Online Seminars: Final Frontier

mdvaden

The Online Seminars on-line-seminars.com - Final Frontier Nov. / Dec. 2007 article on Urban Forestry "Final Frontier" will be viewable to read until Jan. 2008.

One author is Paul Ries, whom I met on the Oregon Landscape Contractors Board when we were both board members. Paul writes very well and is very organized. Works with forestry in the state of Oregon. Used to work with ISA.

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From what I've seen and learned about forests the past decade, the most interesting sentence in there may be...

In other words, even the traditional idea of forests in our area - Oregon - are almost as much a final frontier as is urban forestry.

Traditional forestry in historical terms of time, seems to be ahead by just a hair's-breadth.

I think that the term "forestry" is so culturally stereotyped, that its difficult for people to view urban trees as "urban forests".

In some regards, the term "URBAN PLANTATIONS" might be an easier concept to grasp.

Still, urban trees and "forest" trees can still benefit from the same beneficial care, and produce similar benefits.

Who knows - maybe trees planted in urban "tree vaults" of engineered gravel soil, can be slated for harvesting when they begin to out-grow their small holes. Instead of waiting for them to die, they could be replaced and utilized for woodworking, lumber or other products.

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lenphillips

This article makes the claim that urban forestry is the final frontier for the forestry profession. Is this really the final frontier or is it just the final frontier for this decade and there will be a different frontier coming in a few years?
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Len Phillips
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Ekka

There's a few types of forests as far as I'm concerned.

The urban

The planted

The natural/native.

And as far as I'm concerned all managed differently.

The planted and harvested forests, which are most predominant here for timber production are like a farm with trees of same species grown in rows and dealt with for productive harvest.

The natural forests can be protected or have selective logging etc. Over here Tasmania is a place where natural forests are exploited by logging companies however like the article writes similar to PNW of USA there's controls in place.

The urban, well, that's generally too many cooks in the kitchen, little synonimity and much debate. Hardly what I would call a cohesive goal and effort. Neighbours fighting, council trees poisoned, on and on the list of craziness goes.

Also, a phrase coined here for the urban trees is amenity trees. They offer something of amenity value not timber value as suggested by the words urban forest.

Yes all is connected on the planet to a degree. But like this sentence ...
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People are detached and wont relate well. Did you go to the local park or local forest? Did you see a stand of trees or a forest?

I also think the "urban forest" is not the final frontier but simply the latest or new frontier. As urban areas expand they need to cater for vegetation losses etc like the article suggests.

Also trees in urban areas are managed more on a one by one basis. Individual trees are managed not acres of trees all getting the same treatment. Urban tree management crosses many more legal boundaries as well as property boundaries.

The next buzz is reforestation and regeneration in both rural and native stands. The current management practices of "leave it to nature" for many forests will go and they'll be managed better.

I dont think calling it the urban forest is wise, I also dont think hiring a forester over an arborist would go down well.

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