Timber Harvests and Wildlife Management · 2015. 11. 18. · Timber Harvests and Wildlife...
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Katie Martin
District Wildlife Biologist
434-392-9645
Timber Harvests and Wildlife Management
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Things to Consider… Species of Interest
Carrying Capacity—how many can this land support?
Limiting Factor—what is suppressing the population now?
Diversity—the more diverse, the greater the attraction
Interspersion—interweaving of habitats
Edge—key element for many species
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Basic Needs of Wildlife
• Water
• Food
• Cover
• Space
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Early Successional Wildlife Species and Habitat Loss
In the last 50 years Virginia’s fallow land declined by 64%
Decline in many wildlife species
Songbirds (yellow-breasted chat, brown thrasher, Bachman’s Sparrow)
Bobwhite Quail
Rabbits
Loss of Habitat Diversity
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STAND AGE
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Relationship of Biodiversity to Forest Age
Pole
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Seedling & Brush
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Timber Management Options
Clearcut
Thinning
Sheltorwood Harvests
Logging Decks/Skid Trails
SMZs
Prescribed Burning
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Clearcut-
Even-aged stand management
Stimulates grasses, forbs, legumes
Increases insect abundance
Provides good nesting and brood habitat
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Hardwood Clearcuts-Wildlife
Size (10-20 acres)
Interspersed with other habitat types
Create soft edge/field border within harvest area
Leave snags/den trees
Don’t have to be “clean”
Leave tops, slash laying or create long hedgerows
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Thinning (Hardwoods and Pines)
Marked Thinning (Basal Area Reduction)
Timber Stand Improvement
Crop Tree Release
Know the difference between thinning and high grading a hardwood stand
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Benefits of Thinning
Increased sunlight to forest floor!!
Sunlight = More herbaceous plants
Increases forage, seed and fruit production
Increases biodiversity and habitat structure
Good for the trees too!
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Commercial Thinning (Hardwood)
Not widely practiced
NOT High Grading
Need experienced consultant and logger
Encourages early successional growth
Prescribed burning will improve early succesional habitat
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•Benefits for both timber and wildlife
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Thinning Improves Brooding Habitat
Promotes growth of herbaceous vegetation
Increases the abundance of insects
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Thinning’s Effect on Biodiversity
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Thinning
Pole Saw
Seedling & Brush
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Crop Tree Release/TSI
Remove understory saplings
Herbicide or Manual
“Releasing” the remaining trees from competition
Light, Space, Nutrients, Water
Labor Intensive/Time Consuming
Benefits for early successional species won’t be seen without continued management
Herbicide/Prescribed Burning
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Sheltorwood Harvest Regenerating oak forests
Continued harvests (2-3x) over 7-10 years
Open canopy-advanced regeneration critical
Final harvest conducted when sufficient regeneration is present
Deer browse can be problematic
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•Logging decks as “food plots”
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•Brood strip development
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Streamside Management Zones
Can provide thicket cover
“Sanctuary”/bedding areas
Soft mast production
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Controlled Burning
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Benefits of Burning
Removes ground litter
Stimulates herbaceous growth
Maintains optimum vegetation heights
Increase nutritional value of vegetation
Increases palatability/digestibility of foods
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Effect of Fire on Biodiversity
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Seedlings & Brush
Pole
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Thinning
Burn
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Any Questions?