Report From A Hands-On Forestry Workshop
Posted August 1, 2016 at 5:30 am by Peggy Sue McRae
Kirk Hanson Led Forestry Workshop – Anita Barreca Photo
Anita Barreca sent us this report on the Forestry Workshop she and her husband Roger Ellison hosted Saturday at Thornbush Farm…
On Saturday, July 30, Kirk Hanson, of the Northwest Natural Resource Group, led hands-on forestry workshop at Thornbush Farm on San Juan Island. Two dozen owners and managers of forest tracts on San Juan, Orcas, and the mainland were presented with an overview of forestry techniques including: agroforestry, biochar, horse logging, milling and wildlife habitat enhancement.
Besides Hanson’s description of pre-commercial thinning and commercial timber harvesting techniques, Greg Lange of San Juan Island brought his two draft horses and demonstrated a couple of low-impact ways to bring logs out of the woods. Eliza Habegger from the San Juan Land Bank gave an overview of the ecology of the San Juan Islands emphasizing the importance of diversity in plants and wildlife. Roger Ellison from Thornbush Farm showed off his food forest, biochar operation, and milling with a small bandsaw mill.
Greg Lange with Draft Horses – Anita Barreca Photo
For more information about the NW Natural Resource Group and their mission to help family forest landowners, contact http://nnrg.org/
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