Mature timber glossary and government resources

Mature timber : stands of timber where the age of the leading species in a stand is greaterthan the specified cutting age. Cutting ages are established to meet forest managementobjectives. Usually stands with lodgepole pine or a deciduous species as the leadingspecies are classified as mature timber when the stand age is greater than 80 years.Otherwise, all stands having conifers other than lodgepole pine and whitebark pine as theleading species are mature when the stand age is greater than 120 years. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]

AGO_1951-53_No_257
Where mature timber is so situated that it is physically impossible to

AGO_1955-57_No_040
..."Where mature timber is so situated that it is physically impossible to harvest

Wildlife Habitats: Woodland Openings
...extensive acreage of mature timber or rapidly growing young forests have

Services Provided by VDOF
...and provide early financial returns. clearcutting mature timber in need of

June 19, 1990
...gains and losses from mature timber which is not unprocessed exported timber,

EPA > Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) > MMGI > Chapter ...
Seed tree method: Removal of the mature timber in one cutting, except for a

EPA: Federal Register: Big Hole Timber Sale; Caribou-Targhee ...
...(5) The effects on old growth from removal of mature timber. Other issues may

West Virginia Wildlife Magazine
Forest succession usually progresses through four stages: herbaceous (grass

West Virginia Wildlife Magazine
With over 80 percent of WV's forested land in private ownership, and represented

Caring for a Forest
Mature timber might be carefully harvested and sold. We also can design

Woodland Management
A 1-acre opening in a forest often provides as much as 10 times the amount of

Fish Habitat & Stream Surveys - Coos/Coquille Assessment Unit
LT Large Timber (30-50 cm dbh). MT Mature Timber (50-90 cm dbh). ... 50-90

Lake Creek Watershed Analysis chapt-6.htm
For example, in the next 50-60 years, the BLM lands are expected increased in

Oregon Department of Forestry Criterion 7 Indicator 56
Large markets have existed for Oregon’s wood products for many decades, and

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