ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
More than 500,000 of the woodlot
owners in Pennsylvania control 75
percent of the total woodlot area,
or 12 million acres in the state.
Many have come to understand
the importance of good woodlot
stewardship, which can take many
forms including managing for
the beauty of the property, timber,
and wildlife.
John G. Buzzcll, forest landow
ner, conducted tours of the
Rockspring research farm forest
recently at Ag Progress Days.
The emphasis of the tours was
on forest stewardship how to
manage effectively to promote
diversity and abundance of tree
species and wildlife.
"What the best thing to do for
one person’s plan for his woodlot
wouldn’t ncessarily fit somebody
else’s objective,’’ said Buzzell to
the group, which consisted of five
woodlot owners from the state,
including a farm that managed
about 355 acres of wooded area.
"But the whole idea of the ste-
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wardship program is to manage
your woodlot in a wise fashion so
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The tour, which could also be
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One of the aspects of the ste
wardship program at the Rockspr
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growth and regrowth of die pine,
black walnut, and other native
trees.
Emphasis of the tour was also
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placed on management of water
diversion structures and how to
maintain them for wildlife. Main
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ment is important to sustain young
poults and other types of wildlife.
Managing species for maximum
diversity will help ensure the con
tinuation of the forest and forest
wildlife.
The 1.5-mile tour (on a road
paid for by the sale of timber from
the forest, according to Buzzell)
also showed the effects of tree
genetics and location on growth.
Buzzell said that forest landow
ners have a responsibility to take
care of the forest. "The whole idea
of this is to treat the environment
that’s there in a kindly way. You
don’t want to do anything to harm
it You may change it in some
sense, but you don’t want to harm
it”
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stewardship.
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A stream with a natural rock bed flows Into a hollow
wooden log culvert in the forest. Buzzell said this may be
the site for the original name of the natural underground
“rock springs.”
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