On 12/6/95, Dan Simonds writes: > At the risk of sounding arrogant, I have to admit more than a little > frustration in having to explain terms like, "even-aged management" and > "basal area (BA)" in a forum like this. > > Even-aged management is *not* a nice way of saying clearcut. It encompasses > a broad range of silvicultural strategy based on the ecological fact that > many forest communities result from and cycle naturally with large scale > natural disurbances. Good silviculture mimics natural disturbance patterns > and that sometimes (though not always) means stand replacing harvests that we > call clearcuts. > > Basal area is a measure of stand stocking. It is roughly equivalent (in this > context) to standing volume. > > I recommend _The Practice of Silviculture_ by David Smith. > > Dan Simonds > Rangeley > Thanks for the information. I'm hoping that through the various discussions that have/are taking place, that we can all learn something. Bret Diamond Oregon, USA
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