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Experience and Research Florian Deisenhofer, Silviculturist

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Innovative Silviculture - site specific harvesting, reforestation and habitat enhancement projects

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Page 1: Innovative Silviculture

Experience and ResearchFlorian Deisenhofer, Silviculturist

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Old Growth Identification

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Habitat Enhancement

Snag Creation

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Habitat Enhancement

Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata)

Restoration

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Variable Density Thinning

Gap with Retention

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Variable Density Thinning

Pre-harvest condition Post-harvest condition

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Variable Retention Harvest

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Variable Retention HarvestHigh Elevation

Pre-harvest Condition Post-harvest Condition

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Variable Retention HarvestFall Planting of Styro-15 Noble Fir Plugs

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Variable Retention Harvest

Fall Noble Fir Plug after Two Growing

Seasons

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ShelterwoodHarvest

Pre-Harvest Condition

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ShelterwoodHarvestPost-Harvest Condition

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ShelterwoodHarvestFall Planted Douglas-fir Seedlings after two

Growing Seasons (left) and Natural Regeneration (right)

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Hardwood Conversion

Understory Conifer Release

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Hardwood Conversion

Understory Conifer Release &Caged, Netted, Microsite-Planted

Western Redcedar

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Caged Netted

Two-Year Western Redcedar Growth Performance

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Microsite-Planted Western Redcedar

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Root Rot ReforestationCaged, Netted, Microsite-Planted Western Redcedar

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Root Rot Reforestation

First-Year Growth

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Regenerating Western Redcedar for Value

Three Growing Seasons (Fenced)

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Regenerating Western Redcedar for Value

Third-Year Growth (Netted)

Third-Year Growth (Fenced)