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Managing Aspen In The Lake States Slide Set

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Describes regeneration and management practices to sustain aspen stands for wood, wildlife, and aesthetic purposes. Use with folder FO-5637, "Regenerating Quaking Aspen: Management Recommentations." For adults, particularly woodland owners.

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Contents

2.	Aspen crown with yellow leaves	42.	Young hybrid poplar plantation with good weed control
3.	Range map for quaking and bigtooth aspen	43.	Drawing of small clearcut
4.	Paper, particleboard, lumber and fuel pellets	44.	Dense sapling aspen stand
5.	Ruffed grouse	45.	Clear stem of large aspen
6.	Leaves of quaking aspen and bigtooth aspen	46.	Pile of aspen sawlogs
7.	Pure aspen stand	47.	Thinned aspen stand
8.	Mixed stand of aspen and hardwoods	48.	Word slide showing products and ages
9.	Mixed stand of aspen and conifers	49.	Word slide showing site index, cords and age
10.	Composite picture of soil profile and aspen trees	50.	Old, decadent aspen stand or close-up of broken or diseased tree
11.	High quality aspen stand	51.	Composite photo of conk and white rot in end of log
12.	Drawing of crown classes	52.	Canker
13.	Aspen site index curves	53.	Dense pole-size aspen stand
14.	Aspen clearcut	54.	Borer damage
15.	Aspen root suckers	55.	Forest tent caterpillar
16.	Chain saw felling during dormant season	56.	Person inspecting diseased tree
17.	Chain saw felling during growing season	57.	Fire in aspen stand
18.	Composite picture of complete clearcut and partial clearcut	58.	Ruffed grouse
19.	Skidding in winter with snow cover	59.	Close-up of aspen, birch and hazel buds
20.	Skidding tree-length logs, without snow cover	60.	Drawing of 4 cutting blocks
21.	Chain saw felling small tree	61.	Island of mature aspen in large clearcut
22.	Spraying herbicide into girdle	62.	Woodcock
23.	Spraying herbicide on lower tree stem	63.	Singing ground
24.	Prescribed burn	64.	White-tailed deer
25.	Dense young sucker regeneration	65.	Pie chart showing recommended proportions of cover types
26.	Forester in aspen stand	66.	Small clearcut
27.	Well-stocked aspen stand without dense brush in understory	67.	Woodpecker on dead tree
28.	Aspen stand with dense brush	68.	Clearcut
29.	Old understocked aspen stand with broken and diseased trees	69.	Drawing of straight, irregular, and feathered edges
30.	Shearing with bulldozer blade in dormant season	70.	Island of trees in clearcut
31.	Sapling aspen stand	71.	Drawing of clearcuts following land contours and crossing contours
32.	Stand of aspen and other hardwoods	72.	Drawing of clearcuts with narrow, irregular shape and straight edges
33.	Aspen with understory of spruce-fir	73.	Adjoining stands with different tree sizes
34.	Spruce-fir stand with openings	74.	Grass and clover on logging road
35.	Clearcut with scattered spruce and fir remaining	75.	Forester in woodland
36.	Small clearcut with spruce-fir	76.	Word slide: "Extension Forester, State Forester, Consulting Forester, Industry Forester"
37.	Aspen with understory of spruce-fir	77.	Paper mill, grouse, deer, aspen in fall color
38.	Aspen seed	78.	Word slide: credits for author, photographer, narrator, artist
39.	Compacted seed bed	79.	Word slide: list of contributors
40.	Aspen seed on bare soil	80.	Word slide: produced by University of Minnesota
41.	Handful of poplar cuttings

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