Cornell Extension will hold two one-hour Forest Connect Small Scale Logging webinars on Wednesday, December 21st, at noon and 7 p.m.
When it comes to forest management, equipment, methods and techniques that work well on 50 or 100 acres might not be appropriate for parcels of 5, 10 or 20 acres.
Throughout much of the Northeast, as well as other parts of the country, a large portion of the forest resource is held in small parcels as a result of parcelization and fragmentation. Many management activities that a larger landowner also might undertake involve only a few acres or small portions of their property.
Forest and habitat management need not be constrained by or limited to the methods and equipment commonly used by the commercial timber harvesting industry. Good silvicultural practice is just as relevant to a 7-acre parcel as to a 70-acre one. Scale-appropriate methods and equipment used in the right combinations and suitable to the purpose can be engaged for a variety of management and value-added purposes.
During the summer, fall and winter of 2015 roadside forest management silvicultural treatments were implemented at three separate sites in CT. Various small-scale forest harvesting equipment combinations were tried and tested under a variety of forest and terrain types. Tree-felling and processing times, skidding times and distances and product volume and value were tracked.
This multi-media presentation by Thomas Worthley from the University of Connecticut will share observations and experiences and will reflect on the applicability of the methods used to address small parcels, habitat enhancements, roadside forest management and other small-scale harvesting needs. What works well on 5 acres works just as well on 5 acres of a 50-acre parcel.
To take part in the webinar, obtain your registration ID via: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/0fd2318ec3796a188c34be5db4a05ad8
This is the first time that ZOOM will be used for the monthly ForestConnect webinar. Please register early, and arrive 23 minutes early for the webinar.