The Open Journal of Forestry published an article last week that examines some of the effects that whole-tree harvesting has on northern hardwood forests.
In New Hampshire, forests cover 4.8 million acres. That's 84 percent of the state, as anyone who has flown over it can attest. Northern hardwoods - beech, birch and maple - make up more than 53 percent of statewide forest cover.
By their nature, and by the nature of their work, foresters oftimes spend their days alone and in the woods. That’s not a problem; foresters like wandering and either talking to themselves or to the trees. There isn’t much need of a loud voice unless some absent-minded bear lopes by or they’re …
An upset caller told me recently that we had “destroyed” a particular piece of forest. Statements like this aren’t easy to hear, but they are opportunities to try to clear up some misunderstandings about forestry.
Change isn’t always pretty. Maybe I should say new change in the woods is …
In the early days of my forestry career it was called Multiple Use Management (MUM). I’m not sure what it’s called these days, because I never left MUM behind. It’s what we do at the Forest Society; we try to figure out what the resources are that can be managed for and then develop a plan …
