Vermont Woodlands Association's Forestry School:
How to Manage your Forest
May 5-6, 2007
Hulbert Outdoor Center
2968 Lake Morey Road, Fairlee, VT 05045
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Schedule:
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Landowner Objectives-what do you want from your woodland-what would you like to see happen-and what benefits are desired?
Developing a Forest Management Plan-to meet those objectives
1. Forest inventory and condition analyses-Paul Harwood
a. Species composition, stocking levels
b. Forest health-invasive species, diseases, over-maturity
c. Regeneration-natural, planting
d. Access-roads, stream crossings, water quality, Acceptable Management Practices
e. Development of management prescriptions
2. Healthy wildlife communities and ecosystems-Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
a . Habitat-early successional forest, edge, travel corridors, deer wintering areas
b. Food-natural, planted, prohibited
c. Shelter-den trees, dense conifer stands, ground cover for birds and animals
d. Water quality maintenance
e. Deer-pros and cons (regeneration problems)
f. Beaver problems and solutions
g. Wildlife Action Plan
3. Recreation-John Morton
a. Trail layout, construction and maintenance
b. Access-posting, liability issues
c. Motorized, non-motorized
4. Harvesting-Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation
a. Products-veneer, sawlogs, firewood, pulp, chips, Christmas trees, pruning
b. Commercial & pre-commercial harvests
c. Selling timber-contracts, references, equipment to be used
d. Reasons for harvesting-diversity of wildlife habitat, income, support of Vermont’s forest economy
e. Parcelization-fragmentation of wildlife habitat and timber supply
5. Forestry services and state programs-Dept. of Forests, Parks & Recreation.
County, consulting and industrial foresters, Use Value Appraisal Program, WHIP
6. Management Programs-Alan Robertson
a. Tree Farm
b. Green certification
Evening Program-media presentation on forestry and discussion
Sunday, May 6, 2007
On site visits to see forest management-choose one:
1. Roads, trails, water crossings and over 50 years of forestry management on the 2000 Vermont Outstanding Tree Farm-tour led by owner-Put Blodgett
2. Hulbert Outdoor Center-Forest management-tour led by its consulting forester-Paul Harwood
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