Restoration forester Matthew Hall has a vision for the Aprovecho woods: a managed ancient forest. Weaker trees are made into products while the larger trees stay in the forest forever. He retains nature’s changes (like storm-dropped trees). He recruits snags. Tops snapped off of larger trees stay on the forest floor “to create a bank account of large woody debris.” He’s managing not just for the trees, but for the other communities who live here — soil, bugs, birds, and humans. Episode 243. [aprovecho.net].
Seeing the Forest Community Through the Trees
By Janaia Donaldson, originally published by Peak Moment Television
October 22, 2013
Janaia Donaldson
Tags: biodiversity, forest ecosystems, forest management
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