Approximately 8,000 red pines were planted in a  stand primarily for future economic timber value and 1500 jack pine were planted in a fallow area with poor soil types suitable for jack pine but not conducive to forage plants to serve as a future area of dense cover for wildlife.
Around 8,000 red pines were planted in the stand primarily for their economic timber value, and approximately 1500 jack pines were sown in an uncultivated area with poor soil that is suitable for jack pine but not conducive to forage plants, aiming to create a future dense cover for wildlife.