A comprehensive forest management plan for Mike and Joanne Glynn’s woodlot

Abstract

The Glynn property owned by Mike and Joanne Glynn located in Durham Bridge, New Brunswick and is 50 acres in size (PID: 75167528). It is a recently acquired property by the Glynn’s. The Glynn’s are seeking to have a management plan that is focused on timber production revenue, forest health and biodiversity, climate resilience, and access and usability. This management plan is to provide insight through recommendations on how the Glynn’s can meet these goals.

The goal of this management plan is to focus on sustainable forest harvesting, replanting while maintaining the forest structure, soil health and disease control of the woodlot. Mike and Joanne aspire to conduct all forest operations themselves, with the exception of trucking, on the property. The objective of this plan is to assess and provide areas for long-term timber production potential and create a forest overtime that is resilient to climate change. Data and inventory were collected based on a variety of specifications that meet the goals of the landowner. With this inventory and resource change over time, recommendations are derived for the Glynn's’ to align with a time frame of 20 years.

This management plan provides the management objectives and actions of the landowner, the state of the resource of the woodlot, a prediction of resource change over time (20 years), comprehensive maps of the woodlot, sustainability considerations, landowner collaboration, a budget overview, monitoring and evaluation plan. Throughout these steps, Mike and Joanne Glynn can meet the goals they would like to achieve on their woodlot.