| Location:
Stone Valley Forest |
Looking north, after the harvest prior to processing
Processing the conifer into 20' lengths and stacking
prior to hauling
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| Stand Type:
Old Field Conifer Plantation (CCC Planting) |
| Stand Size:
19.81 Acres |
| Stand Age
at Harvest: 65 to 70 Years Old |
| Treatment:
Regeneration Clearcut |
| Harvest Method:
Fully Mechanized |
| Operator:
Metzler Forest Products, INC |
| Secondary
Processor: Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company |
| Primary Product:
Pulpwood w/Some Sawlogs |
| Volume: 2100
Tons of Pulpwood |
| Primary Species:
Norway Spruce, White Pine, Pitch Pine and Red Pine |
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Stand Reestablishment:
Scheduled to be Hand Planted in Spring 2005
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| NOTES: The
site was established in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps
under the U.S. Resettlement Administration. The CCC crew hand planted
"bucket mix" conifers to control severe erosion in abandoned
agriculture fields resulting from decades of intensive farming practices.
The stand was free to grow for 60+ years. Mortality had become common,
especially in the Red Pines, as the stand matured. The stand was schedule
to be clearcut during Period 3 (1999-2003) of the Stone Valley Forest
Management Plan 1989 to 2038. Undesirable pulpwood prices caused the
rotation to be slightly extended. The current harvest operation is
fully mechanized and very efficient. Small islands of advanced regeneration
were protected to maintain species and structural diversity. Trees
are being processed at the landings to prep for tree planting. The
piles of woody debris at the landings were processed for mulch. 20,000
2-0 bare root Pitlolly Pine seedlings will be hand planted this April
on a 6' by 8' spacing. Future treatments may include a chemical herbicide
conifer release, pre-commercial thinning and a commercial thinning.
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