FRASS Press

The Forest Resource Analysis System Software (FRASS) is built on a documented record of research, peer-reviewed publication, and professional communication. The works below link forest biometrics, delivered-log markets, real price dynamics, carbon services, and decision analytics into the framework now implemented in FRASS. This page provides direct access to selected publications and outreach materials that underpin the FRASS Platform.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• The Phantom of the Recession: How real timber prices and harvest timing define forestland value, 2021–2025 and beyond. Journal of Forest Business Research, 4(1):73–95, 2025.
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• Growth & Decay: Forest Landowner Impatience Factor. Journal of Forest Business Research, 2(1):38–67, 2023.
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• Carbon as a Commodity, Retention as a Service. Journal of Forest Business Research, 2(1):68–84, 2023. (Schlosser & Schlosser)
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• Real Price Appreciation Forecast Tool: Two delivered log market price cycles in the Puget Sound markets of western Washington, USA, 1992–2019. Forest Policy and Economics, 113:102114, 2020.
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• Financially Optimal Timber Harvest Timing: Maximizing financial returns from your forestland investment. Northwest Woodlands, Vol. 30(2), Spring 2014, p.12.
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• Forest Resource Analysis System Software (FRASS): Prototype development infrastructure on the internet as a Software as a Service (SaaS) program. U.S. Copyright registered 2013 to Dr. Schlosser.
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• Guest Editor: Special Issue “Forest Product Markets, Sustainability, and Societal Impacts”.
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• Grounding a Vision: Timberlands, William E. Schlosser, and FRASS. The Forestry Source, May 2014, p.12. Article by W. Wagner.
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Posters & Supporting Resources

• FRASS Approach Poster. Large-format poster illustrating the FRASS workflow from inventory and growth models through log merchandising and valuation. Presented at the Society of American Foresters – Washington State Society meeting, Yakima, Washington.
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• FRASS Flyer (4-fold). Overview of FRASS capabilities, user pathways, and implementation steps.
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• FRASS Data Arrangement Diagram. Schema of property, stand, market, and biometric data used within the FRASS Platform.
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• Highest & Best Use (HBU) Graphic. Visual linking biological growth, constraints, and economic optimization for forestland.
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