Eastern Forests Are Growing Faster
02-04-2010, 03:42 PM
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Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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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.
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.
Last edited by Tony_Loyd; 02-04-2010 at 03:45 PM.
02-04-2010, 03:57 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,879
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?
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
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?
02-04-2010, 03:59 PM
#3
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 42
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?
"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?
02-04-2010, 04:22 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 3,879
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.
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.
02-05-2010, 05:09 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,262
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.
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.
02-05-2010, 05:18 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 159
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...
02-05-2010, 05:30 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,262
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.
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.
