Silvicultural Options for Degraded Woodlots

Forests may become degraded due to unplanned disturbance, damaging forest health events, or improper past management.  Often, these disturbances result in variable and complex conditions within a forest that make it difficult to apply standard/common management approaches with predictable and successful outcomes.  Therefore, some creativity by managers is needed in restoring function to these degraded forests.  Guidance shared in this program is informed by the collective experience of many different forest managers in the Allegheny Forest Health Collaborative who have cooperatively developed some common strategies for managing degraded forest stands.

Presented by:  Sarah Wurzbacher, Forestry Extension Educator, Penn State Extension