Need for Pennsylvania Forest Stewards
Over a half-million private landowners control more than 70 percent of Pennsylvania’s forests. Clearly, the decisions that individual landowners make shape both the short-term and long-term condition of forest resources in the Commonwealth. Those who are accepted for PAFS training will help encourage private forest landowners to implement sound forest management practices. Hundreds and, ultimately, thousands of others can learn about good forest management through this network of informed woodland owners.
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Pennsylvania
DCNR,
Bureau of Forestry
Unsustainable timber harvesting practices, such as this diameter-limit cut, threaten the future of our forest resources.
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Results of a shelterwood, a sustainable harvest prescribed by a forester.
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A gypsy moth laying eggs. |
Gypsy moth caterpillars have damaged this forest by eating the tree leaves. |
PAFS volunteers encourage private forest landowners to enlist the assistance of natural resources professionals when developing plans for their forests, especially before a timber harvest.
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