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The photo
to the left is representative of a Penn State Forestland Management
Office Seed Tree Regeneration Treatment. The photo was taken during
the fall approximately 3 years following the first harvest. That winter
the deer fence was dismantled and the remaining overstory trees were
harvested to allow the more than 30,000 seedlings/saplings to grow.
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The photo to the left
is representative of a Penn State Forestland Management Office Shelterwood
Regeneration Treatment. The photo was taken in the spring during
the third growing season. The deer fence will be removed and the
remaining overstory trees will be harvested once the stand has been
successfully regenerated with desirable species that are above the
browse height of the whitetail deer.
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The photo to the left
is representative of a Penn State Forestland Management Office Clearcut
Regeneration Treatment. The photo was taken in the spring during
the second growing season. The deer fence will be removed once the
stand has been successfully regenerated with desirable species that
are above the browse height of the whitetail deer.
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The photo to the left
is representative of a Penn State Forestland Management Office Stand
Conversion Regeneration Treatment. The photo was taken in the spring
during the second growing season. Prior to treatment the stand was
a monoculture of stagnant low value Table Mountain Pine. The stand
was whole-tree chipped and deer fenced. The result was a stand conversion
to desirable hardwood species. Approximately 20,000 vigorous seedlings
and sprouts now occupy the site. First season growth on oaks and
ashes exceeded 5 feet in height.
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The photo
to the left is representative of a Penn State Forestland Management
Office Pine Plantation Clearcut Artificial Regeneration Treatment.
The photo was taken in the spring during the thirteenth growing season.
The site has been clearcut, hand planted (6' x 8' spacing) and noncommercially
mechanically thinned. A commercial thinning may be possible in approximately
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