Problem Addressed: Biological assumptions underlying management and regulation of deer winter habitat are increasingly challenged by forest user groups
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Conference to bring together diverse opinions and concerns regarding the management of deer habitat in Maine.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Manage western spruce budworm by long-term special silvicultural treatments on 934,019 acres out of a total infestation of 3,151,985 acres.
Key Findings: The principal beneficial effect of special silvicultural treatment is protection of forests which are the sources of raw materials for wood product mills within and adjacent to the infested areas.
Problem Addressed: Cost of strip cutting black spruce stands
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Deals with impact of strip cutting on planning, layout and supervision, in-strip operations, roadside processing, movement of mean and materials, and roads.
Key Findings: Results combine the low and high estimates for each activity for which cost estimates were made.
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Provide some details of the variation in mortality among plots, as well as describing recovery.
Key Findings: It appears that while these immature stands have recovered remarkably from the effects of intense uncontrolled defoliation, they will yield only slightly more than one-half of the projected volume at maturity.