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Increase recruitment success of oak seedlings/saplings into larger size classes to ensure the species is a co-dominant/dominant species in the next mature stand.
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Improve water quality, wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation opportunities and produce forest products by establishing a mixed hardwood stand on a former agricultural field.
43.731906, -91.230083
The objective of the planting was to test the effectiveness of deer fence and animal protein-based deer repellent on growth and survival of swamp white oak and river birch seedlings.
44.5806, -92.6123
Regenerate a mature lowland hardwoods stand to a young stand of similar composition.
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Regenerate a mature lowland hardwoods stand to a young stand of similar composition.
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Establish a de novo stand of hybrid aspen using ‘dense pack’ plantings and precommercial shearing to promote suckering.
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To restore native plant communities and habitats by removing both native and exotic woody vegetation as well as to utilize the removed biomass material for bioenergy.
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To restore native plant communities and habitats by removing both native and exotic woody vegetation as well as to utilize the removed biomass material for bioenergy.
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Promote regeneration of floodplain tree species and prevent conversion of site to reed canary grass. Provide wildlife habitat for the next 50 to 100 years.
43.739268, -91.207642
Salvage storm damaged trees and ensure that site is adequately regenerated to bottomland hardwoods rather than converting to reed canary grass.
44.523547, -92.435569
Regenerate a mature red oak stand to a young stand of similar composition, using natural regeneration with well-timed mechanical site preparation.
43.8077, -91.8422
Regenerate a mature oak stand to a young stand with similar composition.
46.251067, -92.389309
Oak crop tree release to improve timber quality, stand health and mast production for wildlife.
44.50375, -92.554844
Regenerate a mature oak stand to a young stand with similar composition.
43.782186, -91.30199
The silvicultural objective is to establish native tree cover and determine more effective methods of controlling reed canary grass.
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Regenerate the mature portion of a lowland hardwoods stand to a young stand of similar composition and improve health and vigor of younger portion of the stand.
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Regenerate mature lowland hardwood stands to young stands of similar composition.
43.77772, -91.17246
Establish a fully stocked stand of naturally and artificially occurring floodplain forest tree species on a former hayfield now dominated by invasive reed canary grass through site preparation and direct tree seeding.
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Regenerate a mature oak stand to a young stand of similar composition.
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The objective for management is to preserve the bottomland hardwood stand by augmenting advance regeneration prior to overstory mortality due to emerald ash borer (EAB).
Pre-commercial aspen thinning (UPM Blandin)
Utilize pre-commercial thinning in a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) stand to increase diameter growth and decrease rotation age.
Cover type: Aspen-Birch
Swamp tree planting using mounding (Fond du Lac)
Restore this wetland to a culturally useful forested condition that is more resilient to human stressors, particularly climate change, than the previous forest.
Cover type: Ash
Comparing Pine Regeneration Methods and Tactics in the Cloquet Valley State Forest (MN DNR)
The goal on all three stands was to decrease the overall abundance of trembling aspen, paper birch, and balsam fir while increasing the abundance of long-lived conifers such as red pine, white pine, white, and black spruce.
Cover type: Pine
Goose Island Deer Repellent Test (US Army Corps)
The objective of the planting was to test the effectiveness of deer fence and animal protein-based deer repellent on growth and survival of swamp white oak and river birch seedlings.
Cover type: Other
Mississippi River Pool 3 Floodplain Forest Silvicultural Trials (US Army Corps of Engineers)
Promote regeneration of floodplain tree species and prevent conversion of site to reed canary grass. Provide wildlife habitat for the next 50 to 100 years.
Cover type: Other
Variable Overstory Density Management for White Pine Regeneration in Two Native Plant Communities (MN DNR)
Establish or maintain uneven aged pine-mixed hardwood stands with a significant white pine component using natural regeneration.
Cover type: Mixed Woods
Shelterwood and slash walls to regenerate northern red oak and eastern hemlock (USFS)
Objectives of this stand include a shelterwood harvest, tending of the stand via understory cutting, constructing a slash wall for deer exclusion, and evaluating the effectiveness of excluding deer and the natural regeneration success.
Cover type: Northern hardwoods
Direct Seeding of Hardwoods on a Former Agricultural Site with Observations on Soil Compaction (MN DNR)
Improve water quality, wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation opportunities and produce forest products by establishing a mixed hardwood stand on a former agricultural field.
Cover type: Other
Fuels Reduction Thinning in Multi-Aged Red Pine (UMN-CFC)
To lower stand density in a spatially heterogeneous fashion, reduce fuel-loading in a mature stand by disconnecting foliage between the canopy and sub-canopy, and increase aesthetic appeal of a multi-aged red pine stand.
Cover type: Pine
Oak Scarification Trials using Good Neighbor Authority (USFS/WDNR)
Promote mixed oak-pine stands for quality sawtimber and wildlife habitat associated with the Northern Dry-Mesic Forest natural community. Test various mechanical scarification techniques to create favorable seedbeds and increase oak and white pine regen.
Cover type: Central hardwoods