Workshop Day 2

Native Forest Management Workshop 2 – Thinning Methodologies and Stand Improvement

Re-cap of previous workshop

Thinning and Stand Improvement

Native Forest Legislation Code of Practice

Recognising tree species and forest products in the field, their specifications and hierarchy of values

Reading tree crowns, understanding crown placement, tree form, vigour and growth rates as well as indicators of stem faults, termites and other problems.

Native forest assessment methods, stocking rates and forest health and the resultant evaluation of the condition of the stand and implications for forest management directions.
Where in the continuum is the cycle?

Management Units
1. Understanding the Continuum of the forest cycle and at what stage your forest is at.
When is a stand ready for harvest or treatment? (stocking, species mix, viability, species, product range, optimal diameter)
Optimum Stand Product Range
Stand density and harvest cycle, crown development, defect development and projected growth

2. Timber Stand Improvement (forest thinning) processes including tree marking for retention, stocking rates,
Assess treated stand and untreated stand
Mark for retention
Check stocking rates

3. Treatment methods in relation to tree diameter treatment methods, injection:
Treatment methods cut stump
Injection chemicals, their rate and effects
Flash back, cause and prevention

4. Demonstration of Stihl pruning and tungsten bladed brush cutters equipment

5. Enhancing native grasses and legume values, forest management and GLM

Re-cap and evaluation