Tour an Active Timber Harvest at the Forest Society’s Woodman Forest in Boscawen
Join the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Saturday, May 15 from 9 am to noon for a guided timber harvest tour.
Explore the Forest Society’s Woodman Forest in Boscawen and meet Jack and Jake Bronnenberg from Bronnenberg Logging and Trucking. Learn about forest management in relation to improving timber quality, wildlife habitat, and recreation, and get the latest news about logging practices, equipment, wood products, and the timber markets where products are shipped and sold. Forest Society staff will share the site-specific forestry and wildlife habitat goals, as well as site considerations and management planning. Merrimack County Forester Tim Fleury will provide information on the NH Tree Farm program and natural resource assistance available to forest landowners.
Pre-registration for this timber harvest tour, which includes easy hiking, is required. For more information or to register, email signup@forestsociety.org or call Tina at 603-224-9945 ext. 313.
The tour is co-sponsored by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, UNH Cooperative Extension Merrimack Country, the Boscawen Agricultural Commission, the Boscawen Conservation Commission, and Bronnenberg Logging and Trucking.
Founded in 1901, the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is the state’s oldest and largest non-profit land conservation organization. Supported by 10,000 families and businesses, the Forest Society’s mission is to perpetuate the state’s forests by promoting land conservation and sustainable forestry. For more information, visit www.forestsociety.org.