Tribe: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and 1854 Treaty Authority
View Source Document: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan: 1854 Ceded Territory Including the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, and Grand Portage Reservations
Year: 2016
Topic: Adaptation Strategies to Address Climate Impacts to Paper Birch: Conservation, Preservation, and Maintenance
Increase stand diversity by under planting of low densities of other tree species.
Remove gypsy moth preferred species that are small and poor quality or girdle these trees to create wildlife snags.
Incorporate more mixed aspen-conifer management by increasing regeneration emphasis on mixed conifer species within stands including white pine and white...
Manage herbivory (e.g. deer grazing) using barriers to promote regeneration.
Assess and control pests and invasive species (ex. gypsy moth).
Promote landscape water retention to protect against soil drying and overall drought stress.
Reconsider existing fuels management strategies under warming conditions and potentially elevated fire risk.
When harvesting a paper birch stand, be sure to leave scattered seed trees or to assure living, healthy, seed producing...
Harvest all ages of trees.
Paper birch do well in scarified soils so look to change regulations that allow for this practice to happen (right...
Use fire to create disturbance needed for regrowth.
Assess commercial aspen/birch stands that were previously or plan to be harvested and thin aspen to reduce competitive pressure on...