Management Alternatives for Degraded Stands

Traditionally, owners of degraded hardwood stands have either converted to pine, continued periodic logging of salable trees, or ignored the stands altogether. However, other options are also available for managing degraded stands, such as intermediate management, hardwood regeneration or planting, and multiple-use management. The following discussions on management options for degraded stands were suggested by McGee (1982) for the interior uplands, but they apply to the southern Appalachians as well.

• Converting Degraded Stands to Pine
• Hardwood Regeneration in Degraded Stands
• Planting Hardwoods in Degraded Stands
• Intermediate Management of Degraded Stands
• Periodic Logging of Degraded Stands
• Multiple-Use Management of Degraded Stands
• No Management