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Cortney Mycroft, Project Coordinator
Purdue University
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
(765) 494-1472
STATUS OF INDIANA’S STATUS OF INDIANA’S LONG-TERM FOREST LONG-TERM FOREST RESEARCH PROJECTRESEARCH PROJECT
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Nine Study Units in South Central Indiana
9 miles
18 miles
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Comparing Uneven- and Even-Aged Management to
Maintain Oaks
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Uneven-Aged Research Cores
Single Tree Selection
1-, 3-, & 5-acreOpenings
Resembles current state forest practice
20 acres (~10%) in openings with the remaining area with single-tree selection for this rotation only
Next rotation will be single-treeonly.
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Even-Aged Research CoresClearcut
Shelterwood
No Treatment(this round of
harvest)
40 acres (~20%) in openingsfor each 20-year rotation
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Control Research Cores
No Treatment
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Long-term monitoring
Bowers photo
Vegetation – overstory and herbaceous
Woodland Salamanders
Breeding Songbirds
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Factors keeping an acorn from becoming a tree…
Mast productionand weevil infestation
Deer predation
Small mammal populationsand acorn consumption
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Species of Interest
Timber Rattlesnake State EndangeredCerulean Warbler State Endangered
Indiana Bat Federally EndangeredEastern Box Turtle Special Concern
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Visitor and Neighbor Opinion Survey
~3,000 visitor and neighbor surveys administered last fall…
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Timeline• June 2006 – December 2008
– Baseline Data Collected
• July 2008 – February 2009– Harvests
• January 2009 – March 2009– Deer Exclosures Installed
• June 2009– Post Harvest Sampling Begins
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Current Research/Funding Partners
• IDNR Division of Forestry• Purdue University
– Forestry and Natural Resources– Entomology
• Indiana State University• Ball State University• Drake University• The Nature Conservancy• IDNR Division of Fish and Wildlife• IDNR Division of State Parks and Reservoirs
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So much more to learn!
Our project is still in its infancy.
We’re interested in understanding ecological impacts of harvesting in Indiana’s forests…
…Not interested in reinventing the wheel!
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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything
else in the universe.”
~ John Muir (1911)