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- [Mark] This is Mark
Isselhardt, Maple Specialist

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with the University of Vermont Extension,

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and this is another Vermont Maple Minute.

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A recent survey by UVM Extension

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of licensed foresters working
with Vermont landowners asked

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about approaches to sugarbush management.

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There are two broad categories

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that most forestry
prescriptions fall into,

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even and uneven age management.

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Even age management results in 10%

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or less of the standing trees
being retained post-harvest.

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Uneven age prescriptions result in 70%

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or more of the standing
trees being retained.

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Over time, a forested stand
under even age management,

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all trees will fall into one
or possibly two age classes.

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Whereas, in uneven age
management stands will have trees

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of many age classes and sizes.

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90% of foresters describe
their prescriptions

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in sugarbushes as fitting the definition

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of uneven age management

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and being either single tree
selection or crop tree release.

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When asked how the
interval between harvests

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in sugarbushes compared to stands managed

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for other forest products,

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50% of foresters said it was longer.

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A little over 40% said no difference,

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whereas just 5% said the
interval was shorter.

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This is Mark Isselhardt, Maple Specialist

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with the University of Vermont Extension.

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This has been another
Vermont Maple Minute.