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<blockquote data-quote="DoubleRidge" data-source="post: 5120214" data-attributes="member: 20594"><p>No doubt diversity in general should be the goal....We did a timber harvest little less that two years ago....I personally wasn't sure how to approach the project so we hired a Forester and he asked what our goals were.... then developed a plan and while our timber stand improvement project did involve hack-n-squirt of a variety of less desirable species....it would be impossible...on our place anyway...to rid the forest of all trees but oak. (using the method we used anyway).</p><p>And the goal wasn't to eliminate everything but oak...but it was a goal to let oak return to where they once flourished.....As for your example of the morels....I totally get what your saying....we commonly find them around sycamore, elm and poplar....but have also found them around cedar and the earlier black morels we find around a variety of trees including red and white oak.....I do believe that we need to take stewardship of the land seriously but I also believe we have great opportunities to improve the habitat in many ways....like eliminating invasive species that were not originally here, creating fawning and nesting ground as well as bedding areas.....and creating food sources where there are none or where there is very little to eat......one example that comes to mind is a park not far from us....giant timber....they never or rarely cut timber or do anything.... massive closed canopy....it's beautiful for humans....but there is very little food or cover for wildlife at ground level..... habitat/land management, when done correctly, can be very rewarding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoubleRidge, post: 5120214, member: 20594"] No doubt diversity in general should be the goal....We did a timber harvest little less that two years ago....I personally wasn't sure how to approach the project so we hired a Forester and he asked what our goals were.... then developed a plan and while our timber stand improvement project did involve hack-n-squirt of a variety of less desirable species....it would be impossible...on our place anyway...to rid the forest of all trees but oak. (using the method we used anyway). And the goal wasn't to eliminate everything but oak...but it was a goal to let oak return to where they once flourished.....As for your example of the morels....I totally get what your saying....we commonly find them around sycamore, elm and poplar....but have also found them around cedar and the earlier black morels we find around a variety of trees including red and white oak.....I do believe that we need to take stewardship of the land seriously but I also believe we have great opportunities to improve the habitat in many ways....like eliminating invasive species that were not originally here, creating fawning and nesting ground as well as bedding areas.....and creating food sources where there are none or where there is very little to eat......one example that comes to mind is a park not far from us....giant timber....they never or rarely cut timber or do anything.... massive closed canopy....it's beautiful for humans....but there is very little food or cover for wildlife at ground level..... habitat/land management, when done correctly, can be very rewarding. [/QUOTE]
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