Paper Birch Regeneration in a Shelterwood vs Seed-tree Harvest (MN DNR)
Image of the shelterwood harvest observed in this case study
33 Years of Northern Hardwood Management (Ashland County)
Sugar Maple and Yellow Birch Saplings that resulted from a selection harvest in the summer of 2006 & 2007.
Controlling Sedge and Ironwood to Promote Northern Hardwood Regeneration (Ashland County)
Comparing regeneration results from fall and winter two-step oak shelterwood harvests (MN DNR)
Photo of oak retained after shelterwood establishment cut.
Testing mesh caps for deer browse protection on oak seedlings (MN DNR)
Mesh budcap on an oak seedling
Conifer Strongholds in a Changing Northwoods Landscape: Crooked Lake (USFS)
Forest canopy gap near a lake with brush removed and tree seedlings planted with browse protection shelters over them.
Multi-aged Northern Hardwood Forest (Aitkin County)
Figure 1. Taken in the summer of 2018, the stand has significant structural diversity, but stand growth is being optimized instead of individual tree growth.
Northern Red Oak Shelterwood (Carlton County)
Figure 1. Residual stem density after a shelterwood harvest of a red oak stand that took place in 2013.
Patch Clearcuts and Enrichment Plantings (Blandin)
Figure 1. October 2016, planted white spruce within harvest gap approximately 2 years following brush saw release treatment.

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