SCA is setting aside trial sites in the Sörgraninge conservation park for continuous cover forestry (CCF). The trial sites are part of a collaboration between SCA and the Swedish Forest Agency and will be used for training and follow-up to provide more knowledge of CCF methods.

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SCA commences CCF collaboration with the Swedish Forest Agency

SCA is setting aside trial sites in the Sörgraninge conservation park for continuous cover forestry (CCF). The trial sites are part of a collaboration between SCA and the Swedish Forest Agency and will be used for training and follow-up to provide more knowledge of CCF methods.

SCA applies continuous cover forestry (CCF) methods on some of its forest land where there are special reasons for not carrying out regular harvesting operations. One example is sites that require alternative interventions in order to preserve environmental or cultural heritage values, or to promote recreation and reindeer husbandry.

CCF methods includes group selection, where groups of trees are harvested to create gaps for new forest stands, or making shelters of trees where larger trees are retained to promote regeneration.

“Another method is selection system. This means that trees of varying species and ages are always retained when harvesting,” says Askia Sandberg, SCA’s nature conservation expert in Ångermanland.

On a forest excursion at the end of May, Askia and Daniel Andersson (from the Swedish Forest Agency) looked at various areas in Sörgraninge that would be suitable for trial sites.

On some land, CCF methods are particularly effective for natural regeneration and for effective management.

The selected trial sites will be monitored for several years to see how the forest develops, and all sites will be carefully documented.