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Free forest tour next month near Olympia. Register today!
Walk with Kirk Hanson, NNRG's Director of Forestry, through his family's Bucoda Forest as you learn about techniques for managing young alder and Douglas-fir stands for timber production
and wildlife habitat.
Hanson Family Forest
Bucoda, WA (just South of Olympia)
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
4:00pm-7:00pm
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This evening tour at Hanson Family Forest will discuss techniques for managing young alder and young Douglas-fir stands for sustained timber production, climate resilience, and wildlife
habitat.
Forest owners with young alder stands (<30 years old) on their land are faced with a series of management considerations as their trees age. How do you know when to pre-commercially
thin an alder stand? How can you time activities for sustained timber production, and what are the economics of perpetually thinning your forest?
This twilight tour of Hanson Family Forest will showcase a range of techniques that have been used by NNRG Director of Forestry Kirk Hanson for releasing young alder from competition
with nearby vegetation, pre-commercially thinning young alder stands to optimal density, and setting up a stand for long-term commercial timber production. We will discuss how thinnings
can be used to optimize wildlife habitat and improve forest resilience in the face of climate change.
While the focus of this tour will be on alder stand management, we will touch on young Douglas-fir stand management and seedling release techniques as well.
Topics to be discussed will include:
* Growth dynamics of alder
* Young alder stand density management
* Tree selection criteria for pre-commercial thinning
* The economics of perpetual thinning for long-term timber production
* Managing naturally-regenerated alder stands
* Managing mixed species hardwood stands
* Commercial thinning of young Douglas-fir stands
* Protecting young seedlings from wildlife browse
* Managing competing vegetation and invasive species
* Managing young plantations for biodiversity and wildlife habitat
* Releasing young stands from bigleaf maple competition
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A dense, unthinned alder stand in Hanson Family Forest. Trees are competing for light, nutrients, and water, and are favoring height growth for diameter growth. Thinning the most suppressed
trees from this stand will “release” the remaining alder to grow faster and healthier.
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Alder grove in Hanson Family Forest after stand release. This stand has been thinned, allowing the remaining alder more resources to grow bigger, faster.
Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education is supporting the research and workshops provided through this project with grant #OW19-350 – Seedling Release and Young-Stand
Thinning as a Way to Increase Forest Health and Production
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