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- noun
mature trees , left standing to provideshelter to newsaplings
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"They prefer euphemisms like" shelterwood "and" aggregate retention, "but clear-cutting is what they're doing." www. maforests.org / Report. pdf) MFW squares off against some of the environmental groups now supportive of Patrick's plans for industrial scale logging on state-owned land: "While these groups were originally formed and run mostly by environmentalists, nowadays their governing boards may contain many directors with corporate backgrounds and some pay hefty CEO salaries."
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In the Western Carpathians large scale clear-cuts have been abolished and the forest management is conducted mainly by employing various kinds of shelterwood and selective cutting systems.
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Lowland eucalypt species are largely managed on a group selection or shelterwood system with natural regeneration.
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Clear-cutting and shelterwood harvests (as practiced in Maine - a 5 - to 10-year clear-cut) would have to be replaced with selective harvests.
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Regenerating Loblolly Pine by direct seeding, seed trees and shelterwood
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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We’ve been working all kinds of land, including semi-slashy fresh cut, residual-heavy fill, burn blocks, shelterwood (another first for me) and types in between.
hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Going Broke in Paradise 2008
pomegranate commented on the word shelterwood
A silvicultural method in which most timber is harvested, but a few genetically desirable mature trees are left to seed and "shelter" a new generation of progeny.
December 5, 2007