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Eastern Forests Are Growing Faster
Forests Are Growing Faster, Ecologists Discover; Climate Change Appears to Be Driving Accelerated Growth
ScienceDaily (Feb. 2, 2010) — Speed is not a word typically associated with trees; they can take centuries to grow. However, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found evidence that forests in the Eastern United States are growing faster than they have in the past 225 years. The study offers a rare look at how an ecosystem is responding to climate change. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...t+Science+News Maybe the PGC can step up and claim responsibillity by killing off all the deer for the reason and claim climate change a joke and lie. |
Then we have this from the Forestry foundation.
Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Pennsylvania’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 82,000 workers with an annual payroll of $2.4 billion. Pennsylvania’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 6.9 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce. Approximately 59 percent of Pennsylvania is forested. Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Pennsylvania’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 82,000 workers with an annual payroll of $2.4 billion. Pennsylvania’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 6.9 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce. Approximately 59 percent of Pennsylvania is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by a substantial margin. Pennsylvania's Land Area (in thousands of acres) Total Land Area: 28,685 Forests: 16,905 Forests as Percent of Total: 58.9% Federal Lands: 678 National Forest System: 513 Timberland (in thousands of acres) Government Federal: 498 State: 2,788 County & Municipal: 233 Forestry Industry: 613 Other Private Nonindustrial: 11,721 Total Timberland: 15,853 Pennsylvania's Land Area (in thousands of acres) Total Land Area: 28,685 Forests: 16,905 Forests as Percent of Total: 58.9% Federal Lands: 678 National Forest System: 513 Timberland (in thousands of acres) Government Federal: 498 State: 2,788 County & Municipal: 233 Forestry Industry: 613 Other Private Nonindustrial: 11,721 Total Timberland: 15,853 How is that possible if deer have been preventing regeneration 80 years? |
Originally Posted by bluebird2
(Post 3569976)
Then we have this from the Forestry foundation.
"Approximately 59 percent of Pennsylvania is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by a substantial margin." How is that possible if deer have been preventing regeneration 80 years? |
Then we have this from DCNR.
Wood Volume Continues to Increase The Commonwealth’s forests provide raw materials for fine furniture, cabinets, hardwood flooring, paper, and more. Pennsylvania’s $5.5 billion forest products industry supports nearly 100,000 jobs. The amount of wood in Pennsylvania’s forests has increased substantially since the mid-1950s and continues to increase. Pennsylvania’s forests contain approximately 86 billion board feet of lumber. This is nearly four times the volume recorded in 1955. As shown in the graph below, while the increasing trend is evident, the rate since 1989 is slower than in the previous two inventory periods. The graph to the right shows the top tree species in board foot volume. Except for sugar maple and American beech, which have recently declined in parts of Pennsylvania, all of the major species increased in volume since the previous inventory, representing an overall 18 percent increase. |
Wow,that can't be.I thought acid rain was preventing the forests from growing.
Well the forests can still be expanding but what exactly is regenerating?How much are they getting for Beech and striped maple. DCNR is correct but is doesn't mean the deer haven't done major damage.The board feet was continuing to growing because the trees that regenerated at the turn of the century when we had few deer have gotten bigger. |
I liked it better when they weren't groing so fast and were producing the best hardwoods in the world and the little deer who were starving were walking around everywhere and all the little hunters filled their tags with ease and to think that's when all these great trees of today got their start...
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No,these great trees of today got their start at the turn of the century when there were so few deer,they had to bring them in from out of state to stock them.
We know you like easy hunting Frank.Unfortunately,those days of having dozens of deer pracing by you all day through the open timber got us into the mess we're in today. |
"No,these great trees of today got their start at the turn of the century when there were so few deer,they had to bring them in from out of state to stock them." So there are now no 5 to 70 or 80 year old oak trees?...:s12: |
Originally Posted by Cornelius08
(Post 3570291)
So there are now no 5 to 70 or 80 year old oak trees?...:s12:
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There so many in that class because of timbering practices and the fact we are only timbering 1% or less per year.
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