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On the remainder of Parcel C (18 acres) we recommend that this stand be <br /> managed for hardwoods. To start with, we recommend harvesting about twenty <br /> five percent of this parcel in a series of small group openings scattered <br /> throughout the stand. These openings would be between 0.5 and 3 acres in size <br /> and would be evenly distributed throughout the stand. These group openings <br /> would allow us to remove the heavier pockets of mature pine and the poorer <br /> quality hardwood. Twenty five percent of the stand equates to about 4.5 acres (3 <br /> to 5 small openings). On the remainder of the stand (13.5 acres) we recommend a <br /> light improvement cut thinning to favor the best quality hardwood trees and <br /> improve the understory conditions for natural oak regeneration. During this <br /> improvement cut thinning we would also target the older pines for removal. <br /> iA <br /> ` {c <br /> I <br /> 3( F: <br /> �i <br /> { <br /> - <br /> 1, <br /> $T� - 71 , <br /> Parcel C1 <br /> We recommend allowing the group openings to naturally regenerate back in <br /> hardwood and when the stand is older we would recommend crop tree release to <br /> improve the growing conditions around 10 to 20 high quality hardwood saplings <br /> per acre. <br /> OWASA-Peninsula North Page 10 <br />