2muchgrass
ArboristSite Lurker
I'm not certain if this is the right place to post this.
We have approximately 5 acres of wooded property (a small part of hundreds and hundreds of acres of woods) with a pretty heavy canopy of White Oak, Poplar and Cherry. The floor of the wooded area isn't exactly bare but there isn't really a lot of underbrush and water run off looks like it might become a problem. As I am located in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, water run off is kind of important around here.
Above (uphill) the wood lot is a mini-storage facility with inadequate storm water management. I'm working to resolve that but while I'm doing that I thought it might not be a bad idea to remove some of the tallest, oldest trees and replant with something like White Pine or some other tree that will absorb a lot of water. I'd rather replant with a hardwood but I mention White Pine only because someone told me it would be a good one to plant.
I'd get firewood, the wood lot would get new growth and it would create wildlife habitat. At least that's what I think it would do.
Thoughts, suggestions, ideas and pointers to resources would be most welcome.
We have approximately 5 acres of wooded property (a small part of hundreds and hundreds of acres of woods) with a pretty heavy canopy of White Oak, Poplar and Cherry. The floor of the wooded area isn't exactly bare but there isn't really a lot of underbrush and water run off looks like it might become a problem. As I am located in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, water run off is kind of important around here.
Above (uphill) the wood lot is a mini-storage facility with inadequate storm water management. I'm working to resolve that but while I'm doing that I thought it might not be a bad idea to remove some of the tallest, oldest trees and replant with something like White Pine or some other tree that will absorb a lot of water. I'd rather replant with a hardwood but I mention White Pine only because someone told me it would be a good one to plant.
I'd get firewood, the wood lot would get new growth and it would create wildlife habitat. At least that's what I think it would do.
Thoughts, suggestions, ideas and pointers to resources would be most welcome.