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