Anyway, most of the north end has been cleared and next week a machine called a 'forwarder' will pick-up, load and deliver to the 'landing' the bolts harvested from the logging operation.
I spoke with Luke yesterday and asked that the middle and southern-most plantations will also get a touch-up thinning but nothing on the order of the scale of the project in the northernmost stand. As long as the equipment is mobilized it's time and materials so to speak.
Jill and I took the Mule out a short while ago to check on the progress to the north. The main takeaways are as follows:
There is now beaucoup sunlight busting thru the canopy. Absolutely unbelievable. Forest regeneration should take-off big time on the coming years.
We had no clue how tall the remaining trees actually are - in many cases far-taller than 100 feet. A logger with a good eye for dominant trees favors taking the runts and leaving behind the best in class - pine and hardwood.
The hunting dynamic will obviously change this fall. It's too early to say for precisely how but opening this up will absolutely affect deer movement and shot opportunities.
The later model iPhones include a built-in stabilizer for shooting video on surface where you are bouncing-around climbing over 8-9 inch pulp bolts strewn in the trail. You'd never know it from watching the video. View is looking east from the central trail as we travel north to the property line at Dump Road
Stay-tuned for more updates....…
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