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  1. Making young forest in an era of climate change

    … Steven Eustis Harvesting timber in a sustainable way yields valuable … young forest for wildlife. In healthy forests, trees remove, or sequester, carbon from the air and store it … through carefully cutting down trees in strategic places. Harvesting timber (logging) can lock up carbon when the …

  2. Old Newgate Coon Club, Connecticut

    … launched a project to help New England cottontails by harvesting timber on 21 acres so that dense small trees would grow back and create the thick cover those rare … habitat work started in 2017 on 9 additional acres, as trees larger than 2 inches in diameter were removed, …

  3. Cutting trees can boost forest, wildlife diversity

    Cutting trees can boost forest, wildlife diversity … and Small Landowners can use tree felling or timber harvesting to create forest openings (2 acres or less), … habitat managers may recommend clearcutting, or "even-aged" harvesting, in which most or all of the trees are taken. Or …

  4. The right techniques for the task

    … make habitat for wildlife. How to Make It Cutting Trees … the stumps, root systems, nuts, and seeds of harvested trees send up thousands of little trees. Light reaching the … before taking actions – such as mowing older shrubs or harvesting trees – that could cause invasives to spread. …

  5. Think 5-5-5

    … a woodland into blocks 5 acres and larger and harvest the trees on one or more of those blocks every 5 years, so that … a young growth stage, encouraging a mix of different-aged trees as well as different types of trees, shrubs, grasses, … to add a young forest component to the sanctuary. Harvesting timber on steep slopes can lead to erosion. …

  6. National Forest in North Carolina to Create Key Young Forest Habitat

    … Strategically harvesting trees and planting other native trees preferred by wildlife are part of an 800-acre …