Pothole Creek
Study Area
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Background
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Stand Modelling
Demonstration Area
• IDF Timber Supply
• Area Land Base
• Development of Area
• Growth and Yield Studies
• Silviculture Trials
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Development of the Demonstration Area
The first year (1996) was focussed on data acquisition, including
forest cover typing using photo interpretation, terrestrial ecosystem
mapping, documenting forest health conditions, assessing wildlife
habitat values, and growth and yield sampling. All of this information
was entered into a geographic information system (GIS) for analysis
and reporting. The GIS environment was ideal for integrating these
different databases and relating them to stand structure, wood
quality, and integrated resource management objectives. Four silviculture
treatment units-shelterwood, selection, clearcut and rehabilitation
of forest-grassland complexes-were identified, based on land base
constraints. These broad treatment types provide a framework for
the design of more site-specific harvesting, regeneration, and
stand tending prescriptions.
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