 Limiting apparent harvest size: Limit apparent harvest size by leaving patches of trees to break up the harvest area, creating narrow openings into the harvest area to limit the view from public roads, and shaping clearcuts to look more like natural openings.Vegetative islands (above) provide leave trees for wildlife habitat, serve as legacy patches, and help to reduce the apparent size of this clearcut from the main road (far right). This clearcut has also been shaped to resemble a natural opening. Photo courtesy of Superior National Forest This aerial view (left) of harvest activity in a clearcut area reflects several visual quality management practices, including natural shaping, large vegetative islands and a narrow opening into the area that limits visual penetration from the road (lower left). Photo courtesy of Chippewa National Forest |
