7(b) Forest Management Plan - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

4.3.0 Management Plan Template.doc improvements are made will be shared with the public as the power line is used by snowmobilers during the winter. Alternative Recommendation; With permission, plant various fruit bearing trees including crab apple, cherry, plum, and wild choke cherry trees along the edge. The type could also be tilled and planted to crops like winter rye, clover, wheat, turnips, rape, and/or corn for wildlife. This would provide good white-tailed deer, black bear, ruffed grouse and pheasant habitat. These animals would use the wetland to the west for cover. Turkeys, raccoons and other critters would also benefit from this food plot. Some shrubs would also be beneficial like high bush cranberry, red osier dogwood, blackberries and raspberries. Type 2 24 acres Mature Aspen This type is the majority of the upland timber. It is composed of stands with 50% aspen and a 30% birch, and 20%jack pine, Norway pine, maple, basswood, ash and oak. The average age of the mature aspen is 65 years old, and it is at a density of 8 cords per acre. The average diameter is 10 inches and the better trees are 50- 60 feet tall. This stand is showing signs of decay with abundant trunk mushrooms and scattered fallen trees. As the aspen slowly dies out, the maple and basswood regenerates in the openings under the canopy. The stand has northern hardwoods mixed throughout including; birch, maple, red and white oak, basswood, ash and scattered cherry and elm are mixed throughout the type in that order of volume. The birch is over mature and many of the trees have already died and fallen. The birch needs to be harvested or the resource will be lost. The small natural openings contain a mixture of hardwood saplings, raspberry/blackberry's, and hazel and alder brush. The ground cover is ferns and grass. Management Recommendations; Selectively harvest the aspen, birch and jack pine. The stand will naturally regenerate back to thick aspen, birch and scattered Norway and jack pine. Leaving the oak, Norway pine and groups of small trees within the harvest area will break up the harvest appearance and provide more canopy cover for wildlife. This will increase the aesthetic appeal and maintain the mast production for both wildlife and possible oak regeneration. Convert landings into food plots and seed to clover. A conventional logging system would work well here utilizing the tops, limbs and woody debris for fuel chips. Alternative Recommendation; Clear-cut all species, both large and small trees in the entire type. This would maximize the timber value and simplify the harvesting. The drawbacks are an unsightly harvest area. The resulting even aged future timber stand is desirable for deer and grouse, but not desirable for song birds and bear. The thick aspen natural 4