White Pine Silviculture for Timber and Wildlife Habitat in New England
White Pine Silviculture for Timber and Wildlife Habitat in New England

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Published: 2020

Total Pages: 34

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This update of the 1978 guide (Lancaster and Leak 1978) includes new information on practical silvicultural alternatives such as low-density management, pine-oak mixtures, and wildlife management options. We include the latest on regeneration techniques—a current urgent problem—including the influence of prior agricultural disturbance. Site relationships, successional trends, growth and yield, and economics are discussed as well as suggested stand prescriptions. There are several widely different approaches for managing white pine; we have tried to cover the options. For additional information on white pine silviculture and management see the workshop proceedings from Managing White Pine in a New Millennium (Bennett and Desmarais 2003) and Good Forestry in the Granite State (Bennett 2010), both publications available from UNH Cooperative Extension.

Dynamics of White Pine in New England
Dynamics of White Pine in New England

Author: William B. Leak

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Published: 1995

Total Pages: 14

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The growth, regeneration, and quality of white pine between the 1970's and 1980's were analyzed for the six-state New England region. Growth was comparable among all states except for Rhode Island where the growth (1.71%) was low in comparison with other states and with the growth of red maple (4.29%) within the state. For all states, the proportion of acreage in white pine seedling/sapling stands was too small (8%) to maintain the current volume and acreage of the species. However, stems in the 2- to 10-inch diameter class were adequately J-shaped over all states to sustain the species. Because many of these small stems must be in small openings or under partial canopies, efforts to regenerate and release white pine seem warranted. The percentage of volume in grades 1 and 2 more than doubled between the 1970's and 1980's in all states except Massachusetts and Connecticut where the percentage remained about constant.