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Maine State LibraryMaine State DocumentsForest Service Documents Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry11-6-20152014 Silvicultural Activities ReportMaine Forest ServiceMaine Forest ServiceForest Policy and Management DivisionFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalmaine.com/for_docsThis Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry at Maine State Documents. It has been accepted forinclusion in Forest Service Documents by an authorized administrator of Maine State Documents. For more information, please contactstatedocs@maine.gov.Recommended CitationMaine Forest Service and Maine Forest Service, "2014 Silvicultural Activities Report" (2015). Forest Service Documents. 44.http://digitalmaine.com/for_docs/442014Silvicultural Activities ReportCompiled from the 2014 Landowner Reports and other survey instruments.Data collected under the provisions of Title 12 MRS §8885November 6, 2015Published:Maine Forest Service#22 SHS, Augusta, ME  04333(207)287-2791 OR 1-800-367-0223(instate)www.maineforestservice.gov; www.bewoodswise.orgPrinted under appropriation 010-01A-5400-52including Annual Report on Clearcutting and Precommercial ActivitiesDepartment of Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryForest Policy and Management DivisionWe help you make informed decisions about Maine's forestsThis publication is available online at:www.maineforestservice.govIn 2014, licensed foresters supervised harvesting on 299,559 acres, compared to 297,101 acres in 2013.Report HighlightsHerbicide Use:Harvesting and Land Use ChangesTimber Stand Improvement (TSI):Planting:Land Use Changes:Clearcutting:Landowners owning more than 100,000 acres in Maine created 93% of all clearcut acreage (21,663 acres). The primary silvicultural reason for clearcutting reported by large landowners was the removal of poor quality, intolerant, under stocked, short lived or mature overstories where the retention of the residual overstory trees is not justified for further increase in value, as a source of seed, or for protection of the new stand.Forester InvolvementAverage clearcut size in 2014 was 25 acres.  Landowners owning more than 100,000 acres had an average clearcut size of 36 acres. Landowners owning less than 100,000 acres had an average clearcut size of 14 acres.  26 clearcuts larger than 75 acres were created in 2013.424,456 acres were harvested in 2014, an increase from 415,255 acres in 2013.395,427 acres were "partially harvested" (partial and shelterwood totals) in 2014, a 2% increase from 385,784 acres in 2013.Harvesting to convert land from forest management to some other land use increased 28% from 4,416 acres in 2013 to 5,660 acres in 2014.For site preparation a increase of 48%, from 913 acres in 2013 to 1,355 acres in 2014.To release crop trees from competing vegetation increased 190%, from 1,367 acres in 2013 to 3,966 acres in 2014.94% of the acreage was done by landowners owning more than 100,000 acres (15,774 acres).Precommercial thinning of young stands with spacing saws increased 24%, from 13,474 acres in 2013 to 16,759 acres in 2014.98% of the planting acreage was by landowners owning more than 100,000 acres (5,121 acres).Tree planting decreased 20%, from 6,554 acres in 2013 to 5,222 acres in 2014.The total area clearcut decreased, from 25,055 acres in 2013 to 23,369 acres in 2014.  Clearcutting amounted to 5.5% of total harvested acres.Precommercial Silvicultural Activities1.3.2.4.Licensed Forester supervision occurred on 29% (777 out of 2,663 harvests) of the harvests on family forests (<= 100 acres in all ownership types) in 2014.  