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Historical Context for Forest Management in New England

Historical Context for Forest Management in New England. Pre-Settlement: 1600. Early Homestead: 1740. Height of Clearing: 1830. Abandonment: 1850. Old Field White Pine: 1910. Hardwood release and succession: 1915. Young hardwoods: 1930. Stand Improvement Cutting. Commercial Thinning.

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Historical Context for Forest Management in New England

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  1. Historical Context for Forest Management in New England

  2. Pre-Settlement: 1600

  3. Early Homestead: 1740

  4. Height of Clearing: 1830

  5. Abandonment: 1850

  6. Old Field White Pine: 1910

  7. Hardwood release and succession: 1915

  8. Young hardwoods: 1930

  9. Stand Improvement Cutting

  10. Commercial Thinning

  11. Shelterwood Harvest

  12. Forest Cover Trends in New England Since European Settlement

  13. Wildlife Population Trends in VT and NH Since European Settlement

  14. Altered Successional Pathways Resulting from a Complex History of Land-use Figure from Foster (1992)

  15. Differences Between Pre-Settlement and Current Forests in VT and NH Forest Composition Species:Abundance: Chestnut Elm Beech Sugar Maple Hemlock White Pine Red Spruce White Birch Cottonwood Pin Cherry Red Maple Communities:Abundance: Old-Growth Forest of All Types Floodplain Silver Maple and Sugar Maple Rich Lowland Oak/Basswood/Ash Forested Wetlands Native Grasslands and Shrublands Functionally Extirpated Sources: Cogbill (2000); McLachlan et al. (2000); Fuller et al. 1998;Foster 1992; Siccama (1971)

  16. Differences Between Pre-Settlement and Current Forests in VT and NH Landscape Pattern • Patch Size • Patch Shape Complexity • Fragmentation vs. Connectivity • Bottomland Openings • Ridgeline and Upper-Slope Openings • Topographic Distribution of White Pine • Topographic Distribution of Red Spruce Sources: Cogbill (2000); Mladenoff and Pastor (1993)

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