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Marvin L. Smith
B.Sc.F. (Forestry), R.P.F.
Farm Woodland Specialist
570 Riverview Dr.
Listowel, Ontario N4W 3T7
Telephone: (519) 291-2236
Providing advice and assistance with:
• impartial advice/assistance in selling timber,
including selection of trees and marking
• reforestation of erodible or idle land
• follow-up tending of young plantations
• windbreak planning and establishment
• woodlot management planning
• diagnosis of insect and disease problems
• conducting educational programs in woodlot
management
• any other woodland or tree concerns
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Woodlot
Management
yielding only slightly Tess revenue
than was offered for the diameter .
limit cut.
Upland hardwood woodland areas
are managed quite intensively.
Potential ash, maple and cherry crop
trees have been pruned to remove
branches from their stems up to 17
feet high in the interest of creating
logs free of defects. Side branch
pruning is also being carried out in
walnut and white pine plantations for
the same reason. Most trees with
poor form have been removed. In
some cases John had his brother
Albert, an experienced tree climber,
remove the tops of large poorly
formed trees to avoid damage to
adjacent young crop trees. This is
definitely not something most
woodlot owners would want to
attempt! In some cases the remaining
"stub" was cut down for firewood. In
other cases they were left as a dead
snag to benefit wildlife such as
woodpeckers.
John has also carried out some
pond development and wetland
enhancement on the property. He
was successful in obtaining financial
support from the Wetland Habitat
Fund to help with the wetland work
and from the Huron Healthy Futures
Program to plant buffers between the
agricultural and wetland areas.
Certainly one of the key messages
illustrated to participants was the
benefit of having clear objectives to
help direct management activities for
any forest property.
If you have questions about
woodlot management or ideas for
topics you would like to see covered
in a future column, please contact
Steve Bowers at 519-482-3661 or
steve.bowers@mnr.gov.on.ca.0
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