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The right techniques for the task
… how to make habitat for wildlife. How to Make It Cutting Trees … the ground spurs the growth of grasses, wildflowers, and shrubs. This flush of new growth provides abundant food and … , including butterflies and native bees. Cutting Back Older Shrubs When shrubs become over-mature, they get …
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Think 5-5-5
… different-aged trees as well as different types of trees, shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers – a diversity of plants … Harvesting timber on steep slopes can lead to erosion. Cutting trees that cast shade on temporary woodland ponds … water, and take up adult lives on land. Let Blocks of Older Forest Remain In areas that already have ample …
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Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area, New Jersey
… creating patches of young forest scattered through the older woods. New young growth in these openings attracts a … for wildlife, including nectar for pollinators . Cutting trees to open the forest canopy has more than … Research has shown that dense young trees and shrubs attract birds that require such habitat to breed. …
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Call it “in-between habitat”
… Young forest is a light-filled place rich with small trees, shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers. Thick, tangled, and less … since it’s not open grassland and it hasn’t become older woodland yet. With Less Young Forest Now Than in … Forest Guide . Approaches include preserving old fields, cutting or burning overmature and spindly shrubs so they …