Final logging operations in the conditions of forestry in the North-West of the Russian Federation

The article is devoted to substantiate the need for high-quality final logging operations as an element of logging technology in the context of their impact on forest ecology and reforestation, as well as to analyze the practice of final logging operations in the conditions of forestry in the North-West of the Russian Federation. The current regulatory documents in the field of forestry and the forest industry clearly define the need for final logging operations, including clearing of cutting areas. Nevertheless, both in the scientific community and among practitioners in the field of forestry and the forest industry, there is no consensus on the need for clearing logging sites. The existence of different opinions, both in the scientific community and among practitioners in the field of forestry and the forest industry, regarding the necessity and technological features of final logging operations, including clearing of cutting areas, determines the need for further scientific research on this topic. When determining the direction of further scientific research regarding the final logging operations as part of measures to protect wildlife and their habitat and integrate such measures into the system of logging production technologies, we consider it possible to classify a number of methods of clearing cutting areas as biotechnical methods of clearing cutting areas. These are, for example, such methods of clearing cutting areas as collecting felling residues in heaps and shafts, leaving them in place for rotting and for feeding wild animals in winter. Compliance with the requirements for timely and high-quality clearing of cutting areas will significantly reduce the cost of reforestation by about 10-15%.

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