THE YOUNG STAND THINNING AND DIVERSITY STUDY

The Young Stand Thinning and Diversity Study is a long-term research and demonstration project in the Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area designed to determine if different thinning, underplanting, and snag creation treatments can accelerate the development of late-successional habitat in 35-50 year old plantations.

• Young Stand Study summary (2 page PDF file)
• Communique #3: Management in young forests 2001 (28 page PDF file)
• Treatment assignment
• First year vegetation response
• First year woody detritus summary
• Third year post-treatment initial results: April 2000 workshop summary
• Preliminary Results of Structure and Vegetation Changes Five Years after Applying Three Thinning Treatments and Control (Beggs and Puettmann 2003)
• Chanterelle mushroom response
• Site maps
• Photo tour
• Contacts
• Reports and publications