Description: Recruitment/Future Forests (CWH)
The goal of this map is to show how logged forests will develop over the next 30 years at lower elevations, i.e., in the CWH (Coastal Western Hemlock) Zone. The term "recruitment forest" refers to young stands that are protected so that they can develop into older forests, especially within landscapes in which old forest is below conservation targets. The term future forest is somewhat synonymous, but is more generally concerned with projecting what forests will be present on a landscape in the future.
Two forest types are shown:
(1) Unlogged forests, i.e., >100 years; and,
(2) Previously logged forests that will have reached an age of 80+ years by 2054 (i.e., in 30 years).
Ages from 2022 VRI. See additional metadata notes in the Old and Ancient Forest Habitat layer that describe challenges with VRI age data.