http://www.sfiprogram.org/media-resources/news/sfi-brings-teams-from-across-north-america-to-break-a-world-record-for-a-cause/They say official confirmation won't come for a couple of weeks, but I think there is enough of a buffer there to absorb any error. The old record was something like 40,000 trees. One team on this jaunt broke that by ( Read more... )

So I was heading home Friday when, on my way out of my timber sale, I spotted some guys I knew from the Game Commission. Seems they were out trapping bears and there was one in a trap on the same road I was on. They let me, my intern and our technician (three women foresters working together - not a common event in such a male dominated ( Read more... )

This is just blowing my mind. http://wnep.com/2015/04/11/husband-taken-into-custody-in-missing-woman-case/Read more... )

This is one of those days that I thank my stars I'm in the vocation I am in.

PA in autumn is about as beautiful as lands can be.


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You could have knocked me over with a feather when a friend pointed this out to me.

Living On Earth: Working WoodlandsThe water authority highlighted in this piece is the one that serves my community. I'm on the water authority's advisory board and for years, while the city manager wanted to cut timber off the property, we on the advisory board ( Read more... )

You don't often see the eastern bluebird in the deep woods where I work, but I've just found an enclave of them in my timber sale! This picture is of the old sale area where we were removing gypsy moth mortality - the trees you see are the only ones that weren't dead - the new sale is out of the picture to the right ( Read more... )

Ok, here's the story...

( The Eagleton Road Demonstration Forest Soap Opera )

Narrative... check.

Finalized plan, coming soon from FDC.

Permits?... Submitted. Awaiting approval.

Letters of support... 7 and counting.

Application form... 50% completed.

Cost estimates from the engineers at FDC... $101,000....

WTF?!?!?!?! For a half mile of trail?!

Before we involved the engineers, it was coming out under 10!

:O

I’ve kept meaning to post, really I have, and have commented on various pages over the last few weeks, but finding time to put together an actual post has proven difficult. Hopefully I won’t regret stealing this afternoon to do this one.

( Pictures from ‘My Office’ under the cut - image heavy post! )

( Ready for the answers? )