| First Name: | EDWARD |
|---|---|
| Last Name: | MANN |
| Email Address: | sequoia1910@gmail.com |
| Affiliation | |
| Subject | Initial Draft Report comments |
| Comment |
Regarding the even-aged management update and the new rules for variable harvest unit sizes: even 50 BA can be considered a shelterwood in most of our temperate forest ecosystems. Shelterwoods tend to promote shade tolerant, 'climax' species-like hemlock and cedar and discriminate against the early seral species-like Douglas-fir and redwood. Climax species are not as resilient as early seral species and with climate change becoming a more critical variable, this is an important distinction that needs to be recognized. There needs to be more distinct guidelines and differentiation between regeneration and stand improvement treatments with even-aged silviculture. Not all treatments are regeneration. Secondly, there is an absence of guidelines for uneven-aged management and specifically patch size for regeneration in this silviculture system. The three Indian Tribes I have worked for in the Pacific northwest dictate that patch size is not to exceed 3-5 acres with certain exceptions made for particular forest types- like lodgepole pine and upper elevation forest types. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2021-02-23 13:15:16 |
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