Key aspen management questions

Ecologically focused management example

Financially focused management example

Management Examples

Aspen roundwood (Mike Ostry, USDA FS Northern Research Station

This section provides aspen management examples to assist in achieving your management objectives. For further guidance on management objectives or for determining the condition of your stand, visit the Key aspen management questions section on this page.

Once you have settled on your objectives and determined the condition of your stand, it is time to decide on the silvicultural system(s) for meeting your land management objectives. Here we offer two examples of different land management objectives: a financially focused example and an ecologically focused example. As the name suggests, the first example is for situations where the landowner's primary interest is income. The second example is for situations where the primary interest lies in maintaining or enhancing stand structure and components that favor native plant and animal diversity. Nested within each example are interpretations of treatments to aid users interested in multiple objectives, such as financially focused management that promotes wildlife habitat or ecologically focused management that also generates meaningful economic returns.