1. Natural selection ecoforestry Jean Shaffer, Consultant, Nisqually TreeArt www.treeart.net | jeanorjerelshaffer@wildblue.net| 360.459.0946

2. Approach turns 2nd growth into working Old Growth.

4. How to do it. Read tree indicators. (Douglas Fir)

5. Smaller diameter amidst same age

6. Over-topped by neighboring trees

7. Growth crack wood is dull grey

8. Pyramid shaped trunk

9. < 20% of stem has branches

10. Old growth meets Ecosystems needs and ours

11. River aquatic functions are preserved

12. Upland functions are preserved

13. Tree health equals timber quality

14. Wildlife habitat abides

15. Soil tilth and fertility abound

16. Biology behind old growth as a goal

17. The web consists of biggest to smallest plants

18. The primary producers determine all else

19. The secondary consumer, i.e., checks and balances

20. Decomposers: dead plants & animals ---> fertilizer

21. Succession to well being; the product of the web

22. Seres, seeds, & needs

23. 2nd sere community overtakes the first

24. Soil, water, and climate of 2nd produces a 3rd sere

25. And natural selection fits best species to site

26. The fittest w/in a species, also natural selection

27. Indication of health Physics favors who lives, or dies

28. Destructivedisturbance is a positive check

29. Cooperation with nature's signs is key to win-win

30. Leave some indicated trees for habitat and soil building

31. Human's Large Impacts, avoidable. Nature's, a given.

32. Soil compaction, #1 human debt

33. Roads, not horses, keep us off the soil!

34. A forest is adapted only to primal disturbances!

35. Natural Disaster level disturbance, only; please

36. Forest improvement and critters' work saves $

37. Utilize the natural bent for richness vs. impoverishment

38. Waste tree value, or squeeze out every ounce?

39. Babysit a crop or forest improved tree$?

40. Eons of perfected seed? Or nursery attempts?

41. Cutting the biggest trees selects for mediocre

42. Read site health, beyond tree indicators

43. What do you mean, you don't know?

44. Natural selection and industrial volumes, are equal.

45. The only place, human art applies in forestry.

46. 10,000 year experience.

47. Include local Tribe in management plan

48. Science meets Spirituality

49. Blank slate receives directives ORVILLE CAMP Natural Selection Ecoforestry Founder