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.

<<< prev      Contents      next >>> <<< prev      Contents      next >>> 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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