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Timber harvest, planning and aftermath on my small property...
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5537238" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I no longer recommend clear-cutting for habitat cuts. You can cut an oak forest and get back a pure stand of poplar. Deer eat all the oak stump sprouts, leaving only poplar and other undesirable trees (for wildlife habitat). Now it is possible to clear-cut enough acres so that deer can't eat all th stump sprouts, but that would depend on your deer density.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I recommend and use one of two strategies: 1) logging contract is to cut everything down to 10" or 12" DBH; or 2) logging contract says they can cut any oak down to 10" or 12" DBH, but all other species can be cut to any size. The point of these restrictions is to leave some young to middle-aged oaks standing in the cuts to reseed them from acorns. A 10" DBH oak is old enough to be producing acorns.</p><p></p><p>And although the difference between a 10" DBH cut and a 12" DBH cut sounds minor, the results are quite different. A 10" DBH cut is MUCH heavier than a 12" cut. Far fewer trees will be left standing in a 10" DBH cut.</p><p></p><p>First two pictures below are a 10" DBH cut as it is occurring. Third and fourth pictures are first summer after cutting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5537238, member: 17"] I no longer recommend clear-cutting for habitat cuts. You can cut an oak forest and get back a pure stand of poplar. Deer eat all the oak stump sprouts, leaving only poplar and other undesirable trees (for wildlife habitat). Now it is possible to clear-cut enough acres so that deer can't eat all th stump sprouts, but that would depend on your deer density. Personally, I recommend and use one of two strategies: 1) logging contract is to cut everything down to 10" or 12" DBH; or 2) logging contract says they can cut any oak down to 10" or 12" DBH, but all other species can be cut to any size. The point of these restrictions is to leave some young to middle-aged oaks standing in the cuts to reseed them from acorns. A 10" DBH oak is old enough to be producing acorns. And although the difference between a 10" DBH cut and a 12" DBH cut sounds minor, the results are quite different. A 10" DBH cut is MUCH heavier than a 12" cut. Far fewer trees will be left standing in a 10" DBH cut. First two pictures below are a 10" DBH cut as it is occurring. Third and fourth pictures are first summer after cutting. [/QUOTE]
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