Chapter 14 Forestry Management Flashcards
ensure that annual forest harvests are balanced by annual timber growth and dictates that whenever timber is removed the denuded area must be reforested either by natural or artificial means
Sustained yield
examples of multiple use/sustained yield
Timber cutting Recreation Oil and gas exploration Mineral Extraction Grazing/agriculture Wildlife protection and watershed management
management principle that requires meeting a number of different needs on the same area of land i.e, timber, grazing, agriculture, mining, oil and gas extraction, hunting, fishing, recreation, soil conservation, wildlife protection and watershed management
multiple use management
Functions of the Forests
Provide Wood Products
Rangeland
Flood and erosion control
Wildlife habitat
plan includes map showing: location, distribution, age, volume of species, method of harvest, access, time to complete, and cost and income from cut.
Timber Harvest Plan
Rotation Seed tree method Shelterwood method Coppice method Selective cutting Strip cutting
Clear cutting methods
Natural Seeding Seeding by foresters Planting Hybridization Selective Breeding Seed Orchards Tissue Cultures
Reforestation
A type of surface burning to improve quality of forest, range, or wildlife habitat
Prescribed Fire
Causes of deforestation
Slash and Burn Fire Cattle Ranching Gathering fuel wood Industrial logging
Firewood Scarcity
Climatic Changes
Loss of Gene Pools and Species Extinction
Effects of Deforestation
is an ancient form of woodland management, that involves repetitive felling on the same stump, near to ground level, and allowing the shoots to regrow from that main stump
Coppice method
cutting refers to the progression of forest cuttings leading to the establishment of a new generation of seedlings of a particular species or group of species without planting. This silvicultural system is normally implemented in forests that are considered mature, often after several thinnings.
Shelterwood method
