Project Type: Local Ed & Demo (formerly RGR)
Funds awarded in 2022: $89,178.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2025
Grant Recipient:
Northwest Natural Resource Group
Region: Western
State: Washington
Principal Investigator:
Kirk Hanson
Northwest Natural Resource Group
Co-Investigators:
Stacey Dixon
Snohomish Conservation District
Dr. Gregory Ettl
University of Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sci
Tami Miketa
Washington Department of Natural Resources Small Forest Landowne
Description:
Join Kirk Hanson, Director of Forestry at Northwest Natural Resource Group, as he explains why a forest needs thinning and how he reads stand conditions to decide which trees to remove and which trees to keep.
If you're stewarding a young forest, reducing competition for sunlight, nutrients, and water is going to be a key part of your stewardship as they grow. Pre-commercial thinning (removing non-merchantable trees in a stand) creates more room in the canopy and frees up resources for the remaining trees to grow.
In this pre-commercial thinning video series, Kirk takes us through stand assessment and tree selection, how to fell trees in dense stands, and how to get hung up trees on the ground.
The techniques demonstrated in this video should only be used by experienced chainsaw operators. If you have limited experience, we encourage you to take a training or work with someone who is.
Head over to https://www.nnrg.org/ to learn more about our ecological forestry resources. NNRG helps forest owners optimize the economic and ecological potential of their woods, with everything from management planning to harvest support to wildlife habitat enhancement.
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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2021-38640-34695 through the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under project number WRGR22-009. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Music: “Upbeat Inspiring Folk Acoustic Guitar” by Music for Creators from Free Music Archive (CC BY)
Crown type classes image: Emmingham, W. H., & Elwood, N. E. (2010). Thinning—An Important Timber Management Tool (PNW 184), Figure 2: “Crown type classifications of trees in even-age stands.” Oregon State University Extension Service. © Oregon State University (Published Aug. 1983; reprinted Dec. 2010).
Spikeknot image: Figure 12a from Lowell et al. (2014). “Effects of Silviculture and Genetics on Branch/Knot Attributes of Coastal Pacific Northwest Douglas-Fir and Implications for Wood Quality—A Synthesis.”Forests, 5, 1717–1736. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5071717Licensed under CC BY 3.0.
If you're stewarding a young forest, reducing competition for sunlight, nutrients, and water is going to be a key part of your stewardship as they grow. Pre-commercial thinning (removing non-merchantable trees in a stand) creates more room in the canopy and frees up resources for the remaining trees to grow.
In this pre-commercial thinning video series, Kirk takes us through stand assessment and tree selection, how to fell trees in dense stands, and how to get hung up trees on the ground.
The techniques demonstrated in this video should only be used by experienced chainsaw operators. If you have limited experience, we encourage you to take a training or work with someone who is.
Head over to https://www.nnrg.org/ to learn more about our ecological forestry resources. NNRG helps forest owners optimize the economic and ecological potential of their woods, with everything from management planning to harvest support to wildlife habitat enhancement.
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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2021-38640-34695 through the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under project number WRGR22-009. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Music: “Upbeat Inspiring Folk Acoustic Guitar” by Music for Creators from Free Music Archive (CC BY)
Crown type classes image: Emmingham, W. H., & Elwood, N. E. (2010). Thinning—An Important Timber Management Tool (PNW 184), Figure 2: “Crown type classifications of trees in even-age stands.” Oregon State University Extension Service. © Oregon State University (Published Aug. 1983; reprinted Dec. 2010).
Spikeknot image: Figure 12a from Lowell et al. (2014). “Effects of Silviculture and Genetics on Branch/Knot Attributes of Coastal Pacific Northwest Douglas-Fir and Implications for Wood Quality—A Synthesis.”Forests, 5, 1717–1736. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5071717Licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Type:
Video
Transcript Embedded:
Yes
This product is associated with the project "Restoration and Resilience: Sustaining forest productivity in the face of current and emerging threats"
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.