Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Engelmann Spruce Regeneration Practices in the Rocky Mountains
Results of attempts to establish spruce artificially on cutover areas have been variable. Planting has been successful in the northern Rockies on well-prepared sites. Attention to adequate site preparation and to the quality, care, and handling of planting stock have produced encouraging results in other areas. Direct seeding, however, has not been generally acceptable. To keep the land productive forest managers urgently need solutions to problems of natural and artificial regeneration.
The purposes of this report are to (1) bring together in one place pertinent information, based on both experience and research, on spruce regeneration requirements and limitations and (2) provide some preliminary guides to aid the land manager in developing regeneration practices for restocking spruce stands.
The information on spruce regeneration requirements and limitations - and therefore the guides - are necessarily broad in scope and preliminary in nature. We have attempted to put together a framework of experience and knowledge which will aid the land manager in developing more specific guides for his local situation and policy. Since natural regeneration in Engelmann spruce is less well understood than planting, we have placed greater emphasis on natural restocking.
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