Innovative Silviculture - site specific harvesting, reforestation and habitat enhancement projects

1. Experienceand Research Florian Deisenhofer, Silviculturist

2. Old Growth Identification

3. Habitat Enhancement Snag Creation

4. Habitat Enhancement WesternRedcedar (Thujaplicata) Restoration

5. Variable Density Thinning Gap with Retention

6. Variable Density Thinning Pre-harvest condition Post-harvest condition

7. Variable Retention Harvest

8. Variable Retention HarvestHigh Elevation Pre-harvest Condition Post-harvest Condition

9. Variable Retention Harvest Fall Planting of Styro-15 Noble Fir Plugs

10. Variable Retention Harvest Fall Noble Fir Plug after Two Growing Seasons

11. ShelterwoodHarvest Pre-Harvest Condition

12. ShelterwoodHarvest Post-Harvest Condition

13. ShelterwoodHarvest Fall Planted Douglas-fir Seedlings after two Growing Seasons (left) and Natural Regeneration (right)

14. Hardwood Conversion Understory Conifer Release

15. Hardwood Conversion Understory Conifer Release & Caged, Netted, Microsite-Planted Western Redcedar

16. Caged Netted Two-Year Western Redcedar Growth Performance

17. Microsite-Planted Western Redcedar

18. Root Rot Reforestation Caged, Netted, Microsite-Planted Western Redcedar

19. Root Rot Reforestation First-Year Growth

20. Regenerating Western Redcedar for Value Three Growing Seasons (Fenced)

21. Regenerating Western Redcedar for Value Third-Year Growth (Netted) Third-Year Growth (Fenced)