Protecting Forest Streams During Whole-Tree Harvesting

Author: Hornbeck James W.   Martin C. Wayne   Smith C. Tattersall  

Publisher: Society of American Foresters

ISSN: 0742-6348

Source: Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, Vol.3, Iss.3, 1986-09, pp. : 97-100

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Abstract

Whole-tree harvesting has potential to cause different responses in quality of forest streams than those resulting from bole-only harvests. We sampled turbidity, temperature, and chemistry of streams draining watersheds that were whole-tree harvested in Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. Changes in stream quality can be expected as a result of whole-tree harvesting, but commonsense precautions suggested at the end of this paper can keep the changes within acceptable limits. North. J. Appl. For. 3:97-100, Sept. 1986.