Snow in April? Time for water bars to be opened up on smushy roads! #ecologicalforestry #bestmanagementpractices #vermont #newhampshire @rogue_hoes_by_prohoemfg thanks for the best tools.
We got to be part of a great workshop for landowners yesterday at Distant Hill Gardens where we are doing a small-scale demonstration timber harvest. The weather cooperated and we had a great group. Thanks @jahsonferg and @dylbres for hand cutting a lot of nice #redoak there and showcasing what top notch logging looks like. Thanks @distant_hill_gardens for hosting along with UNH Extension. #rottneforwarder #newhampshire #ecologicalforestry
Red oak. Amazing response to growing space made available 10 years back when we worked this stand last. Now, harvesting again! This log is 20” diameter and resulted from about 72 years of growth. #redoak #ecologicalforestry #neusonharvester #vermont #rottne #rottnef15 and thanks @great_meadow for great work on this land over the years.
Removing the overstory on some well established regeneration- perhaps the most satisfying moment in a regeneration process. #ecologicalforestry #ecologicalforestmanagement #vermont #neusonharvester #cuttolengthlogging
Underestimate beech at your peril. This is about 3” and is at least 40 years old. It was cranking along early in life and then slowed way down for the last 20 years- holding growing space and keeping other trees out. We like to precut and treat beech if we can so that this doesn’t happen!
We went out to mark some TSI, and it turned out to be a great tracking day. Fisher tracks on a log! Lots of bobcat too- everyone will appreciate the crop tree release here- vigorous trees mean more nuts and seed and the food chain goes up from there! #ecologicalforestry #timberstandimprovement #newhampshire
Harvested a nice fir Christmas tree from some regen that Fred Hunt started 25 years ago. We released it 8 years ago- it is thick and amazing. Terminal shoot grew 2’ last year. #forest #forestproud #localwood thanks @willythelogger for the OSR. #overstoryremoval
In case you are wondering, the weak link in planting and protecting trees is assembling the tree tubes. We did 1100 this week. Big thanks to the crew that got it done before the snow! #restoration #nativeplants #ecologicalforestry #climateadaptation
Tree planting yesterday in North Bennington! First we wrote a Plan, then we mulched, then we sprayed, now we plant! #ecologicalrestoration #NRCS #nativeplants #plantnative #plantnativeordie
@t.mann1010 mulching and moving as we reclaim a field in New Hampshire. #timberpro #timberpronation #earlysuccessionalhabitat #fae #mulchingmafia #workinglands #longviewforest
