Family Day Out Opportunity

Everyone invited for a party in the woods!

Yes, let’s welcome the New Year in with a WORK party at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest—our regular monthly Community Forestry Day on Saturday, January 11.  Action begins at 8:30am and goes as long as people are willing and able.  Lunch, as always, provided—and it’s always good.  Please call Jean at the Extension office (503-655-8631) to let us know you are coming.

The plan for the 11th will be getting ready for the coming tree planting season…

 

Hopkins Demonstration Forest

Community Forestry Day

Saturday, January 11 (8:30am-4:00pm)

Tree Planting Site Preparation in the Uneven Age Management Area (UEMA)

Goals for day: 1) remove understory brush and woody vegetation; 2) cut, pile and treat with herbicides—as appropriate; 3) create planting spots and visibly mark.

This work will be done in the Hopkins UEMA that was thinned during the summer/fall of 2012.  Understory planting will be done this winter/spring.  Our plan is to treat about 2-3 acres on January 11 and another 2-3 acres at the February 8 Community Forestry Day.  We are looking for about 200-225 plantable spots per acre in this area.

Here’s what we need on January 11th:

•             Two or three chainsaw operators for brush cutting including trees up to 6” in diameter.

•             Two or three brush stackers to concentrate slash.

•             Two or three chemical applicators for cut-surface and basal oil applications.

•             Two or three grubbers for scalping planting spots and marking with flagging for the tree planters who will be coming in starting in February.

If you have these skills or would like to learn by doing—with guided instruction!—please call Jean at Extension.  Bring your favorite tools, if you wish, or we will provide at Hopkins.  All chemicals are provided, too.  LEARN BY DOING—IT’S THE HOPKINS WAY WE MANAGE OUR FOREST!