When talking to a forester or logger, you may hear them refer to a "stand," but what exactly is a "stand?" A stand in forestry refers to a group of trees comparable in species composition, stem...
Category: Silviculture
White pine shelterwood in Maine Shelterwood cutting is a multiple-entry method of timber harvesting focused on establishing regeneration. A shelterwood cut only partially harvests the canopy of a...
Sometimes, there are just too many trees on a given acre of forest. Excessive competition can choke out individuals and hamper timber growth for decades. Foresters and woodlot owners use...
There are few practices in forestry that draw public ire quite like clearcutting, and understandably so, but is clearcutting bad? Properly implemented, clearcutting can be a great tool to harvest...
If you have spent any length of time exploring Maine’s forests, you have probably encountered a dense thicket of young trees. These are the kind of areas that can induce tears on a camping trip...