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Single tree selection is a valuable tool that may be thought to be used often, but is commonly not performed correctly. This prescription provides a thorough example of a single tree selection prescription, and a demonstration of how it can be implemented. The current stand is even-aged northern...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1912
Cover type:
Northern hardwoods
State or Province:
Wisconsin
Carlton county has a variety of uniform forest stand structures. Therefore, harvesting timber and making revenue is an important portion of the logging industry throughout the county. However, the overall management goal is to perpetuate as much species diversity as possible for timber resources,...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1952
Cover type:
Northern hardwoods
State or Province:
Minnesota
A treatment designed to regenerate a decadent aspen dominated stand. The desired future condition is dense aspen with an overstory of red pine, white pine, and spruce. The harvest occured in winter 2010-11 and went according to plan. The prescirption failed to note the presence of some diversity...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1938
Cover type:
Aspen-Birch
State or Province:
Minnesota
This case study seeks to determine the success of maintaining mature white pine for reserve and aesthetic value while regenerating white pine with a shelterwood harvest. In an attempt to maximize white pine regeneration, the prescription for the shelterwood harvest included utilizing full tree and...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1910
Cover type:
Pine
State or Province:
Minnesota
A major management focus for this project is protecting the unique native communities and the associated species in the Sugar River floodplain. The Sugar River is one of the most biologically diverse river systems in Wisconsin and has been identified as a Conservation Opportunity Area to protect...
Cover type:
Other
State or Province:
Wisconsin
This is an ongoing study that began in 2015 and is expected to wrap up in 2020. There are two major goals of this study; (1) evaluate the effectiveness of girdle-herbicide control of below ground spread of oak wilt disease centers in field applications, and (2) develop operational guidance for the...
Cover type:
Northern hardwoods
State or Province:
Wisconsin
Estimated year of stand origin:
1939
Cover type:
Pine
State or Province:
Wisconsin
Conifer species (white spruce, white pine, and red pine) were artificially introduced into a regenerating aspen stand post-clearcut to create an even-aged, mixedwood stand.
Estimated year of stand origin:
2011
Cover type:
Mixed Woods
State or Province:
Minnesota
Many black spruce stands in northern Minnesota are impacted by a parasitic plant called dwarf mistletoe, or Arceuthobium pusillum. This pathogen causes growths to form on infected trees, which decreases the timber yield that is able to be harvested from a site through increased tree mortality...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1966
Cover type:
Peatlands
State or Province:
Minnesota
Stand origin: The area was historically dominated by red and white pine which was maintained by frequent surface fires (fire return interval of approximately 7 years). Most of the pine was liquidated in the 1890’s and rafted down the nearby Oconto River. Following the cutover, advanced understory...
Estimated year of stand origin:
1925
Cover type:
Central hardwoods
State or Province:
Wisconsin