Cases: Central Hardwoods

A Comparison of Establishment Methods for Northern Red Oak Regeneration in a Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MN DNR)
44.1795, -91.9163
Regenerate a mature red oak stand to a young stand of similar composition.
A Comparison of Oak Regeneration Methods in Mille Lacs Uplands Subsection (MN DNR)
46.04432, -93.56044
Establish oak regeneration while comparing several different silvicultural strategies and techniques.
Abundant Red and White Oak Regeneration after Clearcut With Reserves on a Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MN DNR)
43.626735, -91.304481
Regenerate a mature oak stand to a young stand of similar composition.
Comparison of plant diversity and regeneration between adjoining unharvested and harvested mesic hardwood stands in southeastern Minnesota (MN DNR)
44.06028, -91.97694
Retain oak and walnut in the future mesic hardwood stand and minimize loss of plant diversity due to timber harvesting in a MHs39b plant community.
Controlling reed canary grass with prescribed burning followed by direct seeding and planting (Private Land)
43.846417, -92.18994
Use a prescribed burn followed by direct seeding to return a reed canary grass area to bottomland hardwood.
Converting Agricultural Land Through Hardwood Direct Seeding (private land)
43.634511, -91.499047
Convert agricultural land to new Central Hardwoods stand.
Converting box elder and reed canary grass to bottomland hardwood-dominated communities (Private Land)
43.842362, -92.18504
To return areas with dense reed canary grass to bottomland hardwood forests.
Deer Exclosure Effects on Mesic Oak Forest in St. Croix State Forest (MN DNR)
46.101808, -92.481827
To use a two-cut shelterwood system with deer browse protection (exclosures) to maintain northern red oak as a component of Central Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen-Red Maple Forest
Establishing red pine and controlling buckthorn with mechanical site prep (MN DNR)
45.398925, -93.712896
Reduce buckthorn and other shrub competition and establish planted red pine seedlings in a recently harvested oak stand transitioning to oak-pine mixed species stand
Oak Regeneration Success but Recruitment Failure after Clearcut with Reserves on a Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MN DNR)
44.52316, -92.55608
Regenerate a mature oak stand to a young stand of similar composition using clearcut with reserves method.
Oak Scarification Trials using Good Neighbor Authority (USFS/WDNR)
45.209418, -88.360515
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 regener
Oak Wilt Control on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Using the Root Rupture Method (USFS)
45.35, -88.433333
Cost effective and operationally feasible control of oak wilt in a forested setting.
Oak Wilt Management Through Girdle Herbicide (Marathon Co)
44.860534, -89.724711
Stop the spread of an active oak wilt pocket in order to maintain oaks into the future
Oak Wilt Treatments in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (State of Michigan)
45.783895, -87.900753
To use root-severing trenching to control oak wilt in forested settings in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Pottery Clay Piles Shelterwood with Deer Browse Control (St. John's)
45.582931, -94.37608
Retain red and white oak as the dominant species in a mixed hardwood forest.
Pre-harvest Underplanting and Clearcut with Reserves Harvest for Oak and Black Walnut Regeneration in a Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MN DNR)
44.107258, -91.849965
Regenerate a mature oak stand to a young stand of similar composition.
Regenerating Northern Red Oak After Salvage Using Bud Caps, Cages, and Brushsaw Treatment (MN DNR)
46.956389, -93.715833
To increase the quality and stocking of northern red oak and saplings at the site through the protection of bud caps to reduce browsing, and limit competitor species such as, aspen, ironwood and beaked hazelnut.
Seed Tree Regeneration Harvest for Oak and Hickory (WI DNR)
43.028782, -90.842558
The goal of this harvest is to regenerate the oak/hickory type, encouraging all oak species.
Variable Establishment, Growth and Health of Hardwoods Direct Seeded onto Two Former Agricultural Fields (MN DNR)
43.907925, -92.340917
Establish a mixed hardwood forest with strong walnut and oak components on a former agricultural field.
Vegetation response 30 years after initiating a two-step oak shelterwood in central mesic hardwoods (MN DNR)
45.831715, -94.653849
To use a two-cut shelterwood system to maintain a significant oak presence in a future mixed hardwood stand.

1925 Jack Pine Thinning Study and 2015 Replicates (UMN Cloquet Forestry Center)

Study of ecological and stand dynamics changes after a single thinning from below

Cover type: Pine

1979 Paper Birch Shelterwood (UMN Cloquet Forestry Center)

To regenerate paper birch

Cover type: Aspen-Birch

33 Years of Northern Hardwood Management (Ashland County)

Regenerate northern hardwoods species to maintain the northern hardwoods covertype.

Cover type: Northern hardwoods

5 Year Oak Wilt Containment Study (WI DNR)

Stop the below-ground spread of an active oak wilt pocket in order to maintain oaks into the future.

Cover type: Northern hardwoods

A Comparison of Establishment Methods for Northern Red Oak Regeneration in a Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MN DNR)

Regenerate a mature red oak stand to a young stand of similar composition.

Cover type: Central hardwoods

A Comparison of Oak Regeneration Methods in Mille Lacs Uplands Subsection (MN DNR)

Establish oak regeneration while comparing several different silvicultural strategies and techniques.

Cover type: Central hardwoods

A Single Tree Selection Prescription (State of WI)

Introduce more structure into the stand and convert it to an uneven-aged stand.

Cover type: Northern hardwoods

Abundant Red and White Oak Regeneration after Clearcut With Reserves on a Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest (MN DNR)

Regenerate a mature oak stand to a young stand of similar composition.

Cover type: Central hardwoods

Acorns and anchor chain to increase oak regeneration (MN DNR)

Bolster oak regeneration on a stand with poor natural regeneration and heavy competition, after first cut in two cut shelterwood harvest.

Cover type: Northern hardwoods

Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (Chippewa NF)

Test silvicultural systems that adapt red pine forests to anticipated changes in climate and disturbance regime.

Cover type: Pine