Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Management Plan for Beta Area
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This map is the area for the Beta group management plan. The area consist of 39 acres, which is located in the Waynesboro Watershed. Beta area is stratifed into two areas due to the one area being clearcut. THe one area is 22 acres and that is the area of larger timber. 17 acres consist of the clearcut section on the stand. There is an old logging road present in the stand. In the Beta area we decided to manage for wild turkey,white-tailed deer,water,timber,and recreation. There are three different soils found on the 39 acres. The tyes of soils are two types of Edgemont and one type of Codorous. The crew also conducted an erosion and sedimentation plan along with all the permits required. The roads will be retired after the cut is completed and will be planted for wildlife to benefit from. The total timber prices is just over $62,000. Total board foot for the stand is 215,000 for sawtimber and 1,000 tons for pulpwood. We decided to do a crop tree management plan on the 17 acre clearcut; and a shelterwood cut on the 22 acre stand.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Dr. Finleys' Speech
On April 10, 2008 Dr. Finley spoke at Penn State Mont Alto Pennsylvania, about high grading, parcelization and oak regeneration.
High grading is a logger’s candy land and landowners’ worst nightmare. In Pennsylvania 69% of the land is private and 31% is public. There are approximately 744,500 forest landowners averaging 16 acres of forest. 48% landowners’ harvested firewood from there land. High grading their land at 49.9% said that they cut most of the larger trees. Only 20% of landowners’ used a forester to manage their land. High grading will destroy the forest because it takes away all the main trees for regeneration. Most people use their land for recreation, hunting, and watching wildlife. This article talks about how it is like stealing from the landowner when high grading. http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=ed984027-7e94-491e-984c-26897ac479e2
Dr. Finley stated “Most people say that they want to give their land to more than one child.” Doing this will create parcelization by dividing the forest up and some of the children will develop the land. Also with parcelization brings in invasive plants to the area. Invasive plants create problems in areas where certain trees are not wanted. This article states the effects on parcelization. http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/zhang/RefereedPub/JoF2001.pdf
Lastly, Dr. Finley presented information about oak regeneration. There are two main problems with oak regeneration, deer browsing and ferns over growing the oaks. Dr. Finley talked about stump sprouts being the key to the natural regeneration process. Also showed pictures of an area fenced and the area not fenced discussing the amount of regeneration inside the fence. Outside the fence where the deer are there is no regeneration present. Dr. Finley talked about how ferns take away the light that is needed for oaks to regenerate. The website below is Dr. Finley’s site on his study of regeneration.
http://aginfo.psu.edu/News/06May/Oak.htm
High grading is a logger’s candy land and landowners’ worst nightmare. In Pennsylvania 69% of the land is private and 31% is public. There are approximately 744,500 forest landowners averaging 16 acres of forest. 48% landowners’ harvested firewood from there land. High grading their land at 49.9% said that they cut most of the larger trees. Only 20% of landowners’ used a forester to manage their land. High grading will destroy the forest because it takes away all the main trees for regeneration. Most people use their land for recreation, hunting, and watching wildlife. This article talks about how it is like stealing from the landowner when high grading. http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=ed984027-7e94-491e-984c-26897ac479e2
Dr. Finley stated “Most people say that they want to give their land to more than one child.” Doing this will create parcelization by dividing the forest up and some of the children will develop the land. Also with parcelization brings in invasive plants to the area. Invasive plants create problems in areas where certain trees are not wanted. This article states the effects on parcelization. http://www.forestry.auburn.edu/zhang/RefereedPub/JoF2001.pdf
Lastly, Dr. Finley presented information about oak regeneration. There are two main problems with oak regeneration, deer browsing and ferns over growing the oaks. Dr. Finley talked about stump sprouts being the key to the natural regeneration process. Also showed pictures of an area fenced and the area not fenced discussing the amount of regeneration inside the fence. Outside the fence where the deer are there is no regeneration present. Dr. Finley talked about how ferns take away the light that is needed for oaks to regenerate. The website below is Dr. Finley’s site on his study of regeneration.
http://aginfo.psu.edu/News/06May/Oak.htm
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