| Location:
Stone Valley Forest |
Hardwood log yard comprised of tropical storm
blowdown
Examples of PSU Log Faces
Veneer
Log Face (Above)
|
F1
Log Face (Above) |
F2
Log Face (Above)
|
F3 Log
Face (Above) |
|
| Stand Type:
Mature Hardwood |
| Stand Size:
Concentrated Area of 2.2 Acres |
| Stand Age
at Harvest: 115+ |
| Treatment:
Salvage |
| Harvest Method:
Hand Bucking, Cable Skidding |
| Operator:
Martin Watkins |
| Secondary
Processor: Various Mills |
| Primary Product:
Veneer to Firewood |
| Volume: 56,222
Bd.Ft. (Int. 1/4" Rule) |
| Primary Species:
Northern Red Oak |
|
Stand Reestablishment:
Natural
|
| NOTES:
The site was established naturally in the mid to late 19th century.
The stand was free to grow for well over a century. Blowdown has been
a characteristic of the site for decades, tip-up mounds are located
throughout the stand. The stand was scheduled to be regenerated with
a shelterwood harvest during Period 4 (2004 to 2008) of the Stone
Valley Forest Management Plan 1989 to 2038. Over mature trees, steep
slopes, saturated soils and high winds from tropical storms altered
the management of the stand. Our office has taken the opportunity
to use this naturally occurring event as a demostration on how to
market hardwood logs to log buyers and mills. An independent logger
has been contracted to cut and buck for maximum profit all storm damaged
logs. PSU Forestland Management Office staff scale, grade and market
all the logs. Extensive records pertaining to costs and revenues are
kept for analysis. Future treatments will include a shelterwood on
the undamaged portion of the stand. |
