| CRS Home | Welcome to the Center for Restoration Silviculture! CRS is a research and education unit of the School of Forest Resources at Michigan Technological University. The Center for Restoration Silviculture was established to provide a vehicle for the design, development, and dissemination of innovative silvicultural systems for restoring underrepresented species on the landscape of the Great Lakes Region. These species include eastern white pine, eastern hemlock, and yellow birch, all of which have declined dramatically following the exploitive log practices and repeated slash fires, which typified the region around the turn of the century. Vast areas of formally productive forest land are now dominated by low quality second-growth stands. Additionally, many forests throughout the region have been simplified through the widespread application of single-tree selection, which tends to promote sugar maple to the exclusion of less shade tolerant tree species. Restoring the diversity of the region's forests should help to buffer them against biological and economic uncertainties as well as improve their productivity.
Headquartered in the heart of the Great Lake Ecosystem, CRS makes extensive use of the 5,000 acre Research Forest of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Studies. As a centrally located site, in Alberta Michigan, the forest offers opportunities for collaborative investigations which cover the broader geographic region. Founded in 2002, the CRS is built upon a 50 year history of innovative forest and ecological research at Alberta. It is the intent of the center to expand these foundations through broadened research endeavors, partnerships, and outreach. As the knowledge base increases, and as demands on forested ecosystems increase, the future of our forests demand new understandings and methods. CRS seeks to provide these answers for the future of silviculture. The Research, Resources and Links available from CRS are intended to be of value to both educators and students as well as researchers and forest practitioners.
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School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science
1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931-1295 1-800-WOODS-MI mail to : sdnoble@mtu.edu |
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