Timber Talk: Is it better to clear-cut or select-cut a stand of timber? (6 of 10)

Описание: In this series of videos, Grant M;assie's resident forest experts share information about timber and how to maximize timber as an investment.

TRANSCRIPT OF PART 6 OF 10

Ned : Jeff, one of the questions that we get asked a lot is, as land brokers, a land owner has a stand of timber. Is it better to clear cut or select cut?

Jeff: It really depends on the species type. For pine plantations, the even-aged pine plantations, it's definitely better to clear cut. After a clear cut usually the logger will go in and they'll have real clean sites. With pines being shade-intolerant you plan them and then they continue to grow.

On hardwood stands or mixed hardwood and pine stands you can do a select cut. Those cuts they will usually harvest the larger trees and the more desirable trees. And they'll leave the less desirable trees and the smaller trees. The downside of that is just that it grows up naturally and you don't have a good say for what the future stand it going to be like. It's going to be more transitional. Then you just have to wait, give it time for the remaining trees to grow up.

Ned : I guess with the Loblolly pine, because you've talked about the fact that the hardwood trees tend to be the dominant species here so a clear cut means that there's less competition for sunlight on the part of the young pines because you've removed the canopy of hardwood trees.

Jeff: That's correct, yes

END OF PART 6