SilviCast Season 5

Foresters need to make decisions every day, and sometimes difficult decisions as we attempt to understand and address the diverse needs of the land, the landowner, and others. On this season 5 finale of SilviCast, we talk with Marianne Patinelli-Dubay, Environmental Philosophy Program Coordinator at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, about ethics and silviculture.

Join us on this episode of SilviCast as we explore the concept of ecological memory with Chris Webster, professor of quantitative ecology and forest management at Michigan Technological University. Learn how memory can get lost and how thoughtful silviculture can help restore these memories.

The paint gun is a basic tool of the forestry trade. But what happens when we’re two forties into the woods and our paint gun goes down? Join us on this episode of SilviCast as we talk with Ethan Tapper with Bear Island Forestry, John Freeman with Panama Forestry Equipment, and Ryan Holm with Nelson Paint as they give us tips to keep our paint guns flowing freely!

Most of us enjoying a little on-the-job foraging… some blackberries here, some morels there. But how often do we think about intentionally managing non-timber forest products? Join us as we discuss the integration of forest farming and silviculture with Eric Burkhart, Teaching Professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Penn State University.

If you are a forest practitioner in the eastern forests of North America (and maybe elsewhere), at one time or another you likely have been frustrated by white-tailed deer. How do deer impact our forests and what clues does the latest science holds for mitigating browse impacts through silviculture? Join us as we speak with Alex Royo, U.S. Forest Service research ecologist, and Amanda McGraw, Wisconsin DNR research scientist.

It’s an all-too-familiar scenario to foresters: A pest is introduced into another part of the range and slowly works its way to a forest near you. On this episode we discuss hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) and silvicultural approaches to hemlock resiliency with Bud Mayfield at the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station and Robert Jetton at North Carolina State University.

In this episode of SilviCast we will explore an example in Iowa of changing environmental conditions and the cumulative effects on white oak (Quercus alba), and one forester’s quest to find answers. Join our conversation with Iowa DNR Forester Joe Herring, as we try to solve the mystery of the dying white oak trees.

In this episode of SilviCast we explore the practice of cluster planting, a reforestation method that involves the planting of trees or seeds in tightly-spaced, small functional groups, with Dr. Somidh Saha of the Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis in Karlsruhe, Germany.

The Cutting Methods Study is a long-term investigation of cutting systems in second-growth northern hardwood stands on the Argonne Experimental Forest in northern Wisconsin. Join us on this episode of SilviCast as we explore the surprising results with Christel Kern, Research Forester with the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station.

How can we manage EAB impacted stands and what can we do to help maintain ash trees as a component of our forests? On this episode of SilviCast we talk with two of North America’s leading researchers working on EAB genetics and ecology, Dr. Kathleen Knight and Dr. Jennifer Koch of the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

We explore the complex interactions between soils, nutrients, water, roots, and a host of other flora and fauna with Dr. Justine Karst from the University of Alberta, and Dr. J. Marty Kranabetter with the British Colombia Ministry of Forests.

Season 5 kicks off with Paul Catanzaro, professor, forest ecology and conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, discussing silvicultural techniques to restore old-growth characteristics in forests.