issue area – silviculture discussion lead: james m. guldin [email protected] 870-723-1623 project...
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- Issue Area Silviculture Discussion lead: James M. Guldin [email protected] 870-723-1623 Project Leader, Southern Research Station: SRS-4159, Ecology and Management of Southern Pines (Hot Springs AR, Monticello AR, Crossett AR, Nacogdoches TX, Normal AL) SRS-4158, Restoring and Managing Longleaf Pine Auburn AL, Pineville LA, Clemson SC (effective 4/20/14)
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- Longleaf Pine A. Markets B. Growth and Yield Models C. Inter-active GIS Imagery; Using imagery to identify LLP blocks/corridors D. Anything else that comes up
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- Markets are changing. Should we get used to it?
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- In todays markets, grade 1 logs sold from restored longleaf pine stands like this bring the same price per ton as grade 3 logs from plantation loblolly stands like this.
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- Anecdotal observations: A. Crossett EF, trees > 24 dbh 2002: timber sale, $80/ton 2011: timber sale, $35/ton B. Timber sale, family land Trees> 24 dbh, anonymous longleaf pine family producer: 2000: $75/ton 2013: $28/ton, same price as these plantation-grown logs
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- Lumber markets must be modified to account not just for volume, but also for higher quality associated with large pine sawtimber
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- rather than having the big box stores sell these for the same price, in the same stack! Thanks to SRS scientist Don Bragg, during a weekend project last year
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- A high sawtimber:pulpwood price ratio favors even-aged and uneven-aged natural regeneration systems (Guldin and Guldin 1990, GTR SO-79) (