Timber supply and demand assessment of the Green and White Mountain National Forests' market area

LeDoux, Chris B.; Sendak, Paul E.; McWilliams, William H.; Huyler, Neil K.; Malecek, Thomas; Muzzey, Worthen; Jones, Toni Stokes

doi:10.2737/ne-gtr-280

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“…All sample trees were graded according to methods outlined above (Table 3). Although a previous inventory of the unmanaged site exists, the inventory was from 1996 and used as part of a larger study assessing the standing value of timber across the White Mountain National Forest and Green Mountain (LeDoux et al, 2001). It did not provide the tree grade data we needed to compare an unmanaged stand over 60 yr.…”

Section: Unmanagedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Understanding Economic and Ecological Outcomes of Selection Silviculture of Northern Hardwoods in New England

Sinacore

Howard

2015

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

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Single-tree and small-group selection silviculture are widely used uneven-age management regimes in the northeastern United States to create structural diversity and provide high quality timber. However, analysis of long-term performance of these systems is uncommon, largely due to limited access to long-term data sets in the region. The Bartlett Experimental Forest, one of the few permanent experimental research sites in the region, offers a rare opportunity to investigate effects of management practices over 60 yr. Modern forestry seeks both economic and ecological goals, and typically entails harvesting to promote growth and regeneration of commercially valuable trees while creating structural and biological diversity. Comparatively little attention has been given to whether silvicultural treatments can sustainably achieve these goals over many harvests and rotations. We examined two selection silviculture techniques and an unmanaged site in New Hampshire to assess tree quality changes by comparing tree grades over 60 yr. We also measured a one-time inventory of downed-woody debris abundances, an important contributor to ecological diversity. We found that tree grades improved over 60 yr of management and differences among abundances of downed wood between sites. We conclude that selection silviculture has the potential to influence tree quality and ecological diversity.

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Section: Unmanagedmentioning

confidence: 99%