menominee sustained yield forestry presented by lawrence waukau forestry exposition 2015, thunder...

Menominee sustained yield forestry

Menominee sustained yield forestry

Presented by Lawrence WaukauForestry Exposition 2015, Thunder Bay, ON

Menominee Tribal EnterprisesMenominee Indian Reservation

Menominee Indian Reservation in context

Menominee Indian Reservation, western border

Start with the rising sun and work towards the setting sun, but take only the mature trees, the sick trees and the trees that have fallen. When you reach the end of the reservation, turn and cut from the setting sun to the rising sun and the trees will last forever.

Millworks DivisionMillworks Division

MTE Forestry Division

MTE Forestry Division

• Inventory Department

• Silviculture / Harvest Preparation Department

• Forest Development Department

• Timber Harvest Administration

• Forest Fire Protection

• Forest Health

Unhealthy forests:Unhealthy forests:• Invasive insects, diseases, plants, worms

• Natural disturbance (wind, native pests, flooding...)

• Fire suppression

• Climate change

• Pollution

• Unsustainable logging or grazing or browsing

• Land-use change / fragmentation

• Lack of forest management

• Interactions of all the above

1918

white pine blister rust

1918

white pine blister rust

A Brief History of Menominee Invasive Forest Pests

A Brief History of Menominee Invasive Forest Pests

1935 Menominee Indian Reservation, Neopit

1933 Menominee Indian Reservation

1967

Dutch elm disease

1967

Dutch elm disease

1910 Cadillac, Michigan

2012 Menominee Indian Reservation

1970

butternut canker

1970

butternut canker

1995 Menominee Indian Reservation

1982

oak wilt

1982

oak wilt

2012 Menominee Indian Reservation

1989

gypsy moth

1989

gypsy moth

2010 defoliation, ne Wisconsin

1997

garlic mustard

1997

garlic mustard

Date unknown, Anoka Co. Minnesota

Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

2012

beech bark disease

2012

beech bark disease

20??

emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, hemlock

woolly adelgid, the list goes on and

on…

20??

emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, hemlock

woolly adelgid, the list goes on and

on…

Contact info:Contact info:• http://mtewood.com/

• Joe BesawMarketing Lumber Sales Rep.Phone 715-756-2311 x1163

• Millwork Division N3522 Cottage AveP.O. Box 10Neopit, WI 54150(715) 756-2311