S.7 Ep.2: The Restoration Forester
From SilviCast by Wisconsin Forestry Center and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
February 1, 2026 · 1h 6m · Season 7 · Episode 2
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges and strategies of foresters in restoring degraded forests.
Foresters know degraded forests all too well. You’re out on a woods-walk with an enthusiastic landowner, but your eyes go straight to the poor growing stock, invasive plants, and eroded forest soils – the fingerprints of past degradation. Regardless, you set about the complex task of developing a prescription that will nudge this forest towards a brighter future. Foresters don’t always think of themselves as restorationists, but in many ways, the tools of silviculture are the tools of restora...
Topics covered
- forestry
- restoration
- silviculture
- invasive species
- forest management
Keywords
- degraded forests
- landowner
- growing stock
- eroded soils
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