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Golden-Winged Warbler Habitat: Best Management Practices for Forestlands in Maryland and Pennsylvania
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by
Renae Veasley
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published
Mar 17, 2021
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last modified
Jun 25, 2023 10:45 PM
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Adaptive management,
Management,
Eastern Deciduous Forests,
Pennsylvania,
Forests,
Forest Management,
Golden-Winged Warbler,
Land management,
Young Forest,
Early succession,
Appalachian forest,
Fact Sheets
This document presents management prescriptions to forestland managers interested in providing breeding habitat for Golden-winged Warblers through management actions associated with timber harvesting.
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Decision Support Tools to Inform the Rehabilitation and Management of High Graded Forests
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by
Josselyn Lucas
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published
Feb 15, 2023
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filed under:
Decision Support Tools,
High Grading,
Golden-Winged Warbler,
Forest Management,
golden-winged warbler,
Southeastern Forest,
silviculture
Abstract
Numerous forests in the eastern United States have been degraded due to past exploitative timber
harvesting known as high grading. High graded forest stands may not improve without active re-
habilitation and may require targeted silvicultural treatments. This study focuses on high graded
mixed-oak (mixed-Quercus spp.) stands and aims to develop a model that can identify past high
grading and to determine modifications that may improve forest management recommendations provided
by the prominent decision support tool, SILVAH. We present a model that uses standard forest
inventory measurements and does not require knowledge of preharvest stand conditions to predict
with moderate to high accuracy whether a stand was high graded, which could be par- ticularly
useful for nonindustrial private forests. Results indicate that modifications to SILVAH may be
necessary to improve its utility for prescribing silvicultural treatments in high graded stands.
Study Implications: High graded forest stands are often not readily apparent and likely require
specific forest management practices. We present a tool that uses standard forest inventory meas-
urements to predict past high grading, which can be used to inform and prioritize forest manage-
ment decisions. We also present suggested modifications to the prominent decision support tool,
SILVAH, that may improve its ability to prescribe optimal silvicultural treatments for high graded
stands. Results from this study provide forestry professionals/landowners working in the mixed- oak
forests of the northeastern United States with tools to inform forest management decisions
that aim to return degraded stands to healthier and more productive states.
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Seeing past the green: Structure, composition, and biomass differences in high graded and silviculture-managed forests of similar stand density
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by
Josselyn Lucas
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published
Feb 15, 2023
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last modified
Feb 24, 2023 02:45 PM
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filed under:
East and Central Northern Deciduous Forests,
Mixed-Oak,
Eastern Forests,
WLFW Deciduous Forests in East/Central,
Deciduous forest,
Forest Management,
Golden-Winged Warbler,
Temperate Forest,
Carbon Storage,
GWWA WG,
Forest degradation,
High-Grading
Forests of the eastern United States (US) mostly comprise a mix of stands managed following silvicultural
principles and stands managed with exploitative timber harvesting practices. These stands can have similar stand
densities (e.g., basal area per hectare) but vary vastly in structure, composition, and biomass and carbon storage.
High grading, a prevalent exploitative timber harvesting practice in the eastern US, is of particular concern
because it can negatively affect future forest health and productivity. This study quantifies differences in forest
structure, composition, and biomass and carbon storage between high graded stands and stands that received a
seed/establishment cut of a uniform shelterwood regeneration sequence treatment, which is a comparable and
well-established silvicultural method used to regenerate mixed-oak forests. It focuses on mixed-oak forests
(mixed-Quercus), where the effects of high grading have been understudied, and uses a sample with broader
spatial coverage than previous studies. The sample comprised nine stands that were known to have been high
graded 8–15 years ago and nine stands that received the seed/establishment cut of a uniform shelterwood
regeneration sequence. Stand were systematically sampled using fixed-area plots. Field measurements were
collected and used to calculate metrics describing forest structure and function. The structure of high graded
stands was characterized by a higher proportion of trees with poor health and/or form compared to shelterwood
stands, with 18.3 % less acceptable growing stock and trees with lower crown compaction. Diameter distributions
of high graded stands were characterized by numerous small trees and few large-diameter trees. Spatial
variability of overstory trees was contingent on the tree size range evaluated, with a larger variability of
sawtimber-sized trees (trees ≥ 29.2 cm in diameter at breast height) in high graded stands. High graded stands
also had 2.2 times fewer oak trees (Quercus spp.) in the overstory canopy, 17,897 fewer seedlings per hectare
(ha), and 45 Mg/ha less biomass than shelterwood stands. These results indicate that high grading generally
degrades mixed-oak forests and impairs their long-term capacity to supply vital ecosystem services such as
habitat for specific wildlife species, carbon storage, and high-quality wood products.