This is similiar to 2013 (696 out of 2,470 harvests).The number of harvests reported increased from 5,723 to 5,921.71% of all harvest acres in 2014 had a licensed forester involved; a slight decrease from 2013 (72%).2014 Harvesting and Land Use ChangesOwnership SizeOwnershipTypePartial Harvests ClearcutLand Use ChangeAcresCommercial Harvest Information by Landowner Size and TypeTotal HarvestInitial or Intermediate Entry Final EntryTotal ShelterwoodShelterwood1 to 100 acresForest Industry Woodlands 3 0 0 0 30 0101 to 1,000 acres 93 44 0 0 13734 101,001 to 100,000 acres 12,380 1,099 15 106 13,600329 770100,000 + acres 8,802 18,638 5,479 0 32,9195,795 12,84321,278 19,781 5,494 106 46,659SubTotal 6,158 13,6231 to 100 acresInvestor Timberlands 10 0 0 0 100 0101 to 1,000 acres 90 110 0 0 20057 531,001 to 100,000 acres 607 1,993 67 87 2,7541,330 663100,000 + acres 14,958 46,810 10,022 66 71,85617,679 29,13115,665 48,913 10,089 153 74,820SubTotal 19,066 29,8471 to 100 acresNon-Industrial Land 43,740 9,429 631 1,313 55,1133,642 5,787101 to 1,000 acres 67,130 14,958 692 1,545 84,3257,331 7,6271,001 to 100,000 acres 25,061 19,584 233 903 45,7815,419 14,165100,000 + acres 26,629 66,001 6,134 35 98,79920,925 45,076162,560 109,972 7,690 3,796 284,018SubTotal 37,317 72,6551 to 100 acresOther Woodlands (Govt, etc.) 186 38 0 54 27838 0101 to 1,000 acres 1,232 161 30 1,166 2,58954 1071,001 to 100,000 acres 1,909 1,307 38 133 3,387614 693100,000 + acres 11,390 1,035 28 252 12,705290 74514,717 2,541 96 1,605 18,959SubTotal 996 1,5452014 Totals: 214,220 181,207 5,6602013 Totals:Percent Change from 2013 to 2014: -3% 10% -7% 28%424,4562%Percent of 2014 Harvest: 50.47% 42.69% 5.51% 1.33% 100.00%23,36963,537 117,67014.97% 27.72%-5% 21%220,967 164,817 25,055 4,416 415,25567,206 97,6112014 Precommercial Activities and Professional Assistance Number of  Reported HarvestsOwnership SizeOwnershipType Site Prep Release TSI Tree PlantingAcresHerbicide UsePrecommercial Activitiesby Landowner Size and TypeTotalAcresNumber of HarvestsLicensed Forester Involvementby Landowner Size and Type01 to 100 acresForest Industry Woodlands 0 0 0 0 005101 to 1,000 acres 0 0 0 1 80611,001 to 100,000 acres 0 0 0 46 8,932086100,000 + acres 0 0 8,635 62 32,8343,8330 0 8,635 3,833 41,774109152Subtotal11 to 100 acresInvestor Timberlands 0 0 0 1 1004101 to 1,000 acres 20 0 27 4 2006111,001 to 100,000 acres 0 19 0 10 2,7350155100,000 + acres 7 685 1,586 140 63,40610327 704 1,613 109 66,351155171Subtotal2,6441 to 100 acresNon-Industrial Land 26 14 396 771 20,299412,001101 to 1,000 acres 30 77 265 730 34,789454441,001 to 100,000 acres 0 0 297 257 32,7168332100,000 + acres 1,272 3,171 5,550 292 86,1811,1851,328 3,262 6,508 1,279 173,9852,0505,421Subtotal181 to 100 acresOther Woodlands (Govt, etc.) 0 0 0 5 134155101 to 1,000 acres 0 0 0 28 1,6130411,001 to 100,000 acres 0 0 0 36 3,338063100,000 + acres 0 0 3 58 12,36400 0 3 1 17,449127177Subtotal2014 Totals:2013 Totals:Change from 2013 to 2014:1,355 16,7593,966 5,22248% 24%190% -20%299,5592,4415,9216% 1%3%5,723 2,297 297,101913 13,474 6,5541,367Harvest conducted to convert forestland to another land use such as house lots, farm pastures, etc.Change of Land Use:Harvest on a site larger than 5 acres that results in a residual basal area of acceptable growing stock trees >4.5" DBH of less than 30 square feet per acre, unless after harvesting the site has a well-distributed stand of acceptable growing stock 3 feet tall for softwood and5 feet for hardwoods (Overstory Removal).  Refer to the latest copy of the Maine Forest Service Rules Chapter 20 for additional information.  It can be found on the Maine Forest Service website at http://www.state.me.us/doc/mfs/rules_regs/index.htmClearcut:Harvest of mature trees from a forest site in two or more stages.  The first stage removes only a portion of the trees to allowestablishment of regeneration before the remaining trees are removed in subsequent harvest.Shelterwood: Harvest where trees are removed individually or in small (<5 acre) patches.Partial Harvest:Woodlands owned by other entities not listed above -- including local, state, federal, or tribal governments.Woodlands privately owned but NOT by a forest industry.  