That brochure wants to encourage landowners to manage for older growth which is a good thing. At the same time some forestry programs are paying landowners to clearcut some of their forest for wildlife because they say there is a dearth of early successional habitat. The truth is the shortage of older forests is real while the shortage of early successional habitat is a myth.
Here is a link to the state's old growth policy: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/forestry/docs/oldgrwpol.pdf Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Zorzin Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 6:24 AM To: ENTS Subject: [ENTS] restoring old growth characteristics http://masswoods.net/images/stories/pdf/Restoring_Old_Growth_Characteris tics.pdf that's a brochure on "Restoring Old Growth Characteristics" by the U. Mass. extension service I'm curious what y'all think of the idea. Joe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
