FOREST 



MANAGEMENT 



SCHEMATIC 



LEGEND 



■"Forest Compartment 

 Boundary 



— Study Area 

 Boundary 



,;'f Previous Forest 



Management Activities 



REGENERATION AREAS: 

 @ Interim Management 



Hi Prescribed Burning 



B Convers i on 



@ Maintenance 



FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 



The following sketches depict a possible scheme 

 for forest management in Forest Management 

 Compartment C. Forestry activities over selected 

 target years are shown at a scale of 1 "=94,000'. 



Forest regeneration activities in year 1990. 

 Maintenance Involves up to 475 acres, 

 conversion involves up to 86 acres, and 

 prescribed burning (limited to pine habitat) 

 involves up to 2,000 acres. Regeneration 

 activities occur at 1 0-year intervals. 



Year 1995, Illustrating activities which occur 

 at less than 10-year intervals. Pine under- 

 story burning recurs every 5 years. Release 

 of seedlings from competition takes place 

 3 to 5 years following regeneration, if 

 needed. 



Figure 34. Detail of management plan for the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge aimed at 

 promoting cedar regeneration. See location map, Figure 15 (from USFWS 1986b). 



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