Smoky Mountain Woodland Owners Workshop

Smoky Mountain Woodland Owners Workshop

Take part in an interactive walk and talk to obtain essential knowledge on a variety of forestry and wildlife topics.

By N.C. Cooperative Extension, Swain County

Date and time

Location

Meet at Haywood County Cooperative Extension

589 Raccoon Road Waynesville, NC 28786 United States

About this event

  • Event lasts 4 hours

Workshop will cover the topics below:

  • Forest Restoration, Recreation, and Wildlife: advanced regeneration, in particular -> encouraging natural regeneration of Oak and Hickory trees, which can be useful to those who are considering non-plantation timber management.
  • Wildlife Bird Boxes
  • Invasive Species Treatments: 1 year, 2 year, untreated. Good areas vs bad areas.
  • Good Road and Maintenance of Roads: water bars, turn outs, etc.
  • Canopy Gaps: promoting oaks and hickory trees
  • Using Grazing Livestock to Underbrush: effective, non-selective, go for the easy things first and can chew down desired plants including young trees - future forest
  • Early Succession Habitat: native wildflower meadow & riparian buffer (If time allows)

Register via Eventbrite (deadline October 3)

For more information, contact:
Robert Hawk, Extension Director
Jackson/Swain Counties
robert_hawk@ncsu.edu

Organized by

N.C. Cooperative Extension, Swain County

Swain County Center

60 Almond School Rd

Bryson City, NC 28713

OPEN MON-FRI: 8A-5P

(828) 488-3848

https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/

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Oct 11 · 10:00 AM EDT