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Forest Plantation Management Plan on the Engeseth-Rinde Farm
Milda Kristupaitis, Nate LeBrun, Sophie Maass, Emily Simpson
Abstract:
The Engeseth-Rinde forest plantation was seeded in 1990 as an environmental effort to improve
the health of the land as well as its aesthetic value. The goal of our project was to provide a
forest plantation management plan that fostered the growth of the existing trees via thinning and
the removal of invasive species. The average diameter breast height (DBH), site index, carbon
content, and species abundance were calculated for each of the five most abundant species within
the plantation. These data in combination with outside research were used to create a set of
parameters for thinning the forest and to have a baseline for future data collection. We found that
after an initial thinning (one that focuses on the removal of misshapen, defective, and dead trees),
Black Walnut should be the favored species for preservation, followed by Red Oak, then White
Ash, White Oak, and finally Bur Oak. Thinning the forest plantation periodically and with a
specific temporal framework and a strategy to remove invasive species, will lead to a healthier,
more ecologically productive forest.
Object Description
| Title | Paper analyzing the forest plantation on the Engeseth-Rinde farm |
| Creator | Simpson, Emily H.; Kristupaitis, M.; LeBrun, N.; Maass, S. |
| Description | This paper analyzes the growth of the trees in the Engeseth-Rinde forest to develop a management plan that promotes forest health and maximizes economic potential. |
| Date | 5/22/2017 |
| Item Type | Text |
| Item Physical Format | Reports |
| Formal Subject Headings |
Agriculture Phenology Prairie plants -- Minnesota Volunteers |
| Locally Assigned Subject Headings |
Agriculture Phenology Prairie plants -- Minnesota Volunteers |
| Minnesota City or Township | Northfield |
| Minnesota County | Rice |
| State or Province | Minnesota |
| Country | United States |
| Geographic Location | Engeseth-Rinde |
| Language | English |
| Collection Name | Prairie Creek Wildlife Management Area Digital Collection |
| Contributing Organization | St. Olaf College |
| Contact Information | Kathy Shea, Professor of Biology at St. Olaf College (sheak@stolaf.edu); or Hsianghui Liu-Spencer, Cataloging & Digital Services Librarian (hliuspen@carleton.edu) Gould Library, at Carleton College. |
| Rights Management | I created the object and I give permission to Carleton to make this available under a Creative Commons license. |
| Local Identifier | 2017ForestPlantationPlan.pdf |
| Relation | St. Olaf College - ENVST 399 - Spring 2017 |
| Item Digital Format | Text |
| Transcript | This paper analyzes the growth of the trees in the Engeseth-Rinde forest to develop a management plan that promotes forest health and maximizes economic potential. |
| Acess File Checksum | 2942256283 |
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| Transcript | Forest Plantation Management Plan on the Engeseth-Rinde Farm Milda Kristupaitis, Nate LeBrun, Sophie Maass, Emily Simpson Abstract: The Engeseth-Rinde forest plantation was seeded in 1990 as an environmental effort to improve the health of the land as well as its aesthetic value. The goal of our project was to provide a forest plantation management plan that fostered the growth of the existing trees via thinning and the removal of invasive species. The average diameter breast height (DBH), site index, carbon content, and species abundance were calculated for each of the five most abundant species within the plantation. These data in combination with outside research were used to create a set of parameters for thinning the forest and to have a baseline for future data collection. We found that after an initial thinning (one that focuses on the removal of misshapen, defective, and dead trees), Black Walnut should be the favored species for preservation, followed by Red Oak, then White Ash, White Oak, and finally Bur Oak. Thinning the forest plantation periodically and with a specific temporal framework and a strategy to remove invasive species, will lead to a healthier, more ecologically productive forest. |
