A professional forester from Port Townsend met me at the property for an informative and enjoyable five hours walking through the entire 15 acres. I emphasized that my primary aim for the evaluation was to assess current forest health and determine an action plan for any areas needing proactive...
As I wrote last month, today was the Ecological Forestry Seminar sponsored by Kirk and the other helpful folks at Northwest Natural Resource Group. It was held at
Another great forestry event is being planned by Northwest Natural Resources Group: the seminar Ecological Forestry: Restoring Habitat Complexity in Managed Forests. Here's a description from them: "Forests in the Pacific...
If a landowner wants to formalize a commitment to preserving healthy ecosystem features plus get tax credits for doing so, then completion of an Island County Rural Stewardship Plan is the way to do that. This type of plan is integrated with Low Impact Development (LID) techniques and the Public...
Today I received the final signature page from the helpful DNR forester. So, it is now truly completed and ready to use with Island County and timber management programs. Yay Yippee Yahoo!!!
The National Wildlife Foundation's Backyard Wildlife Habitat program has helped many urban, suburban, and rural property owners think about how their own small part of the Earth can be a wildlife habitat and not just a yard for a house. It has been a fairly successful ongoing program, and acts as a...