Firediver

Hey all, I am trying to add some plots to my property. I have 65 acres near Dansville NY that is all forest. It's mainly maple, oak, beech and hemlock. It's under a timber management plan, so I can't bulldoze big openings. My thought is to enhance natural openings in narrow strips..... Most of these strips run east- west The property is on a north facing slope too and I have equipment to do what ever we need to do So my question is, does anyone else have similar plots and what seed have you had success with?