Menominee sustained yield forestry Menominee Tribal Enterprises Menominee Indian Reservation Presented by Lawrence Waukau Forestry Exposition 2015, Thunder Bay, ON
So what are we working for? The children
Menominee Indian Reservation in context
Menominee Indian Reservation, western border
Start with the rising sun and work towards the setting sun, but take only the mature trees, the sick trees and the trees that have fallen. When you reach the end of the reservation, turn and cut from the setting sun to the rising sun and the trees will last forever. White pine 55” DBH
New small mill
Millworks Division
MTE Forestry Division Inventory Department Silviculture / Harvest Preparation Department Forest Development Department Timber Harvest Administration Forest Fire Protection Forest Health
Unhealthy forests: Invasive insects, diseases, plants, worms Natural disturbance (wind, native pests, flooding...) Fire suppression Climate change Pollution Unsustainable logging or grazing or browsing Land-use change / fragmentation Lack of forest management Interactions of all the above
1918 white pine blister rust A Brief History of Menominee Invasive Forest Pests 1918 white pine blister rust The first major invasive forest pest here
1935 Menominee Indian Reservation, Neopit Joseph Dodge Leo Waukechon Planning disease management 1935 Menominee Indian Reservation, Neopit
1933 Menominee Indian Reservation Gooseberry (diseases alternate host) eradication crew 1933 Menominee Indian Reservation
1967 Dutch elm disease
1910 Cadillac, Michigan
2012 Menominee Indian Reservation Resistant tree 2012 Menominee Indian Reservation
1970 butternut canker
1995 Menominee Indian Reservation Jim Frechette State record elm 1995 Menominee Indian Reservation
1982 oak wilt
2012 Menominee Indian Reservation 42” DBH red oak 2012 Menominee Indian Reservation
1989 gypsy moth
2010 defoliation, ne Wisconsin defoliation + drought stress secondary pests = armillaria root rot, two-lined chestnut borers 2010 defoliation, ne Wisconsin
1997 garlic mustard
Date unknown, Anoka Co. Minnesota unusual dominance of one species risk to the base of the enterprise, regeneration, also ginsing Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Date unknown, Anoka Co. Minnesota
2012 beech bark disease
Putting fire back on the landscape Putting fire back on the landscape. 17 Apr 2015 Friday night’s controlled burn to control beech domination in the understory.
20?? emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, hemlock woolly adelgid, the list goes on and on… But this forest has been resilient and will continue to be productive and functional with wise decisions and active management
Contact info: http://mtewood.com/ Joe Besaw Marketing Lumber Sales Rep. Phone 715-756-2311 x1163 Millwork Division N3522 Cottage Ave P.O. Box 10 Neopit, WI 54150 (715) 756-2311