Ohio Hills - Resistance

Treatment: maintain relatively unchanged conditions over time

Management Goals

Dense green oak forest with leaf litter.
Lowering stand density will help managers achieve DFC’s. Photo Credit: Courtney Peterson,
Colorado State University.

 

     
  • Maintain an oak-dominated stand where understory matches overstory
  • Resistance to disease (oak wilt and future novel diseases)
  • Regeneration matches composition of the overstory
  • Low incidence of invasive species
  • Protect state endangered and threatened wildlife species (bats, birds, timber rattlesnake)

Strategies & approaches

  • Pre-commercial and commercial treatments
      • Lower stand basal area to 80%  through a thin from below
      • Overstory thinning as needed
  • Include 16 reserve clusters 1/10 acre to ½ acre in size
  • Promote advanced regen of oak-hickory component & prepare for future recruitment
  • Prescribed burn to favor oaks 

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Site Leads & Partners

Bryce Adams (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station) is the Ohio Hills ASCC site lead. Melissa Thomas Van-Gundy and William Borovicka (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station) are site co-leads. The management site leads are Gregory Guess, Courtney Cawood, and Jared Craig (Ohio Department of Natural Resources – Division of Forestry). Key partners and collaborators include Stephen Matthews (The Ohio State University), Rebecca Snell (Ohio University), and Laura Kearns (Ohio Division of Wildlife).

Bryce Adams
Site lead

Research Forester,
USDA Forest Service
Northern Research Station
359 Main Road,
Delaware, OH 43015
Phone: 740-368-0054
bryce.adams@usda.gov

Mellissa thomas van'gundy
Site Co-lead

USDA Forest Service
Northern Research Station,
459 Nursery Bottom Road,
Parson, WV 26287
melissa.thomasvangundy@usda.gov

William Borovicka
Site Co-lead

USDA Forest Service
Northern Research Station,
35700 Ball Diamond Road
Hamden, OH 45634
william.borovicka@usda.gov