Headed to MOFGA Low-Impact Forestry Workshop!

[Carl Russell]

Scott G;22041 wrote:

I am not going to say anything about the long range, but in case you’re interested…

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Unity&state=ME&site=GYX&textField1=44.6111&textField2=-69.335&e=0

Bringing rain gear, and shod horses!!! I’m getting kind of sick of this sunny, warm, clear weather here anyway.

Carl

[jen judkins]

@Carl Russell 22042 wrote:

Bringing rain gear, and shod horses!!! I’m getting kind of sick of this sunny, warm, clear weather here anyway.

Yeah! Looks like winter is knocking on the door…..bring it on!

[dominiquer60]

You folks can have your winter now, but I’ll take mine after the potatoes, carrot and beets have found their way out of the ground and into winter storage, preferably on their own:)

I think if I bring my raingear and goose down all will be well in Maine, especially with good food and company.

[Carl Russell]

Trailer is all loaded, and we are ready to leave here at 4am. See you there, or be square, Carl

[near horse]

Have a good trip! And I know Carl will be singing all the way there
“you can get anything you want at the MOFGA LIF workshop – except for Alice.”

[Carl Russell]

We brought the shovels and rakes and implements of destruction, but you know…. I don’t want a pickle, just want to ride my motorcicle……

Carl

[Tim Harrigan]

Looks like you have perfect weather so rock on.

[Carl Russell]

Today, I way standing on my log cart in Central Maine, mentoring novice teamsters while they drove my team through an obstacle course, dragging a log, while speaking on my cell phone with English horselogger Simon Lenihan.

Carl

[Tim Harrigan]

That’s it! Keep on rockin’ on.

[mitchmaine]

they threw me out of lif after a few days for talking too much, but not before i got a chance to put a face on carl, erika, jen and scott. great to meet you guys. i had the best time, hey to jason, john and jim and thanks for all the work you do putting that thing together. lif has the same flavor that neapfd has, good food and people all interested and excited to be doing the same thing and having others to share that with. thanks for letting me be a part of it.
mitch

[jen judkins]

It was indeed…a very good time. And timely…I feel alot of gratitude, right now. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

[Carl Russell]

Thanks so much for including me in this year’s LIF. I had a blast, and learned a lot about myself as a draft animal logging educator. I really appreciate the open, honest, and real environment.

I was incredibly inspired the first time I visited LIF in 2003, which led me to help define the network of draft animal people in the NE… which led to NEAPFD and DAP. It is a real pleasure to revisit every once in a while as the network grows and matures.

It was awesome coming out of the woods yesterday among a string of people, logging equipment, and horses. John, Peter, Jason, Jim, and all the others have done, and are doing, a wonderful thing.

After a long drive home, I have been mulling over a few of the thing I learned about my approach to draft animals, forestry, and education, and how I would like to improve my delivery.

I am feeling inspired to put together a paper, or perhaps a pamphlet, dissecting modern cultural assumptions about forestry and timber harvest as they pertain to stumpage versus logging costs, forest improvement, and ecology. I feel like there needs to be something in print, where numbers can be compared, so that people can begin to understand how different methods, such as non-commercial thinning, biomass retention, crop tree release, and low impact harvest with draft animals, can facilitate a different economic and ecological product.

I am going to start by trying to put together a few articles 300-500 words, dealing with distinct areas, then hopefully be able to combine them into a pamphlet that could potentially become a manual of sorts.

I was great to see and talk with a you all this weekend.

Carl

[Tim Harrigan]

I am looking forward to that. Maybe DAP can help you write your way through it.

[Jim Ostergard]

I second that Tim. I too have noodled over how to write some of my ideas about my approach to horse logging. I think it is needed Carl. The Swedish book, “The Horse in the Forest” is superb but it would be a great addition to have something more home grown. I have heard how great the workshop was and sorry I couldn’t be there for more of it. I think we really moved into a good grove this time around and the feedback we get from you all will be put to good use. Thanks so much to all and especially to those who travelled so far to help out.
Jimbojim

[near horse]

That’s enough of “LIF was so wonderful talk”! Some of us couldn’t be there and were hoping the post-event comments would be “didn’t miss much” but NOOOO. You all have to rub salt in our wounds with your glowing reports.

Seriously, I’m jealous and wish I could have been there. To those who put it together, it sounds like you did a great job and maybe I can make it next year.

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