The Uneven-Aged Management Project is designed to educate woodland owners and silviculture contractors interested in growing long-lived, shade-tolerant tree species and quality forest products. It focuses on silviculture practices associated with uneven-aged management—selection management, crop tree release, and crop tree pruning–and on funding available for these treatments through the ASF’s Category 7 Quality Improvement Silviculture Program.
There is increasing demand for contractors with demonstrated ability to do these treatments.
Workshops for silviculture contractors will be held in the field, on a woodlot where quality-improvement silviculture treatments have been and could be conducted. The workshops emphasize ”how to’s” of uneven-aged management, with opportunities to learn through hands-on exercises. Contractors will learn how to ensure that quality-improvement silviculture treatments are successful and cost effective. Topics to be discussed also include how to decide which trees to harvest and which to retain, ecosystem-based forest management, and challenges of doing this kind of work.
Space at these programs is limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registration is required.
This outreach project is administered by the ASF and is being funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources as part of a program to increase the number of small, private woodlot owners who use uneven-aged forest management methods on appropriate sites. The project is being conducted on behalf of the ASF by the Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association in collaboration with Picea Forestry Services and Woodlot Management of Bridgewater, NS.
Interested woodlot owners and contractors are encouraged to contact the Category 7 Outreach Project at 902-673-2278 or outreach@asforestry.com.
UNEVEN-AGED MANAGEMENT PROJECT
FALL SCHEDULE of SILVICULTURE CONTRACTOR WORKSHOPS
Silviculture contractor workshops last about 3 hours and are held in the afternoon on a woodlot where it is possible to show sites both before and after treatments have been done. These workshops are free.
• Sept. 23, Bridgewater area, Lunenburg County
• Oct. 7, Wentworth area, Colchester County
• Nov. 18, Eastern Region, location TBA.
Space at all workshops is limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registration is required. To register call 902-673-2278 or email outreach@asforestry.com
