07/10/2024
Forest Update! Several harvests were completed this week and closures lifted. The Dead Man's Finger Harvest will begin tomorrow.
A lot of info to take in, so hopefully the visual will help!
Recently Completed Harvests:
✅ Poison Soap Harvest is complete. All closure signs have been lifted
✅ 870 Right of Way Harvest complete. All closure signs have been lifted. The 'No Parking' bollards at Oak Creek will be removed this afternoon. Thank you for your patience with the limited parking at Oak Creek during this harvest! We block off those spaces so log trucks can make it through that narrow passage.
✅ Nerd Harvest is complete and the area will be re-opened to the public by noon tomorrow.
✅ Lewisburg Saddle SMC Harvest is complete and the area will be re-opened to the public by noon tomorrow. Please use caution on the New Growth Trail as we still need to address minor post-harvest trail repairs.
Active Harvests:
⚠️Dead Man's Finger Harvest will begin tomorrow morning.
- Approximate Closure Duration: 1.5 Months
- Closed Roads: Portions of 610, All of 611 & 611.2
- Closed Trails: None
- Haul Route: 600 road to the 600 Gate at Lewisburg Saddle
- Detours: None
- Size: 41.8 acres
- Harvest Method: Tethered harvester/forwarder Cut to Length System
- Prescription: Thinning to a variable spacing removing dead, diseased, dying and suppressed conifer trees
- Reason for Harvest: This timber harvest contributes to the overall sustainable harvest goal. Revenue supports Research Forests operations and teaching and research within the College of Forestry. Increase long term forest health and wind firmness.
- Stand Age: 32
- Additional Considerations: None
- Consistent w/ Forest Plan? Yes
⚠️ Woodpecker Phase 1 Harvest is currently active.
⚠️ Turkey Run Harvest (Student Logging Training Program) is currently active.
Know before you go:
🌲 Visit our Interactive Webmap for live updates of harvest related closures: https://cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu/harvest-webmap
🌲 Sign up for our Forest Email Updates to stay informed about what is going on in the Research Forests!
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