Timber Marking

HousekeepingBreak times

Lunch

Restroom locations

Please turn cell phones off, or at least set to vibrate.

Feel free to stand, move around, ask questions, etc

IntroductionsName

Employer

Experience marking timber

Equipment

What you hope to get out of this class

HandoutsSlides

Crown classes & tree selection

Covertype info for 4 types

Definitions

Workshop objectives

Benefits & costs of marking timber

From goals to harvest

What was that #@&$#! thinking???

Field experience

What to expect today

OverviewBreakOutside: Site visits

Pine marking

Lunch

Outside: Crop tree markingRiparian zones

Inside: ReviewAdjourn at 4pm

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Forest management

Boundaries

Inventory / ECS

Objectives

Prescription

Mark timber

Harvest

Regenerate

Planning

Doing

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Why mark timber?

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Why mark timber?

Accurate tally

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Why mark timber?

Operator efficiency

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Why mark timber?

Accountability

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Why mark timber?

Reduce residual stand damage

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Why mark timber?

Control residual stand composition

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Why mark timber?

Improve future stand productivity

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Tree selection

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Prescription

Thinning

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Prescription

Regeneration

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Prescription

Landowner objectives

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Selecting trees

Site, species, markets, goals

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Crown position

Only dominant or codominant trees

should be crop trees.

Selecting trees

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Selecting trees

CROWNS

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Selecting trees

Crown condition

Image link

Image link

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Selecting trees

QUALITY: Tree form

Image linkImage link

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Selecting trees

Spacing

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Selecting trees

Access

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Selecting trees

MFRC site-level timber harvest guidelines

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Mechanics of marking timber

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Mechanics

Time 5-15 ac. / day

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Mechanics

Boundaries

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Mechanics

Marks: Boundaries

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Mechanics

Marks

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Mechanics

Marks

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Mechanics

Weigh costs & benefits