Afforestation at Seney National Wildlife Refuge : 2-yr. results of Smith and Conlon Farm eastern white pine plantings and Driggs River Rd. opening red pine and eastern white pine (trans)plantings
Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued about 9 years ago
Summary
Description
This document describes the 2year results of treatments for promoting secondary succession within specific farm hay fields Conlon and Smith Farms and the xeric Driggs River Rd. opening at Seney National Wildlife Refuge Seney NWR. Overall guidance is provided by the 2009 Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP, with more details in the 2013 Habitat Management Plan HMP. Management concepts imperfect as they might bewere derived from the Refuges Biological Program Review 2006, the Forest Ecology and Management Workshop 2009, and other exchanges with colleagues. Resulting management aims at incorporating ecologicallybased management principles within the constraints of time and financial limitations. Active management has also occurred on SubHeadquarters Field plowingdisking with no further treatment. No active treatments to Chicago Farm have been done at the time of this report and none are expected in the near future.