Forest Thinning Benefits & Tips

Forest Conservationist Michael Ahr with West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District walks us through the benefits of forest thinning and provides tips on selecting trees to cut to improve the health and productivity of your forest.

[brianbierman]

Great educational video I've been thinning unhealthy trees mainly crooked pines that were chasing sunlight and leaving the young hickories that have more potential for the future. My woods have alot of scrub oak that competes with straighter hickory saplings. Mature hickory trees are uncommon in my woods. I hope to change that with my thinning practices.

[Alphade-rpqx]

Well this is Going to be very useful to be aware of in yhr near future, happy to hear good info from people with experience in their domain

[ArbitraryLifestyle]

Thx for sharing. I never would've thought to leave the piles of cut trees as habits for them wild thangs :)

[BoxingBalls]

another option is to fall your trees along contour patterns. it leaves the trees to serve landflow and ecosystem services with minimal labour time.

[raphlvlogs]

thinning is the correct way to harvest wood sustainably.

[exitar]

We don’t bunch our plants together in our vegetable gardens why would having trees all bunched together be a good thing.

[andyroubik]

A very good video thank you! The big problem with logging is the removal of organic material. By leaving habitat piles or logs we are enriching the soil and making it better able to retain moisture thereby reducing fire severity. We must also remember that treated Forest burn with greater severity then protected or otherwise UNLOGGED forest.