Visit a locust, mulberry and hybrid chestnut silvopasture project and parts of the property that are under USDA-EQIP contracts for brush management and timber stand improvement.
Topics will include Establishing a Commercial Nut Orchard – the First 8 Years; Growing Chestnuts Organically; Cloning Hazelnut by Stooling; My Experiences Growing Chestnut and Other Nut Crops; and 50 Years of Planting and Nurturing Nut Trees: from Almonds to Walnuts.
Insights from our joint projects to monitor wildlife and enhance habitat, and how landowners can play a key role in protecting and enhancing wetland ecosystems.
Things to see: a portable sawmill operation, a 4-story barn re-habilitation project utilizing timber from the woods and, If conditions permit, we will get a a peek at a blackgum bog.
Tom Tasber will examine the black bear’s natural history in addition to discussing ways to coexist with this widespread species.
