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Increase resilience of black ash stands threatened by emerald ash borer (EAB) through regeneration harvests aimed at increasing representation of non-ash species.
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Establish a fully stocked red pine stand from natural regeneration.
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The objective is to perpetuate red oak and mid-tolerant northern hardwoods on the site.
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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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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.
47.00763, -93.731335
Manage for quality hardwoods and multiple age classes through release of crop trees and allowing for regeneration of red oak and paper birch through variable density thinning.
46.715019, -92.778827
Change stand structure to a multi-aged stand while maintaining similar stand species and structure. Compare gap sizes to see which encouraged the most positive regeneration of oak.
46.275026, -93.388933
Create a high quality, structurally diverse (un-even aged) hardwood forest via implementation of a variable density treatment (crop tree release / group selection harvest).
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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.
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Maintain the maple-basswood native plant community including a regenerated component of oak while retaining a diverse shrub layer and maintaining or increasing the diversity of native plants in the herbaceous layer.
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Establish or maintain uneven aged pine-mixed hardwood stands with a significant white pine component using natural regeneration.

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
Reserve Patch Study (Aitkin Cty, MN)
Sample reserve patches retained for legacy purposes during aspen harvests (clearcut with aggregated retention) to evaluate "old forest" attributes.
Cover type: Aspen-Birch
Regenerating Hart Lake natural origin red pine using a mix of artificial and natural regeneration (MN DNR)
Use natural and artificial regeneration practices to regenerate a natural origin red pine site with characteristics that mimic a natural origin stand in structure and diversity, while maintaining red pine as the dominant species.
Cover type: Pine
Regenerating Bear Lake natural origin red pine using a mix of artificial and natural regeneration (MN DNR)
Use natural and artificial regeneration practices to regenerate a natural origin red pine site with characteristics that mimic a natural origin stand in structure and diversity, while maintaining red pine as the dominant species.
Cover type: Pine
Hardwood Hill II – Northern hardwoods shelterwood with minimal scarification (St. Louis County)
The objective of this sale is to perpetuate the northern hardwood composition of the stand, retaining some species diversity on the landscape. Secondarily, we will provide a diversity of harvest species for operators and smaller mills.
Cover type: Northern hardwoods
Paper Birch Regeneration in a Shelterwood vs Seed-tree Harvest (MN DNR)
Determine best silvicultural method for paper birch regeneration.
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
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
Oak Epicormic Branching and Radial Growth after Thinning in Three Native Plant Communities (MN DNR)
Oak crop tree release to improve timber quality, stand health and mast production for wildlife.
Cover type: Other
Oak Regeneration in Varying Gap Sizes (MN DNR)
Change stand structure to a multi-aged stand while maintaining similar stand species and structure. Compare gap sizes to see which encouraged the most positive regeneration of oak.
Cover type: Northern hardwoods