778 FOREST STAND IMPROVEMENT WORK IN WOODLANDS 



use unit might normally include the majority of the total area and encompass all save those 

 individual spots which because of cover, topography, composition or location are particu- 

 larly adajttable to secondary use crops. 



The following suggestions are offered by way of defining more clearly the characteristics 

 of each unit: 



Primarily forest units 



1. Plantations 



2. Stands of relatively pure hardwood or conifers where game food and/or shelter is mark- 

 edly deficient. 



3. Extensive areas of mixed hardwoods and conifers where the crop trees are approach- 

 ing marketability and are of the more valuable species. 



Primarily game units 



1. Uneven-aged stands of mixed hardwoods and coniferous species attractive to game and 

 possessing an abundance of "edges" or brushy openings. 



2. Overgrown areas which have seeded in mainly to a combination of food- and of shelter- 

 producing species such as apple and pine. 



3. Old orchards, fencerows, and road borders, where substantial stands of food species, 

 attractive to game, exist. 



4. Stands of mixed hardwoods and conifers where such border on areas of practically 

 pure hardwoods. 



5. Narrow stream bottoms and banks where the species are particular!) \alualilt' to wild- 

 life. 



6. Small slashings or burns occurring in forest stands in which other openings and desir- 

 able underbrush and ground cover are deficient. 



Depending upon the local market for forest products, the game species to be encouraged and 

 individual site cover conditions, additions or modification of the above are. of course, in order. 



Once the |)riinarv units have been delimited, emphasis in development should be placed on 

 each depending on whether the primary use is for forestry or for fish and game. In this con- 

 nection the following suggestions may serve as a guide. 



Order of Forvsl Slaiid lin /irorcniciil Operations 



A prioritv of forest stand iinproxcnienl operations is suggested as follows: 

 A. In units where llic (Idininant use is to produce game 



1. In stands (icIicicMt in game shelter, increase the latter by: 



a. Liberaliiiri of supjuf-scd cuiiifers 



b. Creation of small slashings 



2. In stands dcncii'nt in foods, increase the latter by: 



a. CreatiiiM uf small slashings, especiallv near coniferous clumps 



b. Liberation of fooil-pinducing tree and shrub species 



