Park along Indian Ridge Road at the corner of Harold Myers Rd. coordinates: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nxuh4A9aVYgzgXWr8

This property has a historic old boarding house.  We will visit a locust, mulberry and hybrid chestnut silvopasture project. We will see parts of the property that are under USDA-EQIP contracts for brush management and timber stand improvement.

Goals on the property are to transition from an even age stand to a more climate resilient multiage ecosystem.

Brush management includes controlling undesirable plants: barberry, buckthorn, honeysuckle, multiflora rose, stiltgrass. We have been doing this for one year with 2 more years left on the contract.

Interesting flora include: some very large mid-story and shrub spicebush, winterberry holly, serviceberry, surviving American chestnut, population of flowering dogwood, and a very old stand of declining hemlock.

Please wear ankle supporting sturdy shoes since footing can be uneven.

RSVP with Carol at happyinthehollow@gmail.com by October 16 so we know how many to expect.