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Kane Experimental Forest |
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Location:
Elk County
Highland Road
Kane, PA 16735
814-837-7349 or 563-1040
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/research/experimential-forest/kane.shtml
Parking:
Bus and car parking is available on the side of the road.
Public Access:
Tours are available and are scheduled in advance with the USDA Forest Service. Schools welcome.
Trail Conditions:
Trailheads are not clearly marked, the trails are well maintained. The terrain is relatively flat.
Signage/brochure:
Numbered interpretative signs identify all stations and describe the treatment applied. Self-guided tour brochures are available through the Forest Service.
History:
The cherry-maple hardwood stand was harvested about 1920 for local tanneries, sawmills, and local chemical wood plants.
Directions:
Take I 80 to Rt 66. After entering Elk County, Rt 66 will join with Rt. 948. When the two roads split, bear left to stay on Rt. 66. Go seven miles and make a right on Old Mill Rd. Travel 0.7 miles crossing railroad tracks and come to a T intersection. Make a right on Highland Rd. Travel 3.2 miles, cross railroad tracks and through village of Lamont (National Fuel pumping station). Take first left onto a dirt road with Forest Service sign "Keep Your Forests Clean." Continue down dirt road crossing railroad tracks and travel one mile to thinning plots on both sides of road.
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Map of Highland Rd
Lamont, PA
The map provides general location information.
Additional Resources:
Marquis, David A.; Ernst, Richard L. 1991. The effects of stand structure after thinning on the growth of an Allegheny hardwood stand. For. Sci. 37(4): 1182-1200.
Nowak, Christopher A. 1996. Wood volume increment in thinned, 50- to 55-year-old, mixed-species Allegheny hardwoods. Can. J. For. Res. 26:819-835.
Ernst, Richard L. 1987. Growth and yield following thinning in mixed-species Allegheny hardwood stands. In: Nyland, Ralph D., ed. Managing northern hardwoods: Proc. Symp. 23-25 June 1986. Syracuse, NY. Syracuse, NY: State University of New York Faculty of Forestry Miscellaneous Publication 13: 211-222.
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