Online Pine-Oak-Hemlock Session Documents
Required Readings
- Kelty, M.J. 1996. Stand dynamics and silviculture of mixed conifer-hardwood stands in southern New England. In Silviculture of temperate and boreal broadleaf-conifer mixtures. P.G.Comeau and K.D. Thomas (editors). B.C.Ministry of Forests, Victoria, B.C. pp. 47-58.
- Kelty, M.J., D.B. Kittredge Jr., T. Kyker-Snowman, and A.D. Leighton. 2003. The Conversion of even-aged stands to uneven-aged structure in southern New England. North. J. Appl. For. 20: 109-116.
- Leak, W.B., M. Yamasaki, J.S. Ward, K. Desmarais, and K.P. Bennett. 2017. Ecology and Management of Northern Red Oak in New England. University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Durham, NH.
- Exploring Silvicultural Strategies in Northern New England III: Eastern White Pine webinar presented by R. Seymour on 3/17/16
Pine-Oak-Hemlock Session Agenda
To access powerpoint handouts click on presentation title, to access instructor biosketch, click on names.
Monday, July 17, 2017
7:30 — 8:30 AM Register
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome, National Advanced Silviculture Program and Introductions—Jeff Williams, Chris Woodall, Charlie Levesque, Karen Bennett
9:00 – 10:30 Pine-Oak-Hemlock in the Northeast: Silvics, Dynamics, Climate Change, Restoration—Tom Lee
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Forest Health in Pine-Oak-Hemlock Forests—Jeff Garnas
11:45 – 12:15 Lunch
12:15 –1:15 New Markets for Northeastern Owners? An Introduction to Ecosystem Markets—John Gunn
1:15 – 1:45 Travel to UNH Woodlands
1:45 – 5:30 UNH Woodlands field trip leaders: Mark Ducey, Jeff Garnas, John Gunn, Steve Eisenhaure, Bill Leak, Tom Lee, Matt Tarr, Mariko Yamasaki
Stops covering silvicultural treatments and their effect on stand development, individual tree development and effect on wood quality: 1) crop tree release and prescription development, 2) impacts of invasives on regeneration and management strategies, 3.) group selection using large groups to regenerate pine with thinning between groups, 4.) wildlife habitat and silviculture.
Soils, site quality and productivity incorporated into all stops. Silvics and stand dynamics included in all field stops. Economics, utilization and markets including avoidance of potential logging damage and layout considerations incorporated in most field stops. Forest health included in some field stops.
MacDonald Lot Map: locations of various treatments for glossy buckthorn control
5:30 – 6:30 Small group activity: field exploration and Stand Dynamics and Forest Health assignment
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
7:30 – 9:30 Oak-Pine-Hemlock Silviculture: Some Preliminaries—Mark Ducey
Oak, Pine and Hemlock Silviculture—Bill Leak
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:45 Predicted Response of Wildlife to Silvicultural Prescriptions with Special Focus on Pine-Oak-Hemlock Types—Matt Tarr
A Few Minutes on Oak-Pine-Hemlock Habitat Features—Mariko Yamasaki
10:45 – noon Load up vehicles, travel to Massabesic, stop past first gate to carpool, eat lunch along the way
Noon – 5:00 Massabesic Experimental Forest (Lyman ME) field trip leaders: Mark Ducey, Bill Leak, Tom Lee, Matt Tarr, Mariko Yamasaki
Stops covering silvicultural treatments and their effect on stand development, individual tree development and effect on wood quality 1) 3- to 5-acre patch cuts showing early successional habitats and hardwood-white pine-hemlock competition, 2) first cut white pine shelterwood and understory development, 3) contrast white pine-hemlock-red and white oak group selection with abutting dense hemlock, 4) low-density white pine-hemlock-red oak and the regeneration response to thorough mechanical scarification and a white pine seed year, 5) control areas subject to considerable pine decline and caliciopsis damage, 6) wildlife habitat including vernal pools, blanding’s turtle, new England cottontail and northern goshawk habitat items, 7) hemlock issues
Soils, site quality and productivity incorporated into all stops. Silvics and stand dynamics included in all field stops. Economics, utilization and markets including avoidance of potential logging damage and layout considerations incorporated in most field stops. Forest health included in some field stops.
Leak, William B. and Mariko Yamasaki. 2013. Effects of low-density thinning in a declining white pine stand in Maine. Res. Note NRS-170. Newtown Square, PA: USDA, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 6p.