sodium hydroxide. Kraft pulping experiments were carried out on live and dead trees. Characteristics examined were total and screened yield and kappa and per- manganate numbers.