MAC’M

Associates
Marie Cook
Conor Lynch
Aimee Harvie
Marnie Niederhofer
Client: Ms. Theresa Catherine Pennyworth III
LANDOWNER OBJECTIVES
1. To make Pennyworth Forest a model forest that will
maximize bird diversity
2. To sustain said maximal bird diversity by using state –
of- the-art ecological forestry
3. To meet Farmland Tax Assessment criteria of NJ
4. To protect against devastating wildfires
5. To protect and maintain quality of all water resources
6. To produce a sustainable yield
of bird species while meeting
all T&E and Pinelands/State
regulations
7. To protect against all forest
pests and pathogens
 OVERVIEW
 Create vertical and horizontal
heterogeneity
 Provide nesting habitat for
summer breeders
 Use sustainable silvicultural techniques
 Harvest timber to fund prescriptions and cut taxes
 Reduce fuel loads and maintain a fire buffer
 Maintain an area of unmanaged wetland buffer
 Make special considerations for Cooper’s Hawk
(Accipiter cooperii)
 Improve forest health by mimicking lost natural
disturbance regime
ATLANTIC WHITE-CEDAR STAND
T & E SPECIES CONSIDERATIONS
•Thinning for poles
•Removal of suppressed trees only
•Prescriptions performed during non-breeding
season
•August-February to allow for all
phases of breeding, including pair
formation to fledging
BUFFER STAND
“THE EYES” STAND
“THE NINE” STAND
CUMULATIVE 10-YEAR ECONOMICS
That’s enough to buy
Ms. Pennyworth and
ten of her fellow bird
enthusiasts these top-
of-the-line Swarovski
binoculars!

Annual income for the

first ten years easily
exceeds the $552
needed to qualify for
tax break warranted
by the NJ Farmland
Reduced
Assessment Act.
annual taxes
Overall annual
income for years
2010-2019
 EVALUATION
 Multiple-aged stands continually provide habitat at different
stages of succession.
 Installation of nest boxes provides nesting habitat for
bluebirds, tree swallows, barred owls and wood ducks.
 Ecological forest management practices provide suitable
habitat and timber profits.
 Income from clearcuts and thinnings provide enough revenue
to satisfy NJ Farmland Tax Assessment qualifications.
 Along with creating a buffer zone to protect developed land,
fuel loads are greatly reduced in order to protect against
wildfire.
 Management practices will take into consideration the needs of
the breeding Cooper’s Hawk pair nesting in the AWC stand.
 By reintroducing fire and patch-sized disturbances, along with
reducing competition by thinning, forest health will be
improved allowing better defense against pests and pathogens.
IN COOPERATION WITH