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<blockquote data-quote="DoubleRidge" data-source="post: 5290844" data-attributes="member: 20594"><p>Great point LBLman....when our Forester presented his timber management plan he warned us about how two areas were going to look (10 to 15 acre each).....both of these areas were dominated by large poplar with closed canopy....he cut the poplar hard and left the smaller red and white oak....the grasses and forbs in these areas is amazing and now the younger oaks have an opportunity to grow....not pretty to the untrained eye.... but beutiful to the land manager....these two areas add greatly to our diversity.....other smaller ridge top areas we left solid stands of mast producers....very selective about what was cut....goal was to release the crown of the trees that remain.....then in other areas we performed a less selective cut allowing much more sunlight in to the forest floor....as others have mentioned...it's a patchwork of really thick to decent cover with small patches of open mature timber.... lastly we implimented hack-n-squirt to the less desirable smaller trees....very pleased with the diversity that currently exist....but back to the original point....I agree with you... sometimes what appears to be a clear cut (and ugly) has a very strategic purpose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoubleRidge, post: 5290844, member: 20594"] Great point LBLman....when our Forester presented his timber management plan he warned us about how two areas were going to look (10 to 15 acre each).....both of these areas were dominated by large poplar with closed canopy....he cut the poplar hard and left the smaller red and white oak....the grasses and forbs in these areas is amazing and now the younger oaks have an opportunity to grow....not pretty to the untrained eye.... but beutiful to the land manager....these two areas add greatly to our diversity.....other smaller ridge top areas we left solid stands of mast producers....very selective about what was cut....goal was to release the crown of the trees that remain.....then in other areas we performed a less selective cut allowing much more sunlight in to the forest floor....as others have mentioned...it's a patchwork of really thick to decent cover with small patches of open mature timber.... lastly we implimented hack-n-squirt to the less desirable smaller trees....very pleased with the diversity that currently exist....but back to the original point....I agree with you... sometimes what appears to be a clear cut (and ugly) has a very strategic purpose. [/QUOTE]
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