Forest management
The municipality of Tuusula owns approximately 900 hectares of commercial forest and approximately 470 hectares of park forest. The municipality follows forest management and logging plans drawn up by professionals. Forest management plans are drawn up for 10 years at a time, separately for commercial and park forests.
Environmentally friendly care
The municipality of Tuusula strives to manage its forests in an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable manner. In forest areas located within the town plan area, i.e. park forests, we emphasise landscape values and develop opportunities for recreational use. In the management of commercial forests, we monitor tree growth, and the goal is often economic return.
- We select the logging method based on the intended use of the forest, the objective and the natural values.
- We actively manage forests in accordance with management class-specific objectives and forest management plans.
- We do not carry out logging between 15 April and 31 July, which is the most important nesting period for birds.
- Where possible, we preserve old and valuable forests and take conservation trees into account.
- We listen to residents' wishes in such a way that the common interests of the municipality and its residents are more important than the views of individual residents.
What is a forest plan?
- A forest plan is a plan for the management and use of forest assets, drawn up from the forest owner's perspective.
- The forest plan includes an assessment of the forest's timber resources and condition, natural values, potential uses and management needs. When drawing up the forest plan, the tree stand, its condition and the forest's potential natural values are inventoried in the field.
- Forest plans are drawn up for 10 years at a time, separately for commercial and recreational forests.
Commercial forests
Most of the forests owned by the municipality of Tuusula are commercial forests. In our forest management and logging activities, we take into account the requirements of good nature conservation and ensure the diversity of forest nature, the quality of forests and their preservation in accordance with their intended use.
We manage and thin forests through both standing sales and procurement sales every year. The timber buyer is responsible for standing sales harvesting, taking into account the load-bearing capacity of the terrain and the felling method. In procurement sales, the seller, i.e. the municipality of Tuusula, is responsible for harvesting the timber. Procurement sales include, for example, trees to be removed from new construction sites.
Park forests
Park forests are classified as forests and forest-like environments located in zoned green areas. These include, for example, local forests on the edges of residential areas, protective forests next to roads or industrial areas, and areas along outdoor trails. In Tuusula, park forests are classified according to the RAMS maintenance classification. The maintenance class describes the general appearance, use and level of maintenance of the area. The maintenance classes used for park forests in Tuusula are valuable forest (M1), local forest (M2), outdoor and recreational forest (M3) and protective forest (M4).
The primary objective of managing all park forests is to maintain diverse, safe and pleasant environments. In addition, the aim is to maintain biodiversity and carbon sequestration in the long term. Park forests are not expected to generate any economic returns.
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