Explore Cases by Location
Search Cases
High deer populations have had dramatic impacts on the ability of favored trees species to regenerate. Paper bud caps have proven effective on pine species, the needles serving to secure the paper around the terminal bud. Since oak seedlings loose their leaves, it has been very difficult to...
Estimated year of stand origin:
2018
Cover type:
Northern hardwoods
State or Province:
Minnesota
The treatments applied to this site are part of a larger “Conifer Strongholds” project, funded in large part by the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Climate Adaptation Fund with a grant originating from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Conifer Strongholds targets places in the Arrowhead region...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1924
Cover type:
Northern hardwoods
State or Province:
Minnesota
The treatments applied to this site are part of a larger “Conifer Strongholds” project, funded in part by the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Climate Adaptation Fund with a grant originating from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Conifer Strongholds targets places in the Arrowhead region of...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1850
Cover type:
Mixed Woods
State or Province:
Minnesota
The treatments applied to this site are part of a larger “Conifer Strongholds” project, funded in large part by the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Climate Adaptation Fund with a grant originating from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Conifer Strongholds targets forest stands in the Arrowhead...
Cover type:
Mixed Woods
State or Province:
Minnesota
A selection system was applied to an uneven-aged stand consisting of mature northern hardwoods. Through group and individual selection on a ten to twenty year cutting cycle, red maple and sugar maple were drastically decreased in basal area in order to promote the growth of quality crop trees and...
Cover type:
Northern hardwoods
State or Province:
Minnesota
The management goals of this prescription are to maintain and increase the extent of northern red oak cover type while improving the quality of the stands by regenerating seedlings that have the opportunity to be managed and a greater potential to grow into higher quality specimens. Th e plan is to...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1923
Cover type:
Northern hardwoods
State or Province:
Minnesota
This case study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of two different herbicidal regimes (oust with tillage versus Rodeo without tillage) and three different planting stock types (2 gallon containerized, bare root, direct seeding) within reed canary grass dominated lowland sites. Reed canary...
Estimated year of stand origin:
2017
Cover type:
Other
State or Province:
Minnesota
This case study describes three treatments in an MHn35 stand in the Nemadji State Forest. The silvicultural objective was to use the shelterwood method at two residual basal area levels, combined with soil scarification using a floating disc trencher, to naturally regenerate birch and oak. For...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1967
Cover type:
Aspen-Birch
State or Province:
Minnesota
Implementing a winter 2013-14 seed tree harvest in a mature pine stand to regenerate a mix of red and white pine following a winter harvest with a low cost per acre and no site preparation.
Estimated year of stand origin:
1935
Cover type:
Pine
State or Province:
Minnesota
Common buckthorn ( Rhamnus cathartica ), native to Eurasia, is a highly aggressive invasive woody shrub species that is a key host plant for overwintering soybean aphids ( Aphis glycines ) in Minnesota. In just over a decade, soybean aphid has quickly become one of the most serious pests of soybean...
Cover type:
Mixed Woods
State or Province:
Minnesota