Download or read book Guide to the Use of Mechanical Site Preparation Equipment in Northwestern Ontario written by F. F. Foreman and published by Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : [Great Lakes Forestry Centre]. This book was released on 1995 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide will help forest management personnel in north-western Ontario select and use mechanical site preparation equipment in order to produce growing conditions suitable for germination and growth of seedlings. Information in the guide is presented in three sections: biological considerations for good site preparation, including the major factors affecting seedling survival and growth; mechanical site preparation categories, including screefing, inverting, trenching, mixing, and subsoiling, as well as microsite requirements of crop trees (jack pine, black or white spruce, red pine) by site preparation category; and representative examples of postharvest site conditions and site preparation results achieved, as observed in a photo series of typical site preparation case studies from across north-western Ontario. Each photo set documents pre- and post-site preparation conditions after harvesting and includes a rating of site plantability and receptivity achieved by the site preparation equipment. Includes glossary.