Woodlot Management Planning
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- Introduction
- Farming and Forestry …1
- Benefits …4
- Challenges …6
- Agroforestry’s Potential in Ontario …7
- Understanding Farm Woodlands
- The Life Cycle of a Tree …9
- Tree Growth Requirements …14
- Woodland Growth – Forest Dynamics and Change …18
- Woodlands as Ecosystems …23
- Woodland Types …35
- Plantation Types …40
- Woodlot Management Planning
- 6 Steps to a Plan …45
- Step 1. Gather Background Information …46
- Step 2. Develop Management Objectives …47
- Step 3. Conduct a Resource Inventory …49
- Step 4. Develop and Evaluate Management Options …51
- Step 5. Develop a Management Plan …52
- Step 6. Implement Your Plan …52
- Suitability of Woodland Types for Products and Other Benefits …53
- BMPs for Woodlots
- Woodlot Products and Ecological Values …56
- Management Principles and Silvicultural Systems …59
- Woodlot Structural Features …63
- General BMPs for Woodlots …67
- BMPs for Woodland Types …83
- BMPs for Plantations
- Types of Plantations …101
- Principles of Plantation Management …104
- Plantation Management Systems …108
- General BMPs for Thinning Conifer Plantations …112
- BMPs for Thinning and Pruning Your Plantation …117
- BMPs for Harvesting Your Plantation …125
- BMPs for Other Woodlands
- Riparian Woodlands …127
- Wooded Wetlands …132
- Treed Fencerows …134
- BMPs for Woodlot Harvest
- Planning a Harvest …136
- Health and Safety Issues When Harvesting Woodlots …140
- BMPs for Forest Health and Contingency Planning
- Forest Health …141
- Contingency Planning …142
- Glossary