46.179199, -90.464984
Regenerate northern hardwoods species to maintain the northern hardwoods covertype.
47.5043, -91.9072
Increase stand resilience by increasing species diversity (promoting cool climate-dependent tree species) and structural complexity following a commercial timber harvest.
47.362925, -91.043965
Increase stand resilience by increasing species diversity (promoting cool climate-dependent tree species) and structural complexity through brush control site preparation and artificial regeneration (conifer planting).
47.103709, -91.572081
Enhance current and future species diversity and structural complexity by ensuring successful tree recruitment into sapling/small tree size classes currently absent from the stand.
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
47.025792, -91.677812
To determine long-term trends in forest vegetation by installing fencing treatments.
46.703, -92.525
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.
44.621295, -92.66885
Regenerate a mature lowland hardwoods stand to a young stand of similar composition.
44.212176, -91.921667
Keep the site forested and increase resilience by improving diversity and removing invasive species.
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.
47.22704, -92.10348
Use the seed tree system to naturally regenerate a mixed stand dominated by red and white pine, keeping costs low with no site prep.
46.761258, -92.743935
Determine best silvicultural method for paper birch regeneration.
46.775838, -94.890726
Measure ecological recovery following stand reinitiation and site preparation
45.582931, -94.37608
Retain red and white oak as the dominant species in a mixed hardwood forest.
43.782186, -91.30199
The silvicultural objective is to establish native tree cover and determine more effective methods of controlling reed canary grass.
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.
47.715497, -90.87606
Establish an even-aged mixed woods stand comprised of aspen, white spruce, balsam fir, and white pine.
47.715497, -90.87606
Establish white pine as a dominant overstory species.
45.477079, -90.675107
To regenerate black ash and promote non-ash species.
46.380555, -94.423611
Un-even aged mixed hardwood/conifer stand with a major component of oak. Protect oak seedlings from deer browse through the use of flexible mesh caps
46.691645, -92.533752
To reserve mature white pine for legacy and open growing space for a new cohort of white pine.
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