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 Sugar Maple: Conservation, Preservation, and Maintenance (View All Topics in the Plan)
Promote diversity through forest management: increase structural and age diversity using even and uneven-aged management techniques.
Manage herbivory (e.g., deer grazing) using fences and other barriers to promote regeneration.
Manage for fuel wood as sugar maple can be an important heating source in certain areas of the 1854 Ceded...
Manage sugar maple crown spacing to ensure they have adequate sunlight to grow.
Harvests and intermediate thinning can be applied to reduce food quality and shelter for gypsy moth larvae and pupae. Intermediate...
Remove gypsy moth preferred species that are small and poor quality or girdle these trees to create wildlife snags. If...
Prevent the spread of invasive species (e.g. Norway maple and amur maple) and increase efforts for early detection and control...