Wisconsin Society of American Foresters

Statewide Meeting

 

September 16-17, 2003

Black River Falls

 

Harvesting Technologies and Minimizing Site Disturbance

 

A Field Demonstration

September 16

 

          8:00 AM - 11:00               Executive Committee Meeting

          11:30 AM - 12:30 PM       Registration

          12:30 PM                         "UP Gentle Logging Project"

                                                 Bill Cook, Michigan State University - Escanaba , MI .

          1:00 PM                          Impacts of Logging Equipment on Forest Soils

                                                 Dale Gasser - WDNR Forest Hydrologist

          1:45 PM                          Realistic Harvesting Specifications

                                                 FISTA

          2:30 PM                          Break

          3:00 PM                          Disturbance from the Contractor's Perspective

                                                 Wayne Hamann

          3:45 PM                          Logging Equipment Technologies

                                                 Mikko Laurila - Ponsse Inc.

          4:30 PM                           Adjourn general sessions

          4:45 PM                          State SAF Business Meeting

          5:30 PM                          Travel to Group Camp (15 minutes)

          6:00 PM                           Evening pig roast at State Forest group camp.

                                                 Bluegrass band and bon fire until 11:00 PM .

 

September 17     

Field Demonstrations of Harvesting/Forwarding Equipment

Black River State Forest

 

8:00 AM                                     Board buses

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM                   Equipment demonstration at 2 sites

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM                 Field Lunch

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM                    Equipment demonstration at 2 sites

2:30 PM                                     Board buses, return to Black River Falls

 

Equipment Demonstrations

 

Overstory removal, Hardwoods over PW regeneration

           1. Access corridors with long-reach cut-to-length (CTL) harvesters

           2. Unrestricted access - conventional equipment - "minimize damage" specification

           3. Location on high ground (sand) site

 

Wet site

           I . Track versus no‑track equipment

           2. 4/6/8 wheel equipment

           3. small versus large equipment

           4. Selective marked cut, PW or PW/MX site on soft ground

           5. Evaluate rutting and soil disturbance

 

Single tree selection cut in dense poletimber, upland site

           1 , Tight spacing issues

           2. Unrestricted access - conventional equipment - "minimize damage" specification

           3. Wide versus narrow equipment

           4. Located in tightly spaced natural (PW)PJ pole stand

 

Small equipment demonstration (sized for very small producers or landowners)

           1. Harvesters

           2. Forwarders

           3. Two story PJ stand