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Treatments<br />

The overall design of this study coupled three si.lvicu1 tural systems with four<br />

residues treatments for a total of 12 treatment comb<strong>in</strong>ations. In addition, control<br />

plots were established <strong>in</strong> the uncut adjacent mature forest. All treatments and the<br />

control s were rep1 i ca ted twice.<br />

The three silvicultural harvest-cutt<strong>in</strong>g systems (fig. 2) consisted of:<br />

1. Two shelterwoods of 35 and 22 acres (14.2 and 8.9 ha) where about half<br />

of all stand<strong>in</strong>g timber was cut.<br />

2, Two sets of eight group-selection cutt<strong>in</strong>gs (small clearcuts) , averag<strong>in</strong>g 0.8<br />

acre (0.3 ha) and rang<strong>in</strong>g from 0.3 to 1.4 acres (0.1 to 0.4 ha), where all<br />

stand<strong>in</strong>g timber was cut with<strong>in</strong> each of the groups, and <strong>in</strong>terven<strong>in</strong>g timber<br />

between the groups was left uncut.<br />

3. Two clearcuts of 14 and 17 acres (5.7 and 6.9 ha) where all stand<strong>in</strong>g<br />

timber was cut.<br />

Figure 2, --Panorama of the Znrch/fir stud2 site on Corm Experimental Forest. Shown<br />

are: (1) lower fiheltemood at far Zeft, (2) lower group se%ection.s at Zeft cenler,<br />

(3) Zower clearcut at Zower right, and (4) upper shelterwood at upper riyhl. Picture<br />

was taken thc ffrst u<strong>in</strong>tsr after logg<strong>in</strong>g was cnmpZetsd.

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