These include private individuals and other non-forest product industries.Woodlands owned by a forest products industry; usually most of the wood harvested is used by that industry.Other woodlands:Forest Industry Land:Non-Industrial Land:Types of HarvestsOwnership TypeDefinitions:Woodlands owned by organizations, including Timberland Investment Management Organizations (TIMOs) and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) that hold timberland assets as fiduciaries for the benefit of others.Investor Timberlands2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Total Harvest 531,883 521,554 505,878 462,892 395,913 443,169 444,410 443,714 415,255 424,453Partial Harvest 282,433 262,583 251,233 236,132 194,756 245,088 223,826 229,319 220,967 214,220Total Shelterwood 221,986 233,863 236,215 211,845 182,009 175,601 190,881 189,356 164,817 181,207Clearcut 21,254 18,704 11,065 10,069 14,877 19,301 24,494 20,461 25,055 23,366Land Use Change 6,210 6,403 7,365 4,846 4,271 3,179 5,209 4,578 4,416 5,6600100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000Acres of ForestlandHarvesting Trends in Maine  2005‐20142014 Annual Report on Clearcutting and Precommercial ActivitiesCompiled from the 2014 Landowner Reports and other survey instruments.  Data collected under the provisions of the Forest Resources Assessment Program, 12 MRS § 8878-ACounty TSI Planted # AcresAcresClearcuts > 75 acres in sizePrecommercial ActivitiesAll Other LandownersLarge Landowners (own >100,000 acres)ClearcutPurpose for Clearcut(see explanation below)Sub Total1 2 3 4 Sub Total TSI PlantedAcresAll LandownersAcresAcresAvg. Size Avg. SizeClearcutAndroscoggin 0 0 00 780 0 0 0 0 780 200 16Aroostook 10,806 3,680 1,98017 1625,437 0 79 0 5,516 5,67870 2675 11Cumberland 0 0 00 370 0 0 0 0 370 00 7Franklin 218 108 4763 1151,669 0 967 0 2,636 2,75141 024 19Hancock 0 0 00 80231 0 3 0 234 31438 047 8Kennebec 0 0 00 20 0 0 0 0 232 00 2Knox 0 0 00 550 0 0 0 0 550 00 7Lincoln 0 0 00 180 0 0 0 0 1829 00 9Oxford 109 0 7113 2572,826 0 737 0 3,563 3,820381 024 14Penobscot 284 305 00 139900 5 0 0 905 1,044146 682 9Piscataquis 1,802 106 981 231405 0 250 98 753 98457 1022 12Sagadahoc 0 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 023 30 0Somerset 2,227 922 3302 1996,994 96 127 330 7,547 7,746130 2221 12Waldo 0 0 00 1880 0 0 0 0 18820 100 13Washington 308 0 00 53308 0 104 97 509 56218 023 9York 20 0 00 920 0 0 0 0 920 40 10State Total: 15,774 5,121 26 3,595 1,706Purposes for creating clearcut:Removal of poor quality, intolerant, under stocked, short lived or mature overstories where the retention of the residual overstory trees is not justified for further increase in value, as a source of seed, or for protection of the new stand.1.Ecologically appropriate improvement or creation of wildlife habitat.2.3.4.Removal of stands that, if partially harvested according to accepted silvicultural practice, are at high risk for windthrow due to factors such as soils, rooting depth, crown ratio or stem quality.Harvesting of an existing plantation or other forest stand established by or previously treated with precommercial silvicultural activities.18,770 101 2,267 525 21,663 23,36910198536 14This page intentionally left blank.Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Maine Forest Service, Forest Policy and Management Division Compiled from 2014 Landowner Reports356 Shaker RoadGray, ME     04039Phone: (207) 592-1251E-mail: shane.p.duigan@maine.govMaine Forest Service District ForestersOliver Markewicz2281 Alfred RoadLyman, ME     04002Phone: (207) 441-3712E-mail:oliver.c.markewicz@maine.govMerle Ring131 Bethel RoadWest Paris, ME     04289Phone: (207) 441-3276E-mail: merle.ring@maine.govPatty CormierPO Box 416Norridgewock, ME     04957Phone: (207) 592-2238E-mail: patty.cormier@maine.govGordon MooreP.O. Box 1107Greenville, ME     04441Phone: (207) 441-4139E-mail: gordon.moore@maine.govSandy WalczykP.O. Box 130Jonesboro, ME     04468Phone: (207) 441-4924E-mail: sandra.l.walczyk@maine.govTerri CoolongP.O. Box 415Old Town, ME     04468Phone: (207) 215-0679 E-mail: terri.r.coolong@maine.govDan Jacobs2 Forestry RoadIsland Falls, ME     04747Phone: (207) 441-4128E-mail: dan.jacobs@maine.govRandy Lagasse45 Radar RoadAshland, ME     04732Phone: (207) 557-1086E-mail: randy.lagasse@maine.govMorten Moesswilde536 Waldoboro RoadJefferson, ME     04348Phone: (207) 441-2895E-mail: morten.moesswilde@maine.govShane DuiganMaine Forest Service - Main Office - Augusta 1-800-367-0223 (instate) or 207-287-2791email: forestinfo@maine.govDepartment of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Maine Forest Service, Forest Policy and Management Division Compiled from 2014 Landowner Reports

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