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Poster Presentation: Seeing Past the Green: Quantifying the Characteristics of High-graded Forests
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by
Josselyn Lucas
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published
Feb 15, 2023
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filed under:
Northeast,
Mixed-Oak,
Eastern Forests,
High Grading,
Forest Management,
Golden-Winged Warbler,
Forest degradation
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A Path Forward: Understanding and Restoring Degraded Forests A Working Lands for Wildlife Virtual Event
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by
Web Editor
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published
Feb 18, 2022
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last modified
Feb 18, 2022 08:55 PM
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filed under:
Forest Management,
Golden-Winged Warbler,
WLFW,
Working Lands for Wildlife,
Webinar
The impact of high-grading on forest wildlife in the Eastern deciduous forests.
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Webinars and Instructional Videos
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Stoleson, Scott
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Web Editor
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published
Feb 20, 2012
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last modified
Mar 17, 2016 03:14 PM
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filed under:
Extinction risk,
Federal,
Fracking,
Research,
Conservation,
Salamanders,
Avian abundance,
silviculture,
Riparian systems,
Herbivorous insects,
Species richness,
Range shift,
Natural variability,
Forest Management,
Restoration,
Fire effects,
Habitat quality,
Fragmentation,
Biodiversity,
Pennsylvania,
Beetle,
Songbird migration,
Behavior,
Invasive species,
Bird monitoring,
Habitat,
Natural gas,
Nests,
Long distance migration,
Threatened species,
Endangered Species,
National Forests,
Appalachian forest,
Community assembly ,
Birds
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Woods for Wildlife: Native Plants of the Longleaf Pine Forest and Active Management of Early Successional Plant Communities
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by
Admin
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published
Dec 30, 2020
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last modified
Jun 17, 2021 06:39 PM
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NCSU,
Red-cockaded Woodpecker,
Northern Bobwhite Quail,
Webinar,
Forest Management,
Monarch Butterfly,
Land Management,
Landscape Conservation,
Longleaf Pine
Learn about the high diversity of plant species in the longleaf pine ecosystem and how to actively manage land to preserve this diversity. The presenters discuss how to maximize wildlife management goals through active management of early successional plant communities. Commonly referred to as early successional habitat, these plant communities benefit a vast array of wildlife species including the northern bobwhite quail, monarch butterfly, and red-cockaded woodpecker.
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America's Forests in South Carolina - Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Network
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by
Admin
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published
Dec 30, 2020
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last modified
Jul 13, 2021 04:46 PM
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filed under:
Historically Underserved Farmers & Ranchers,
Farmers,
Forests,
Landowners,
Forestry,
Forest Management,
Video,
South Carolina,
U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities
This episode of America's Forests with Chuck Leavell in South Carolina features African American landowners and foresters and The Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Network, a program of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities.
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The Value of Land
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by
Admin
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Jul 13, 2021
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filed under:
Historically Underserved Farmers & Ranchers,
Forestry,
Forest Management,
Video,
The Center for Heirs' Property,
Landowner Information,
Landowners,
South
This video shares the stories of low-wealth heirs’ property owners in the South -- and how they are being served by The Center for Heirs' Property to protect rural, family-owned land.
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Western North Carolina Alliance
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by
Carol Sanders-Reed
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published
Jul 18, 2014
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last modified
Mar 25, 2021 03:40 PM
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filed under:
Forest Management,
Regional Partnerships,
NGO,
Aquatic ecosystems,
Freshwater
For 30 years, the Western North Carolina Alliance has been a trusted community partner, marshaling grassroots support to keep North Carolinian forests healthy, air and water clean, and communities vibrant.
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