All Discussions Tagged 'forest' - CornellForestConnect2024-03-29T02:15:54Zhttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=forest&feed=yes&xn_auth=noRe wilding landscapes in New York with large mammalstag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2019-02-25:6448444:Topic:328332019-02-25T18:37:33.956ZJonathan Bateshttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/JonathanBates
<p>Hello folks. Love to chat with you about re-wilding landscapes in NY. Here is a neat video about a successful project in Britain: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5KsGw4vVM" rel="noopener" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5KsGw4vVM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5KsGw4vVM</a><br></br> <br></br> Essentially the argument is multifold, but comes down to: The landscapes we inhabit today are missing many of the mammals that had significant cascading ecological…</p>
<p>Hello folks. Love to chat with you about re-wilding landscapes in NY. Here is a neat video about a successful project in Britain: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5KsGw4vVM" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5KsGw4vVM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5KsGw4vVM</a><br/> <br/> Essentially the argument is multifold, but comes down to: The landscapes we inhabit today are missing many of the mammals that had significant cascading ecological impact. By re-introducing some of these animals, or at least stand-ins, we can recharge this biodiversity and return some health to our landscapes.</p>
<p>Many of you know that Agroforestry practices have a net positive impact on ecosystem services in landscapes, and can be profitable enterprises. Rewilding takes the idea in a similar but different direction in that we are opening up landscapes to let in solar energy that drives productivity, and effecting natural processes at diverse structural and functional scales. The disturbance large herbivores bring can keep parts of ecosystems in mid-succession, thus providing increased edge habitat for more species.</p>
<p>There are of course HUGE and complex socioeconomic and political factors to consider...</p>
<p>AND, some economic opportunities include: hunting/fishing, conservation programs, tourism, ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, valuing abandoned farm land, and many other opportunities.</p>
<p>Is there a place for such a project in New York state? And if so, who wants to collaborate in making it happen?</p> Logging Impacts on Deertag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2013-10-02:6448444:Topic:136282013-10-02T18:41:05.609ZPeter Smallidgehttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/3pcwpqc3r9bgy
<p>I saw a question about the impacts of logging on deer, specifically concern by hunters who lease from an active forest management owner. Here is a response offered by Dr. Paul Curtis...Does anyone have related observations or experiences?</p>
<p>Pete</p>
<p>[Quoted from Dr. Paul Curtis, 10/2/2013]</p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;">Once a female deer establishes a home range, they tend to be very fixed on the landscape for many years. This past winter, I recovered ear tags from two…</span></p>
<p>I saw a question about the impacts of logging on deer, specifically concern by hunters who lease from an active forest management owner. Here is a response offered by Dr. Paul Curtis...Does anyone have related observations or experiences?</p>
<p>Pete</p>
<p>[Quoted from Dr. Paul Curtis, 10/2/2013]</p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;">Once a female deer establishes a home range, they tend to be very fixed on the landscape for many years. This past winter, I recovered ear tags from two female deer that were about 13 years old, and were still in the same area where I tagged them in 2000-01. About 80+% of female deer will establish their home ranges near their mother (rose petal hypothesis), and 10-15% will disperse some distance (5 to 10 miles), usually as yearlings. Typical home range sizes for adult females is about 100-150 acres in suburbia, and about double that in rural woodlands. Active timber harvest might displace a deer for a few days, but they will come back to their home range very soon. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;"> Young bucks generally disperse away from the area where they were born. About 80-90% of bucks leave the area as yearlings, and average dispersal distance for tagged males is about 10-12 miles in central NYS. However, I had one tagged buck from Ithaca go 50+ miles before it was eventually road-killed near Geneva. Once bucks establish a home range, they tend to settle into the area for several years. However, their home ranges are much larger than those for female deer; maybe a square mile or more. Again, any logging impacts would probably last a short while. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;"> In the long run, logging will increase new plant and tree growth, and probably attract deer to the area for several years post-harvest.</span></p>
<p></p> Manage forests for carbontag:cornellforestconnect.ning.com,2011-10-13:6448444:Topic:7112011-10-13T13:46:39.363ZPeter Smallidgehttp://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/profile/3pcwpqc3r9bgy
<p>A special issue of the Journal of Forestry, via the Society of American Foresters has been posted on line and seems to be publicly available. The issue deals with the role of forest management in the arena of carbon management.</p>
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<p>A special issue of the Journal of Forestry, via the Society of American Foresters has been posted on line and seems to be publicly available. The issue deals with the role of forest management in the arena of carbon management.</p>
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<p><a href="http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:8lEXXdrJF-8J:www.safnet.org/documents/JOFSupplement.pdf+Malmsheimer,+R.W.,+J.L.+Bowyer,+J.S.+Fried,+E.+Gee,+R.L.+Izlar,+R.A.+Miner,+I.A.+Munn,+E.+Oneil,+and+W.C.+Stewart..2011.+Managing+Forests+Because+Carbon+Matters:+Integrating+Energy,+Products,+and+Land+Management+Policy.+Journal+of+Forestry+109%287S%29:S5-S48,+October/November.&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShnVfoIDzAUYtcCV20ntPBSOlUw3o4otcbELrZ8n7z8Qt3B0hO35W_0WjeabxAfnyGp1bv1ZHU-fvCWToTjJQ5YoKgKdnv9PXgNjFtbyap4q4CNvi2ULKEsIb-LTJbL-ZNnsjKq&sig=AHIEtbQyUBRDv-RqwH4hVTpUmXfskX_eNw" target="_blank">Journal of Forestry Supplement, October/November 2011</a></p>
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