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Cortney Mycroft, Project Coordinator
Purdue University
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
(765) 494-1472
STATUS OF INDIANA’S STATUS OF INDIANA’S LONG-TERM FOREST LONG-TERM FOREST RESEARCH PROJECTRESEARCH PROJECT
Nine Study Units in South Central Indiana
9 miles
18 miles
Comparing Uneven- and Even-Aged Management to
Maintain Oaks
Uneven-Aged Research Cores
Single Tree Selection
1-, 3-, & 5-acreOpenings
Resembles current state forest practice
20 acres (~10%) in openings with the remaining area with single-tree selection for this rotation only
Next rotation will be single-treeonly.
Even-Aged Research CoresClearcut
Shelterwood
No Treatment(this round of
harvest)
40 acres (~20%) in openingsfor each 20-year rotation
Control Research Cores
No Treatment
Long-term monitoring
Bowers photo
Vegetation – overstory and herbaceous
Woodland Salamanders
Breeding Songbirds
Factors keeping an acorn from becoming a tree…
Mast productionand weevil infestation
Deer predation
Small mammal populationsand acorn consumption
Species of Interest
Timber Rattlesnake State EndangeredCerulean Warbler State Endangered
Indiana Bat Federally EndangeredEastern Box Turtle Special Concern
Visitor and Neighbor Opinion Survey
~3,000 visitor and neighbor surveys administered last fall…
Timeline• June 2006 – December 2008
– Baseline Data Collected
• July 2008 – February 2009– Harvests
• January 2009 – March 2009– Deer Exclosures Installed
• June 2009– Post Harvest Sampling Begins
Current Research/Funding Partners
• IDNR Division of Forestry• Purdue University
– Forestry and Natural Resources– Entomology
• Indiana State University• Ball State University• Drake University• The Nature Conservancy• IDNR Division of Fish and Wildlife• IDNR Division of State Parks and Reservoirs
So much more to learn!
Our project is still in its infancy.
We’re interested in understanding ecological impacts of harvesting in Indiana’s forests…
…Not interested in reinventing the wheel!
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything
else in the universe.”
~ John Muir (1911)