Recent Clearcuts
This week we determined the aesthetic impact of clearcuts along major roadways in a 1,400-hectare woodlot in the Acadian-New England forest.
This was accomplished by identifying clearcuts no older than 5 years that shared a boundary with a major road.
Frequency Distribution
A frequency distribution of shared lengths between major roads and the clearcuts was created to show the distribution of clearcut distances (in kilometers) along the major roads.
Aesthetic Impact
A view shed was created and reclassified according to the areas of the woodlot that are visible from a major road. The viewshed was combined with the previously identified clearcuts and used to calculate the total area of visible clearcuts.
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