You are here

Home » Content

Assessment of a Salvage Logging Operation after Winter Storms: A Case Study of Ihsangazi Forest Directorate, Kastamonu-Turkey

Journal Name:

  • European Journal of Forest Engineering

Publication Year:

  • 2016

Key Words:

Author NameUniversity of AuthorFaculty of Author
Abstract (2. Language): 
Timber extraction (logging), an initial stage of forest operations, involves felling of timber and removing them off the stands. This stage of forestry, if not planned and supervised properly, is the reason for various adversities one never expects happening in forested areas, such as erosion, sedimentation, soil compaction and displacement, etc. Logging on the other hand, is a never ending process which will happen here and there as the forests continue to exist. That’s why this unavoidable part of forest management demands operational planning in micro detail because especially edaphic and topographic factors differ tremendously in close distances. As previously reported in many studies, logging may cause far more serious circumstances to soil and the environment when it is not contracted and practiced professionally. Natural disasters especially winter storms potentially lead to devastating impacts on forest ecosystem and turn logging into even more complicated tasks that require well planned forest operations. In the scope of this study devised following a logging operation which occurred in Ihsangazi Forest Directorate in the spring of 2015 after an unexpected windstorm had swept a 100+ years old Scots pine forest in February, 2015, it was determined that excessive ground water further worsened the soil compaction within the first 20 cm. Results revealed that reduced impact logging principles should be implemented especially in environmentally sensitive areas, otherwise hastily executed practices may yield even worse results.
Bookmark/Search this post with
FULL TEXT (PDF): 
PDF icon arastirmax-assessment-salvage-logging-operation-after-winter-storms-case-study-ihsangazi-forest-directorate-kastamonu-turkey.pdf
  • 1
41
47
  • English

REFERENCES

References: 

Ablan, H.D., Host, G.E., Elioff, J.D., Shadis, D.A.,
1994, Soil and Vegetation Response to Soil
Compaction and Forest Floor Removal after Aspen
Harvesting, Research Paper, NC-315, USDA Forest
Service, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Altunel, A.O., deHoop, F.C., 1998. The Effect of
Lowered Tire Pressure on a Log Truck Driver Seat,
International Journal of Forest Engineering,
9(2):41-47.
Akay, A.E., Yuksel, A., Reis, M., Tutus, A., 2007. The
Impacts of Ground-Based Logging Equipment on
Forest Soil, Polish Journal of Environment Studies.
16(3):371-376.
Ampoorter, E., de Schrijver, A., van Nevel, L., Hermy,
M., Verheyen, K., 2012. Impact of mechanized
harvesting on compaction of sandy and clayey forest
soils: results of a meta-analysis, Annals of Forest
Service, 69(5):533-542.
Atalay, I., 2006. Soil Formation, Classification and
Geography, Forest and State Waterworks Ministry,
Afforestation and Erosion Control General Directory
Publications, 584 p.
Aust, W. Michael, Blinn, Charles R., 2004. Forestry
best management practices for timber harvesting and
site preparation in the eastern United States: An
overview of water quality and productivity research
during the past 20 years (1982–2002), Water, Air
and Soil Pollution: Focus, Springer Link, 4(1):5-36.
Bayoglu, S., 1996. Forest Transportation Planning
Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry Publication,
İ.Ü.#3941, ISBN: 975-404-438-4, Istanbul, Turkey.
169 p.
Dykstra, Dennis, P., 2001. Reduced Impact Logging:
Concepts and Issues, Applying Reduced Impact
Logging to Advance Sustainable Forest
Management, FAO, Asia Pacific Forestry
Commision, International Conference Proceedings,
Kuching, Malaysia.
Eker, M., 2004. Development of Annual Operational
Planning Model for Timber Harvesting, PhD Thesis,
Graduate School, Karadeniz Technical University,
Trabzon, Turkey. 239 p.
Eroglu, H., Sariyildiz, T., Kucuk, M., Sancal, E., 2010.
Effects of Logging Techniques on Physical
Properties of Forest Soils in Oriental Spruce Stands,
Journal of Forestry Faculty, Suleyman Demirel
University, Series A, Volume 1, ISNN: 1302-7085,
pp 30-42.
Eroglu, H., 2012. Effects of Different Logging
Techniques on Forest Soil Compaction at
Mountainous, Terrain, Artvin Coruh University,
Faculty of Forestry Journal. 13(2):213-225.
Forman, T.T.F., Sperling, D., Bissonette, J.A., et al.,
2003. Road Ecology, Science and Solutions, Island
Press, 504 p.
Gerendiain, A.Z., Pellikka, P., Gonzalo, J. G., Ikonen,
V. P., Peltola, H., 2012. Factors Affecting Wind and
Snow Damage of Individual Trees in a Small
Management Unit in Finland: Assessment Based on
Inventoried Damage and Mechanistic Modelling,
Silva Fennica, 46(2): 181-196.
Gorman, J., Skousen. J., Sencindiver, Ziemkiewicz, P.,
2001. Forest Productivity and Minesoil
Development Under A White Pine Plantation Versus
Natural Vegetation After 30 Years, National
Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining
and Reclamation, June 3-7, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
pp. 1-9.
Gorcelioglu, E., 2004. Forest Road and Erosion
Interactions, Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry
Publication, I.U.#4460, O.F.#476, ISBN: 975-404-
707-3, Istanbul, Turkey. 184 p.
Herbauts, J., El Bayad, J., Gruber W., 1996. Influence
of Logging Traffic on The Hydromorphic
Degradation of Acid Forest Soils Developed on
Loessic Loam in Middle Belgium, Forest Ecology
and Management, 87(1-3):193-207.
Eur J Forest Eng 2016, 2(1): 41-47
47
Notification 299, 2014. The basis of Developing
Ecosystem-based Functional Forest Management
Plans, General Directorate of Forestry, Ankara,
Turkey. 210 p. (http://www.ogm.gov.tr/ekutuphane/
Tebligler/Forms/AllItems.aspx) (Last accessed on
27.05.2016).
Nykanen, M.L., Peltola, H., Quine, C.P., Kellomaki, S.,
Broadgate, M., 1997. Factors Affecting Snow
Damage of Trees with Particular Reference to
European Conditions, Silva Fennica. 31(2):193-213.
Ozcan, G. E., 2009. Investigation of the Possibilities of
Pest Management of Major Bark Beetle Species in
the Oriental Spruce Forests of Macka Forestry
Enterprise, Ph.D. Thesis. Graduate School,
Karadeniz Technical University,Forest Engineering
Department, Trabzon, Turkey. 160 p.
Savaci, G., Sariyildiz, T., 2015. The effects of logging
operations on soil compaction: A Case Study of
Daday Production Forest in the province of
Kastamonu. Precision Forestry Symposium, 4-6
June, Ilgaz, Kastamonu, pp. 379-390.
STODAFOR, 2004. Technical Guide on Harvesting and
Conservation of Storm Damaged Timber, Joint
FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology,
Management and Training, 105 p.
Young, R.A., Giese, R.L., 1990. Introduction to Forest
Science, Second Edition, John Wiley and Suns,
586 p.

Thank you for copying data from http://www.arastirmax.com