Proceedings of the symposium on intensive culture of northern forest types

Abstract

A report on the symposium held in July 1976 at the University of Maine, Orono, containing 35 papers presented at the meeting.

Titles contained within Proceedings of the symposium on intensive culture of northern forest types

• Translating forestry knowledge into forestry action
• Wood as a strategic material
• National and regional needs for increasing wood yields through intensive management
• Let's call the whole thing off!
• Present methods and technology available for intensive management and extent of present use
• How applicable is even-aged silviculture in the northeast?
• How applicable is uneven-age management in northern forest types?
• Even-aged intensive management: two case histories
• Silvicultural systems - uneven-aged management
• Natural regeneration - small ownerships from concept to practice
• Public lands - from concept to practice
• Artificial regeneration; applicability, options and research needs
• Large scale softwood planting operations in New Brunswick
• Hardwood planting in southern Ontario
• Direct seeding in northern forest types
• Intermediate cultural practices
• Silvicultural potential for pre-comercial treatment in northern forest type
• Field experience silvicultural cleaning project in young spruce and fir stands in central Nova Scotia
• Indications of silvicultural potential from long-term experiments in spruce-fir types
• Field experiences in pre-commercial thinning, planting and container growing of northern softwoods
• Status of fertilization and nutrition research in northern forest types
• Site classification for northern forest species
• Nutrients: a major consideration in intensive forest management
• Status of growth and yield information for northern forest types
• The status of tree improvement programs for northern tree species
• Status of herbicide technology for control of tree species and to reduce shrub and grass competition
• Compatibility of intensive timber culture with recreation, water and wildlife management
• Planning pitfalls
• Planning for & implementing intensive cultural long & short range planning
• Small woodland ownership management
• Effects of taxation on the planning and implementation of intensive timber management
• Effects of incentives programs
• Possible legislative constraints to intensive silvicultural practices in northern forest types
• Technical assistance for intensive culture of northern forest types
• Closing comments

Citation

Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1977. Proceedings of the symposium on intensive culture of northern forest types. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-29. Upper Darby, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 356p.