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3 <br /> Current Forestry Practices in Orange County <br /> & the Impact of New Oriented Strand Board Mills <br /> Current Practice: <br /> Mixed pine and hardwood forests make up a large measure of Orange County's scenic <br /> : beauty. The private landowners who own this resource have a variety of objectives. Some will <br /> preserve the land for its aesthetics and some will hold this land for development, removing the <br /> best timber before homes are built. This group has brought about a new forestry term - the <br /> Development Cut. Development cuts are terrible for forest management since the high quality <br /> seed stock is removed leaving only low value (in commercial terms) trees. This doesn't seem <br /> to be a problem since housing is the main goal and the high quality trees do fill market needs. <br /> Development poses a greater threat to maintaining a useable forest resource than do timber <br /> harvesting practices. Approximately 90% of harvested stands are reforested for future timber <br /> production. In contrast, once an area is developed the remaining timber is, for all intents and <br /> purposes, untouchable. <br /> The third landowner group consists of citizens who see their woodlands as a financial <br /> resource. It may be an insurance policy in case of failing health or a child's college fund. <br /> Others in this group actively manage the forest resource for maximum financial return by taking <br /> advantage of the cost share funds and services of private consultants and local resource agencies <br /> (see Appendix 1). The new mills will be welcomed by these landowners because they give them <br /> markets for non crop trees such as "junk hardwoods" and pine plantation thinnings. Local <br /> Forest Ranger Brad Bowling states it best, "It's like having someone come and pull weeds out <br /> of your garden or croplands and pay you for it." <br /> For the growers who reforest after cutting the final sawtimber crop, reforestation costs <br /> will be greatly reduced because the previously non-commercial trees were removed years earlier. <br /> Previously these "junk hardwoods" had to be killed, burned or piled at the landowners' expense <br /> ($25-125/acre). Lower reforestation costs equals less public cost sharing ultimately saving <br /> taxpayers money. <br /> Even landowners who manage for aesthetics will benefit from the new mills. They will <br /> be able to remove undesirable trees to create a more park-like stand. The revenues will enable <br /> them to make other improvements to the aesthetics of their property which ultimately benefits <br /> all Orange County citizens. <br /> The Impacts of New OSB Plants <br /> The Person County Louisiana Pacific Plant's primary raw material need is pine <br /> pulpwood. They plan to get this wood from pine plantation thinnings. They will take some soft <br /> hardwood, but it is not their primary need. LP will not take any oak or hickory. Their 100 <br /> truckload/day wood requirement will also include tops from sawtimber. <br />
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