(photo by Diana: 2007-02-27 - explore)
Recent Logging
A recent white pine harvest along Meridian Road in the Petawawa Research Forest.
The key is to thin out the stand so as to allow sufficient light to reach the forest floor to encourage white pine regeneration, but not so much as to cause the stand to be taken over by intolerant hardwoods (poplar, birch, red maple, etc.) By selectively harvesting the poorer trees and leaving the best trees to reproduce, over time, the quality of the stand will improve.