Vermont’s Future Forests Sandy Wilmot Forests, Parks & Recreation.

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Vermont’s Future Forests Sandy Wilmot Forests, Parks & Recreation

Data and Source Credits Forest Inventory and Assessment plots – USDA Forest Service Aerial survey – Forests, Parks & Recreation North American Maple Project plots – Forests, Parks & Recreation VMC Forest Health plots – FPR and UVM Pontius Crew Invasive pests – FPR, USDA APHIS, Agency of Agriculture, UVM Extension, VT Forest First Detectors Volunteers Timber Harvest Assessment – FPR, Grant from USDA Forest Service

Most Abundant Tree Species Morin et al 2014 (In Press)

Current Conditions Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Persistent White Pine Needle Diseases Unknown Cause of Red Pine Disease

Wind Storms and Ice Storm

Hail Damage

-Rutland County July Storms

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Elongate Hemlock Scale A New Non-native Pest

Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014 Saddled Prominent Traps

Sugar Maple Crown Health North American Maple Project Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Sugar Maple Health New Dead Overstory Trees Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Statewide Mortality Ranked By Species Average for all species = 0.8%. Morin et al 2014 (In Press)

Distribution of ash, 2012 (EAB positive counties as of March 11, 2013) Morin et al 2014 (In Press)

Ash Declines

Emerald Ash Borer Monitoring

Regeneration – The Future Forest

Sugar Maple Regeneration North American Maple Project Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Factors affecting regeneration success: Light reaching the forest floor Soil conditions Diseases and pests (including deer browse) Competitive vegetation Growing requirements and 60% had light or moderate deer browse on regeneration. In 2013, 20% of the 30 sugar maple monitoring plots had invasive plants….. Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Mount Mansfield East Slope Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Mount Mansfield West Slope

Lye Brook Saplings Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Timber Harvest Assessment Understory Assessment at 80 sites Forests, Parks & Recreation 2014

Statewide Trends in Sapling Abundance Morin et al 2014 (In Press)

Species Abundance By Diameter Class Morin et al 2014 (In Press)

Vermont’s Future Forests? Tree mortality – Paper birch Invasive Pests – Hemlock – Ash Regeneration failures – Sugar maple Regeneration successes – Beech – Balsam fir Climate change projections – Less balsam fir, sugar maple, yellow birch – More oak, hickory, pines