Our forest restoration work is focused on returning the forest to the proper balance of conifers and hardwoods. Currently, the Mendocino Redwood Company forestlands have many forested acres which are dominated by hardwoods in areas that previously grew and retained conifer cover, while the Humboldt Redwood Company forestlands are mostly in balance. We primarily use Herbicides to reduce the dominance of hardwoods in these out of balance stands. Once hardwoods have been reduced, planting crews re-plant the area with conifers. Many of these previously hardwood-dominated stands have now been returned to young conifer forest.
Additionally, both MRC and HRC use herbicides to control invasive, exotic species which threaten the success of native plant species within our forestlands.
