Forest Steward's Toolkit: The Crop Tree Release Method

Join Ethan Tapper, the Chittenden County Forester, and David Paganelli, the Orange County Forester, for a short workshop on managing forests using the “crop tree release” method. Crop tree release is a method for managing forests by concentrating on releasing high-quality and important trees from competition. It is a more efficient way of working in the woods, and also comes with and array of ecological benefits.

[@billlane6362]

Keep these great videos coming, Ethan.

[@danno1800]

Really useful information- thank you - much appreciated! I have subscribed…

[@saywhaatnow]

Love these vids!

[@nhmountains5683]

Great video Ethan. Do you ever use hack snd squirt methods to release?

[@HowToLoveAForest]

Hi there! No, I haven't. Do you use that method in NH?

[@nhmountains5683]

I just have a wood lot. I spray poplar stumps with Tordon RTU when I cut them near food plots because they stump sprout and I don’t want them popping up into the plots. I’m slowly working on releasing red oaks by cutting but, am wondering if I could get more opened up faster by the hack and squirt method vs girdling or cut and drop.

[@HowToLoveAForest]

@@nhmountains5683 Maybe so... What you're describing is similar to girdling, which is always faster and safer than putting trees on the ground. I don't use herbicide on native species myself, but I could see how that might work.