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106 Reforestation: Preparing a Forest Stewardship plan What will you do with your forest? Some landowners choose to “let nature take its course.” They believe that nature, left to its own processes, will be a better manager than they ever could be. While this may be true in some situations, many of the natural processes that formed today’s forests have been impaired by human activity. Wildfires that once renewed certain types of forest have been curtailed. Non-native insects and diseases have decimated populations of some tree species. Introduced plants and animals have replaced native species. Residential, commercial, and industrial development has fragmented forests into smaller, more isolated pieces.
Reforest
Our proven 106 Reforestation process restores the habitat to allow aspen to flourish.
- Google earth analysis of designated area
- Mechanical removal of selected areas
- Take soil samples for exact fertilizer requirements
- Grading and contouring of plots
- Build slope drainages for selected pond sites
- Seed all selected plots with wildlife seed blend
- Commercial fertilization of Plots
- Burn remaining debris piles
- Bury burnt remains
- Review plots for growth and install high fence test
- Reseed burnt debris areas
Reforest
Our proven 106 Reforestation process restores the habitat to allow aspen to flourish.
- Google earth analysis of designated area
- Mechanical removal of selected areas
- Take soil samples for exact fertilizer requirements
- Grading and contouring of plots
- Build slope drainages for selected pond sites
- Seed all selected plots with wildlife seed blend
- Commercial fertilization of Plots
- Burn remaining debris piles
- Bury burnt remains
- Review plots for growth and install high fence test
- Reseed burnt debris areas
Results
Why 106?
106 Reforestation is dedicated to the 106 acres of Pando, the Trembling Giant
One of the world’s oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens in the Fish Lake National Forest in Utah. When the Pando Clone was discovered, scientists named it with a Latin word that means “I spread.” An aspen clone starts with a single seed and spreads by sending up new shoots from the expanding root system. These shoots become trees that are genetically identical.
Pando is located about 1 mile southwest of Fish Lake on State Highway 25, and is believed to be the largest organism ever found at nearly 13 million pounds. The clone spreads over 106 acres, consisting of over 50,000 individual trees.
Articles
High Elevation Habitat Restoration
Vivid Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife member Mike Siaperas and the DWR have treated approximately 400 acres by removing dense conifer stands. The resulting regeneration is nothing short of amazing…”
The Salt Lake Tribune
“Quaking aspen, Utah’s state tree, once covered 40 percent of Monroe Mountain, but today conifers are encroaching into many stands. In other places, aspen shoots fail to mature because they are eaten by cattle, sheep, deer and elk.
Utah Forest News
“On Thursday, August 13, 2015 USU Forestry Extension cohosted the fourteenth annual Timber Harvest Tour on the Tavaputs Plateau, Utah….”
Bulldozing Aspen to Grow Aspen
For the past few years Utah landowner Mike Siaperas, has been bulldozing openings in his mature aspen forest to grow a younger and more pure aspen forest on the Tavaputs Plateau southeast of Price.
Testimonials
Most Environmentally Friendly U.S. President
“It is high time to realize that our responsibility to the coming millions is like that of parents to their children, and that in wasting our resources we are wronging our descendants.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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Mike Siaperas
2014 Conservationist of the Year
2011 Conservationist of the Year
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Email: MSIAPERAS@106REFOREST.COM