Do you think these trees need to be thinned?
 

Do you think these trees need to be thinned to restore forest health in Gila
National Forest's Sheep Basin ?

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Do you think these trees need to be thinned?
 

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Do you think these trees need to be thinned to restore forest health in Gila
National Forest's Sheep Basin ?

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I only see one without a little arrow - that's the leave tree, right?

With no context, here are a few opinions:
1. This seems severe for a slective cut if the rest of the area is
marked as heavily.
2. Might be a clear cut with a few wildlife trees retained. Could be a
stand and age class conversion. They all seem to be mature P-Pines,
nearly even aged.
3. Might be the only trees with merch volume = these will be paying for
the next few acres of nonmerch thinning.

Do you think these trees need to be thinned?
 

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Aozotorp wrote:
Do you think these trees need to be thinned to restore forest health in Gila
National Forest's Sheep Basin ?

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I only see one without a little arrow - that's the leave tree, right?

The one without the arrow looks dead to me. If the ones with the arrows
are supposed to be cut, it doesn't look like a thinning operation at all.

With no context, here are a few opinions:
1. This seems severe for a slective cut if the rest of the area is
marked as heavily.
2. Might be a clear cut with a few wildlife trees retained. Could be a
stand and age class conversion. They all seem to be mature P-Pines,
nearly even aged.
3. Might be the only trees with merch volume = these will be paying for
the next few acres of nonmerch thinning.

It could be a wildlife habitat improvement operation too. According to
their mission statement, they are supposed to manage woodland stands as
grassland, which means opening up meadows.

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Do you think these trees need to be thinned?
 

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Do you think these trees need to be thinned to restore forest health in
Gila
National Forest's Sheep Basin ?

http://www.gilaresources.info/water/negritosm.jpg


No!


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