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🌿 More Variety = More Wildlife! 🐾 Different animals need different habitats—woods, fields, wetlands, and more. Through smart forest management, we can help shape this mix #NHHabitatHappenings #WildlifeHabitat #WildlifeConservation #ForestManagement #HealthyForests #SustainableForestry #HabitatRestoration #ForestConservation #ExploreNature

Did you know the Eastern White Pine is Ontario’s provincial tree? It’s also the province’s tallest growing tree species and provides crucial habitat for larger birds like Bald Eagles and Osprey. It’s also a food source for many smaller songbirds. Thanks for sharing, Ashley! #Kawarthas #NatureFacts

Beyond the month of February, your next opportunity to do tree work without disrupting nesting season will be in the Fall. So you better hop to it! If I see you cutting down trees this Spring or Summer, you’re in BIG trouble. 💪 . . . #nestingseason #wildlifelovers #babyseason #treework #giterdone . . .

Sound habitat management revolves around a focus area. It could be for the benefit of a species or handful of species. Their basic needs should be strongly considered at the start of any habitat plan. In this clip, we are felling a non-merchantable tree to open up the canopy and get structure on the ground. Not only will this tree provide immediate thermal benefits to get deer and squirrels out of the elements, but also food in the form of woody browse #timber #stems #habitat #deer

Pennsylvania is home to many old‑growth stands of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), remnants of the forests that once blanketed the Northeast before European settlement. So magnificent and ecologically valuable, the hemlock was named our state tree (and for good reason). These majestic trees are a year‑round foundation of Pennsylvania’s forests!🌲 #pennsylvanianature #landtrust #landconservation #nativespecies #invasivespecies

The more you know…Squirrels not only eat our shed antlers but also are eating the trees! Dang tree rats! #landmanagement #trees #squirrels #wisconsin #wildlife

Here is a quick comparison between an area that has had a select cut versus an area with a lot of middle age timber. A lot of the cut area had a lot of low value stump sprouts and species that wouldn’t provide much benefit for wildlife. It is great to a small opening in the canopy to enable future regeneration and woody stem growth #habitat #wildlife #conservation #deer

Bear Island is a 175-acre forest in northern Vermont. It is also a highly-degraded forest that since 2017 has been the site of a long-term restoration project led by yours truly — if you want to read more about this project, check out my book How to Love a Forest — with a primary goal of protecting and sustaining biodiversity. In this video, I’m doing what we foresters call “marking” — marking trees to be cut. On my clients’ land I am usually marking trees and then contracting with a logger to cut them. At Bear Island (“my” land) I am both the forester and the logger — I’m the one who will ultimately come here with my chainsaw and my skidder and cut these trees. It would be impossible for me to express all the considerations that I think about when making trees, but in general I am managing for healthy TREES — finding every healthy tree (of which there are few remaining at Bear Island) and releasing them from competition — healthy FORESTS — restoring old-growth structure, especially multi-generationality of trees (by cutting unhealthy trees and pockets of trees), dead wood, and larger “legacy trees — and healthy LANDSCAPES — trying to, when appropriate, create habitats and conditions that are underrepresented across the landscape. One of the weirdest parts of being a forester is understanding how the cutting of trees — the same thing that caused many of the problems that forests now face — can also be used to effect positive change in forests. It’s so weird, but when you study forest ecology you learn how restorative and regenerative of a process tree mortality can be. It’s sad and beautiful and strange — and at Bear Island, it’s working! #forest #forestry #tree

Nature Space News – The Acorn Report Breaking news from the forest canopy! Forest Correspondent Sir Nibbles is reporting for Nature Space News, which has just officially launched. From wildlife sightings to forest gossip around Nature Space Resort, he is bringing you the latest from the treetops. In today’s first report, Sir Nibbles spotted some busy visitors: the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. These fascinating woodpeckers drill neat rows of tiny holes in trees to drink sap. Those little sap wells also feed other birds and insects, making them one of the forest’s smallest snack bars. Stay curious, stay wild… and if you see Sir Nibbles, please report any missing acorns immediately. Nature Space News Reporting from somewhere in the forest. Probably near the snack stash. 🐿️🌲 #findyournaturespace #staycurious #naturelovers #naturelife #princeedwardisland

🌳Happy #FieldNotesFriday ! 🌳 This week Land Stewards Alexander van Engelen and Kevin Brooker, were out on our Dismal Conservation Area in #HanoverNH conducting a forest inventory on the property. While scouting the woods, they came across a rather large maple tree that was surrounded by much smaller and younger trees, which they categorize as a 'wolf tree'. A wolf tree is defined as a tall forest tree 🌳 with large girth and great, spreading branches. Wolf trees are usually surrounded by smaller trees🌱, signifying that the tree was once the only tree in the area and that the smaller trees have grown up years after the wolf tree was established. Over a hundred years ago, as the North American landscape changed and many forests were cut for pasture or timber harvests, some lucky wolf trees were able to remain🪾, either for aesthetic purposes or to help mark property boundaries. Being able to identify a wolf tree in the woods can give you clues as to how the land was once used many years ago. Want the OUTside delivered directly to your INbox?! Sign up for field notes at UVLT.org and never miss out! #UVLT #LandConservation #UpperValleyVTNH #fieldnotesfriday #WildlifeConservation #WolfTrees #HanoverNH

Recently the Nemours Wildlife Foundation invited interested people to help establish longleaf pine on a portion of their property through a technique called underplanting! Tony and I participated in the project. During the visit we joined Heather, a Nemours staff member for an informative and fun couple of hours learning about longleaf pines and the pine savanna ecosystem. After a brief presentation about the topic, Heather guided us in a planting event to help spread this important native tree species within our property boundaries. We rode along pathways in the trailer that made stops along the way so Heather could share information about the trees and wildlife in the area. We were able to see the continued work Nemours has done and their major conservation success with the first natural cavity excavation by Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (RCW) on their property in 2024, marking a significant milestone in their habitat restoration efforts. These small, endangered, territorial birds rely on mature, living longleaf pines to create nests. Growing up I often listened to my dad talk about the importance of pine trees. He sent off for information from the SC Forestry Commission at planting pine trees. He had brochures and on a couple of occasions he received saplings and encouraged people to plant them. Participating in this project brought back many memories of my dad and his love of woodlands and spaces I now know are pine savannas. Today, I’m doing something my dad knew was important years ago; I see it now! Thanks dad! I so glad Tony and I participate in projects that are going to help protect and hopefully ensure we have stands of beautiful trees for many years to come. #longleafpine #pinesavannas #redcocadedwoodpeckers #forestrestoration #nemourswildlifefoundation

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