Climate actions
Some of the alternative silvicultural strategies for habitat regeneration and management are the following: harvest clear cut or retention, rotation cycle, sizing of harvest units, pure or mixed species planting, multistore stands depending on habitat objectives. Monitoring of regeneration and timing of follow-up harvests are critical.
Manage habitats
Objective
Spread forest types over a range of sites and conditions, both existing and new, in order to increase combinations of location, site conditions, and species aggregations.
Description
Biological, economic, and social values or uses need to be considered. These values include timber production, wildlife habitat, aesthetics, recreation, watershed protection, biodiversity conservation.Expected results
Increase the opportunities for successful regeneration thereby increasing the likelihood of persistence of a species or community.
Result indicators
Number of species preserved.
Involved actors
Public administration, forest responsible, scientist, population.
Expected timeline for action
Best practices
Criticalities
Shelterwood treatments are usually scheduled over a longer period (5 to 20 years) which requires good record keeping and timely follow-up. Residual overstory and advanced regeneration must be protected from damage during harvests; this may require harvests to be restricted to fall or winter. Logging costs are higher than for clearcutting, but probably less than for selective harvests.Scope of the action
Type of proposed actions
Sector of action
Climate impacts
Implementation scale