Long-term scientific benefits from preserving old-growth hemlock stands at Clear Lake near Minden, Ontario, Canada

R. A. Reid; K. M. Somers; J. E. Nighswander; A. M. Zobel

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Long-term scientific benefits from preserving old-growth hemlock stands at Clear Lake near Minden, Ontario, Canada

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Authors:

R. A. Reid, K. M. Somers, J. E. Nighswander, A. M. Zobel

Year:

2000

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McManus, Katherine A.; Shields, Kathleen S.; Souto, Dennis R., eds. Proceedings: Symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-267. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 190-199.

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Abstract

Clear Lake is located in the centre of the 1300 ha Clear Lake Conservation Reserve in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. In 1988, the reserve was designated as a protected area representing undisturbed, old-growth ecosystems. The reserve includes several headwater lakes and their associated catchments which support old-growth hemlock stands that are estimated to be up to 400 years old.

Parent Publication

Proceedings: symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America

Citation

Reid, R. A.; Somers, K. M.; Nighswander, J. E.; Zobel, A. M. 2000. Long-term scientific benefits from preserving old-growth hemlock stands at Clear Lake near Minden, Ontario, Canada. In: McManus, Katherine A.; Shields, Kathleen S.; Souto, Dennis R., eds. Proceedings: Symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-267. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 190-199.