Pictured are the JimJem speedy dibble and the USFS Spec McLeod rake.
My Silvicultural idea is to go into the forest with these and my 18v Makita reciprocating saw that has a 12″ demolition blade on it and to fell readily removed undesirable herbivory under about 3″ in diameter so I can further rake detritus and maintain forest understory using the McLeod rake. I will need to get my foresters helmet back from Keith at KD Organizing because even a small timber can injure when felled. Keith assisted with remoal of standing deadwood deemed better removed than as optimal for woodpecker and the nest cavities they produce for certain migratory songbirds and wetland waterfowl. Then, I’ll likely compost rather than burn, although I have an MRI fuel bottle drip torch too. When the ground is prepped, RR Alfalfa and Timothy, and perhaps RR corn, and correspondingly an annual return to the locale each spring for a glyphosate treatment using the backpack sprayer from Forestry Suppliers filled with a measure of RR concentrate and water. I might dibble sporadic white pine seedlings in, but Hickory nuts and Walnuts are more shade tolerant species. Various species of apples, pears, and plums, or their cores, can be dibbled too, while peach species tend to be from a more southern biome. If thinning the forest is substantive, sunlight that reaches the forest floor would be conducive to JimJem plantings of Tulip and Daffodil in particular and wysteria and Boston ivy are additional options. Much of this equates to a mimicry of the pre colonial presence of native Americans and Castor canadensis. I think each summer I could also put miracle gro in my backpack sprayer… or even plant American chestnut and perhaps get Scouts to treat American Chestnut a Cu fungicide to stop the blight when the trees reach maturity. All of this, if acorns, maple seeds, and other food sources are propagated, will really enhance a wildlife population scenario that will be good for rodentia prey and the Red Tail Hawk whichpredate upon mice and such, and, Wild Turkey, and White Tail Deer… and local scavengers and predatory mammals will all benefit from the assertion of the dominion o’er the lands.