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Forests
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Forest Foundation after obtaining his forestry degree from Paul Smith College.
Vogel wall show RappFLOW participants how he selects trees for cutting. By removing nearby damaged or diseased trees, healthy, high-grade specimens are allowed to reproduce and maximize their growth potential. Then, using his team of Suffolk Punch draft horses, Vogel demonstrates how horses can pull logs without disturbing the remaining trees. This is far less damaging to the soil and tree roots than the continuous track created by track or wheeldriven machinery.
Wood will help RappFLOW participants understand how such practices protect the watershed and address the question, “In what situations is horse logging an appropriate, economically feasible, practical method of forestry operations? Does it have a place in our local economy?”
/~VWho needs a forest manVy agement plan and why is it important?
Wood focuses on integrating the environmental, ecological, economic, and social objectives of forest management. Most forest landowners, he sayi, can benefit from clarifying their multiple objectives as they identify the potential of their forest lands. Economic objectives for timber harvest might prompt an owner's interest in planning, but other goals such as obtaining firewood, conserving and enhancing wildlife habitat, protecting the watershed, enjoying recreation, and aesthetics always enter into the plan objectives.
Wood advocates an “integrated” approach to forest management, which is respectful of ecological processes. Integrated forestry seeks to create diverse, stable ecological communities, not only because of their intrinsic value, but also because they are the most productive kinds of communities.
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