Robert Seymour, Curtis Hutchins Professor Emeritus of Silviculture at the University of Maine helps us kick off Season 6, as he describes the locally developed gap-based system, designed to restore species diversity and structure to the mixedwood Acadian forests of Maine and eastern Canada. 

Foresters recognize the importance of prescribed fire as a silvicultural tool, but concerns remain over the impact of those fires on the timber resource. Join us for a conversation with Mike Saunders, Professor of Silviculture at Purdue University, as we explore the effects of prescribed fire on tree wounding and timber quality. 

Drones are becoming an increasingly important tool in many fields, including within the practice of silviculture. In this episode, we explore the soaring use of drones for site preparation and release treatments with Rick Hill, Regional Silviculturist and Reforestation Specialist with Michigan DNR and Kyle Schempp, Project Manager and Drone Pilot at Wildlife and Wetland Solutions

Buckthorn has been the bane of many foresters and forest landowners throughout eastern North America. Join for this episode of SilviCast as we explore ways to disrupt the buckthorn cycle with Dr. Mike Schuster, Researcher at the Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center.

Garlic mustard blooms, panic ensues! What’s the solution? Join us on this episode of SilviCast as we talk with Dr. Bernd Blossey, Professor at Cornell University, about his interesting and innovative research on garlic mustard invasions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this episode of SilviCast we will explore an example in Iowa of changing environmental conditions and the cumulative effects on white oak (<i>Quercus alba</i>), 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

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. 

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Hear from Dr. William Livingston at the University of Maine as we explore the health and management of white pine.

Explore the complex issue of human-assisted movement of tree seed or seedlings with Dr. Carrie Pike, forest regeneration specialist with the U.S. Forest Service. 

Mark Isselhardt, Extension maple specialist with the University of Vermont, helps us unpack the fundamentals of sap production, sugar bush management, and how the industry has changed in the 21st century.

We discuss what silvopasture is and is not, with Rich Straight of the U.S. Forest Service’s National Agroforestry Center.

Everyone knows that oak and fire go together like peanut butter and jelly! Dr. Brose from U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station has developed key silvicultural applications of fire to regenerate and sustain oak forests and woodlands.

Achieving tree planting success is a lot more complicated than just planting “Green Side Up.” Join us as we dig into the knowledge base of the Wisconsin DNR Reforestation Program staff.

Get to know “The Cedar Club,” a passionate group of forest practitioners and researchers who have been tackling the cedar management question for the past 23 years.

Join Dr. Sean Jeronimo to learn about the ICO method (Individuals, Clumps, and Openings), a stand-level tool developed to help foresters restore the patterns found in pine-mixed conifer forests shaped by fire disturbance.

This month we explore the silviculture practices on the Menominee Forest to highlight that indigenous peoples have been managing forest vegetation for various purposes for generations, accumulating a great understa​nding of how forest ecosystems work.

It’s hard to overstate the importance of white oak (Quercus alba) to forest products, wildlife habitat, and ecosystem services. Join Dr. Jeff Stringer, one of the fou​​nders of the White Oak Initiative, as we discuss ways to promote the long-term sustainability of white oak forests.

The official Society of American Foresters definition of silviculture described it both as an art and a science. During the Season 4 finale, we talk with Dr. Marcella Windmuller-Campione, associate professor of silviculture at the University of Minnesota, about keeping the creativity in silviculture and the importance of being a lifelong learner.

Join our chat with Dr. Susan Stout as we discuss what she’s learned about topics ranging from stocking charts to deer. 

Explore the challenges of restoring and managing savanna and woodland systems with John Kabrick of the US Forest Service Northern Research Station.

Examine the silviculture of managing veneer with Jan Wiedenbeck.

Learn about the innovative strategy of “slash walls,” or the use of logging residues to form deer barriers around regenerating stands.

In this episode, part 1 of a 2-part series, we talk with Alexandra Kosiba, the first state climate forester with the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation, to better understand the basics of forest carbon.

In part 2 of our carbon series, we explore ways to enhance carbon storage and sequestration through silviculture with Luke Nave and Todd Ontl of the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science.

Join our walk in the woods with Mike Demchik, professor of silviculture at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, as we discuss how to better integrate bird habitat elements into silvicultural treatments.

Dig deep into the topic of mechanical scarification with insights from Wisconsin county foresters Craig Golembiewski and John Wendorski.

Brooke Hushagen and Greg Haak of HaakHagen Goat Grazing in southern Wisconsin talk about all things goats, including their role in targeted grazing for reducing interfering vegetation.

When considering silvicultural approaches, perhaps there is no better place to look than how forests function in the natural world – a natural models approach. Join us for a conversation with Dr. Tony D’Amato and Dr. Brian Palik, authors of Ecological Silviculture: Foundations and Applications.​

In this episode, we talk with Colleen Matula and John Zasada about paper birch silviculture and how we can sustain this fascinating species.

In this episode we start to demystify the confusing world of forestry herbicides with Rick Schulte and Lee Shambeau.

Join Ralph Nyland in a conversation on the challenges of implementing uneven-aged systems in even-aged, second-growth northern hardwood forests that don’t want to cooperate!

In this episode we explore the challenges of artificial regeneration with Doug Jacobs, the Fred M. van Eck Professor of Forest Biology and Associate Head of Extension at Purdue University.

In this episode we explore the challenges of naturally regenerating northern hardwoods with Mike Walters, professor of forestry and principal investigator of “The Big Northern Hardwood Study.”

In this episode we try to find silviculture’s secret sauce for restoring lowland forests with Marcella Windmuller-Campione, assistant professor of silviculture at the University of Minnesota.

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Join us in the field with Jennifer Boice and Armund Bartz of the Wisconsin DNR for a discussion on pine barrens management.

In this episode we dive into the silviculture around utility pole management with Jim Bauer, a resource manager with Stella-Jones.

On this episode of SilviCast, we dig into one tool that helps answer our climate change questions, The Climate Change Tree Atlas.

Join us on this Season 2 finale as we find out what’s on your mind and discuss some of the most intriguing questions we’ve received in the Dropbox.

In this episode, we introduce a new natural regeneration monitoring method and program being implemented in Wisconsin, the Forest Regeneration Metric (FRM).

Continuing our conversation with Dustin Bronson and Casey Menick, we explore how to assess deer browse and its impact on forest regeneration.

This episode explores how fire shaped Wisconsin’s mixed conifer forests and how lessons from these historic fire-dependent ecosystems can be applied to increase forest resilience.

Join Dan Day as we delve into what we get wrong about oak regeneration and recruitment and what we could do better to secure a sustainable future for oak.

Degraded stand, now what? This episode explores how to approach, manage, and restore degraded stands with Tom Hill, Wisconsin DNR forester.

Join Tony D’Amato as we explore what irregular shelterwood means, its origins, and how to implement it.