| Location:
Stone Valley Forest |
Masseyburg #106 overstory after the first harvest.
A Tigercat loader loads a trailer with softwood
poles.
|
| Stand Type:
Mature Natural White Pine |
| Stand Size:
4.0 Acres |
| Stand Age
at Harvest: 100 + |
| Treatment:
Two Step Seed Tree |
| Harvest Method:
Hand Felling, Cable Skidding, Loader and Tractor Trailer |
| Operator:
B & S Logging/Keystone State Logging |
| Secondary
Processor: Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company and Kuhns Bros. |
| Primary Product:
Log Home Logs and Pulpwood |
| Volume: 45,400
bdft of Sawtimber |
| Primary Species:
White Pine |
|
Stand Reestablishment:
Natural
|
| NOTES: The
site was established naturally prior to 1900. The stand was free to
grow for 100+ years. Blowdown had become common, especially in the
White Pines, as the stand matured. The stand was schedule to be managed
during Period 2(1994-1999) of the Stone Valley Forest Management Plan
1989 to 2038. Undesirable softwood prices and the stand's small acreage
resulted in the extension of the stand's rotation. The recent harvest
operation was partially mechanized and very efficient. Skidding occurred
throughout the site to prepare the forest floor for regeneration.
The operator was very careful while felling and skidding and kept
barking of residual trees to a minimum (certain trees, if struck,
are susceptible to bark slippage while actively growing). Future treatments
may include a chemical herbicide control of grapevine and a final
removal of the residual overstory in approximately 4 years. |
