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24 THE RURAL VOICE
Managing a woodlot for maple syrup production requires a different
strategy than for timber production.
laying out trails throughout their
property for hiking, snowmobiling or
cross-country skiing and enhancing
their viewing of wildlife. "In the last
four or five years I've seen more
interest than in a decade with the
Ministry of Natural Resources," says
Morton.
Lennox -Brindle finds many of
her clients put environmental
protection at or near the top of
their list of objectives. It means, for
instance, that if they are going to
harvest logs, they want it done at the
times of the year when damage to
other trees or the forest floor will be
minimized. It means logging at dry
times when the woodland can
support the heavy equipment needed
to move logs.
Others are concerned about
esthetic buffers along streams,
preventing soil erosion and
maintaining forest cover.
Sometimes, however, the
consultant has to burst the bubble of
the landowner, says Eccles. "A large
segment of the population has no
idea about forests. A lot of them
don't even know the tree species.
People think what they have is
extremely valuable."
Sometimes they want the
impossible, like dreaming of maple
syrup production when they have no
maple trees, says Eccles.
For those who do have maple
trees, managing for maple syrup
production is entirely different than
managing for maple timber. In a
younger bush, someone seeking
timber would want to keep trees
growing close enough together to
force them to grow tall and straight,
to produce knot -less saw Togs. You'd
want the first tree limbs at a height of
30-40 feet.
If the young bush is to be
managed for maple syrup production
the tree needs more crown. In that
case the bush would be opened up
more to produce trees with limbs at
16-20 feet. "the lower the branch
pattern, the higher the tree's