🚀 go-pugleaf

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

--------------500030085A89
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Anybody got any advice for this person?   Reply directly to him.

Axel Ringe
Sevierville, TN

--------------500030085A89
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

Return-Path: <owner-tws-l@LISTSERV.VT.EDU>
Received: from listserv.vt.edu (listserv.vt.edu [128.173.4.9])
    by ixmail7.ix.netcom.com (8.8.7-s-4/8.8.7/(NETCOM v1.01)) with ESMTP id
 KAA20307; ;
    Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:44:04 -0800 (PST)
Received: from listserv.vt.edu (listserv.vt.edu [128.173.4.9])
    by listserv.vt.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA28996;
    Fri, 20 Mar 1998 13:09:48 -0500
Received: from LISTSERV.VT.EDU by LISTSERV.VT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release
          1.8c) with spool id 3895444 for TWS-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU; Fri, 20 Mar
          1998 13:09:43 -0500
Received: from vad-msconnect.moody.af.mil (VAD-MSCONNECT.moody.af.mil
          [132.40.141.15]) by listserv.vt.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id
          MAA31630 for <tws-l@listserv.vt.edu>; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:59:37 -0500
Received: by VAD-MSCONNECT.moody.af.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8)
          id <G5A127GC>; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:59:40 -0500
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8)
Message-ID:  <2134B0F42E55D111BB2600805F8B20B70F28F2@VAD-CE-MS01.moody.af.mil>
Date:         Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:59:18 -0500
Reply-To: tws-l Discussion List <TWS-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU>
Sender: tws-l Discussion List <TWS-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU>
From: Lee G 347CES/CEV <gregory.lee@MOODY.AF.MIL>
Subject:      mechanical hardwood midstory control
Comments: To: Forest Listserver <forest@listserv.funet.fi>
To: TWS-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU

We are in the process of restoring a native pine forest on our installation
(south-central Georgia, USA) to increase suitable habitat for protected
species (i.e. gopher tortoise and indigo snake).  The stands we are
targeting (app. 90 acres this year) have been excluded for fire for numerous
years, and there is a significant proportion of hardwood midstory in the
stand that cannot be controlled by prescribed burning for various reasons
(i.e. diameter, fuel condition, etc.).  Because of military-imposed
constraints, we cannot control the hardwoods through selective herbicide
treatment.  Therefore, we have proposed a combination treatment of
mechanical removal and hand-felling of the hardwoods to remove the hardwood
midstory component and then plan to institute controlled burning on a 1-3
year rotation.  The mechanical removal we are considering is the shredding
and chipping of all hardwoods in the understory from about 1inch diameter at
4.5 feet to about 10 inches diameter.  All hardwoods larger than 10 inches
will be retained, with some being removed in the next commercial harvest and
the remainder kept as part of the ecosystem for mast production and
structure variation.  Overall, we are planning on keeping the hardwoods to
less than 10% of the canopy cover in the future stand.  The proposal could
also be termed as a timber stand improvement (release); however, the
remaining trees are mature and little additional growth is anticipated.

We would appreciate any advice anyone could give us on this project,
especially from those who have conducted similar projects in the
southeastern U.S.  We are especially interested in the results from such
projects and any suggestions on equipment, season of work, etc.

Please respond directly to me at gregory.lee@moody.af.mil, and I will post a
summary of responses to the list.

Thanks in advance,

Gregory W. Lee
Moody Air Force Base


--------------500030085A89--