Headed to MOFGA Low-Impact Forestry Workshop!

[Scott G]

Well, I’m actually going to be able to pull it off and be at MOFGA Low Impact Forestry Workshop this November! I’m very excited to be able to meet with you folks & see your operation in person! I sincerely hope that many of you that live in the general area can make it. This is as close to a horse logger’s rendevous that I’ve seen (other than NEAPFD, of course).

See ya’ soon!!

[Carl Russell]

Scott, I’m looking forward to it. I also am making the trip from VT with a team and bobsled. I am pleased at the thought of participating in an event organized by someone else….

See you there 11/18, Carl

[Scott G]

Awesome, Carl! I’ll be flying into Bangor, 11/17 p.m. Looking forward to the prep day on Thursday.

I know what you mean about enjoying one vs running one. I just finished putting on a large forest ops wkshop about a month ago and have a biomass procurement conference I’m presenting with CSU on 11/10.

It will be great to get out of here and spend some high quality time with you folks…

[Scott G]

So who else on this forum is going to be there other than John P., Jim O., & Carl?

I’d like to meet as many of you as I can while I’m back there.

Need to brush up on my “Maine speak”… ‘Wicked’ ya’ll 😀

[dominiquer60]

I will be there for the chainsaw safety course which is running at the same time as the LIF weekend, I am looking forward to seeing many of you.

Erika

[mitchmaine]

hey scott, i’m hoping to get there with a hoss or two. hope to see and meet you.
mitch

[Jim Ostergard]

Scott,
Great that it worked out for you to join us. And, for Carl to bring some horsepower over! I will be bringing my new guy, Zeb up. Also will pack a small single horse scoot and maybe my walking beam arch so other folks can try it if they want. Look forward to seeing all you folks from away.
Jimbojim
PS: anybody need a nice no choke collar, 25″?

[jen judkins]

Reno and I will be there. Shaping up to be a very fun group….

[Scott G]

I’m beyond stoked! Getting hard to concentrate on the tasks at hand…

I have the MFS website up right now so that I can familiarize myself with the region, forest cover types, etc. Seems as though many of the same issues face forestry in N America, regardless of which region you are located.

[reb]

Whare can i get more info about this?
Richard

[Mark Cowdrey]

Richard,
Here is a link:
http://mofga.org/Default.aspx?tabid=297

[Carl Russell]

reb;21605 wrote:

Whare can i get more info about this?
Richard

Richard the MOFGA website is a good start, but John Plowdon(DAP member) will also probably help you out..

http://www.mofga.org/Programs/LowImpactForestry/tabid/227/Default.aspx

Carl

[mitchmaine]

@Scott G 21604 wrote:

I’m beyond stoked! Getting hard to concentrate on the tasks at hand…

I have the MFS website up right now so that I can familiarize myself with the region, forest cover types, etc. Seems as though many of the same issues face forestry in N America, regardless of which region you are located.

when i was a kid, scott, they were saying the state of maine had been cut over seven times. the first crop of 200 foot by twelve foot white pines were taken off with handtools, and now they are mowing thirty year old spruce and fir with mechanical harvesters. go figure. anyway, the best we have now are fifth growth pine. some nice patches here and there, but the skidder took a big chunk out of the principle. hope you like the choppin’. a trees still a tree.

mitch

[Scott G]

@mitchmaine 21608 wrote:

when i was a kid, scott, they were saying the state of maine had been cut over seven times. the first crop of 200 foot by twelve foot white pines were taken off with handtools, and now they are mowing thirty year old spruce and fir with mechanical harvesters. go figure. anyway, the best we have now are fifth growth pine. some nice patches here and there, but the skidder took a big chunk out of the principle. hope you like the choppin’. a trees still a tree.

mitch

Yeah Mitch, the site potential/quality you guys have out there is above and beyond, for the most part, much better than my region. First off, you have water & soil…

I routinely cut in areas that have never been/minimally harvested in the past. Much of the country was just too rugged and/or inaccessible to log back in the day. Now that we have folks building houses on mountainsides, roads have been built into areas that previously were inacessible. Many of the new residents are adverse to cutting yet want to exclude fire and other natural disturbances as well. They have this “freeze frame” mentality of their piece of paradise being static and not dynamic. Not so much, something has to give… All of our forests in the Rocky Mtn region are disturbance driven and need to remain so in order to be truly sustainable. As I tell them, “pick your disturbance”.

As far as laying wood down @ MOFGA, I was prepared to ship one of my saws to John P. for the prep & workshop. He said not to bother and would come up with one if needed. I’ll still be packin’ my PPE & felling/woods gear though.

Probably best that I’m not bringing one of my saws. They typically run @ 8,500′ – 9,500′ elevation. They wouldn’t be able to run in an environment that actually had oxygen. For that matter, don’t know how I’ll do. Might just have to take a big bite/gulp of air when I land in Bangor and that’ll do me for the week…:D

[jen judkins]

@Scott G 21610 wrote:

Probably best that I’m not bringing one of my saws. They typically run @ 8,500′ – 9,500′ elevation. They wouldn’t be able to run in an environment that actually had oxygen. For that matter, don’t know how I’ll do. Might just have to take a big bite/gulp of air when I land in Bangor and that’ll do me for the week…:D

I’ll bring a pack of cigarettes:eek: Just for medicinal purposes, of course.

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