Project Code: | BRL-01-045 |
Area: | Field Operations |
Sponsor: | Blue Ridge Lumber (1981) |
The primary purpose of this Project was the reduction of deciduous competition, thus assisting the coniferous crop trees to maintain "free-to-grow" status.
Objectives included the decrease of intra- and inter-specific competition, establishment of pre-determined densities and composition structure within each block, and the creation of an environment in which the crop trees can maintain "free-to- grow" status.
Over the 2002 field season, approximately 766.5 hectares were manually tended using brush saws. "All found" costs were $560.55 per hectare and overall quality over thirty-six blocks averaged 96.7 %.
Keywords
Manual – brush saw
Mechanical Tending
Weeding & Thinning
Density Management
Conifer Release
Blue Ridge Lumber