RIVER BENDS PARK-WEST AND HOLLAND ... - Shelby Township
RIVER BENDS PARK-WEST AND HOLLAND ... - Shelby Township
RIVER BENDS PARK-WEST AND HOLLAND ... - Shelby Township
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Silvicultural Prescription:<br />
Recommended silvicultural system: Uneven-aged management, favoring maples, sycamore, cottonwood,<br />
oaks, and black walnut.<br />
Details of the silvicultural prescription: Protect the floodplain forest from biologically unnecessary human<br />
disturbance. Allow fallen trees, large limbs and other woody debris to accumulate along the river banks to<br />
help stabilize the banks and reduce erosion.<br />
Consider removing dead ash trees in accessible sites, to open the forest canopy and promote understory<br />
development. However, keep such new openings small to avoid further fragmenting the forest.<br />
Planned Activities:<br />
2012: Consider firewood harvest operation for dead ash, either by firewood producers or general public.<br />
If accepted, plan harvest with consulting forester and implement.<br />
Priority: 5<br />
2013: Formalize westernmost north-south draw to develop connecting trail from Stand 12 to riverside trail<br />
being developed through Stands 1 and 15.<br />
Priority: 3<br />
2014: Begin to install nesting and roosting boxes and platforms for wood ducks, owls, woodpeckers,<br />
perhaps squirrels. Number, describe and map each and add to Park nesting structure database and<br />
inspection/maintenance schedule.<br />
Priority: 7<br />
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