Wisconsin Silviculture Guide (WSG)
Contents, Foreward & Applications
I. Ecological Tools
II. Silvicultural Methods
Chapter 21 - Natural Regeneration [PDF]
- Purpose
- Coppice
- Clearcut
- Seed Tree
- Overstory Removal
- Shelterwood
- Single-Tree Selection
- Group Selection
- Patch Selection
- Natural Regeneration Methods by Forest Cover Type
- Practices Not Part of Silvicultural Systems That May Result in Regeneration
- Establishment and Evaluation of Adequate Natural Regeneration
- References
- Appendix A – Forest Regeneration Metric (FRM)
Chapter 22 - Artificial Regeneration [PDF]
- Purpose
- Definitions
- Planning
- Site Preparation
- Direct Seeding
- Planting
- Plantation Management and Maintenance
- Specialty Plantings
- Appendix A - Individual Species Planting Considerations
- Appendix B - Herbicides for Forest Management
- References
Chapter 23 - Intermediate Treatments [PDF]
- Purpose
- Release
- Thinning
- Thinning Clumps of Trees
- Improvement Cutting
- Salvage and Sanitation Cuttings
- Pruning
- References
Chapter 24 – Tree Marking and Retention Guidelines [PDF]
III. Cover Types - Silvics and Silviculture
- Chapter 31 - White Pine [PDF]
- Chapter 32 - Red Pine [PDF]
- Chapter 33 - Jack Pine [PDF]
- Chapter 34 - Fir-Spruce [PDF]
- Chapter 35 - Swamp Conifer - Balsam Fir [PDF]
- Chapter 36 - Black Spruce [PDF]
- Chapter 37 - Tamarack [PDF]
- Chapter 38 - White Cedar [PDF]
- Chapter 39 - Hemlock Hardwood [PDF]
- Chapter 40 - Northern Hardwood [PDF]
- Chapter 41 - Oak [PDF]
- Chapter 43 - Aspen [PDF]
- Chapter 44 - Paper Birch [PDF]
- Chapter 45 - Black Walnut [PDF]
- Chapter 46 - Swamp Hardwood [PDF]
- Chapter 47 - Bottomland Hardwood [PDF]
- Chapter 51 - Red Maple [PDF]
- Chapter 52 - Central Hardwoods [PDF]