Myers Pond Forest tour

Hull Forest Products will host a free Myers Pond Forest tour at the 453 acre managed forest in Union, CT on Saturday October 17 from 12:30 to 4:30 pm.

Located within the Quinebaug Highlands Landscape, the Myers Pond Forest has been formally managed for timber production for over a century. It is home to wetlands, streams, and woodlands that provide critical wintering and staging areas for migratory waterfowl, and the property helps sustain the largest drinking water supply watershed in Connecticut.

Attendees will learn about this property’s conservation easement with the Nature Conservancy, as well as the property’s recreational leasing program, old growth preserve, white pine regeneration, oak shelterwood harvests, old grist mill site, watershed protection, and the story of George Hewitt Myers, the American forester and philanthropist behind this forest as well as the Yale-Myers Forest, the largest private landholding in Connecticut.