Russell Forestry Services

07/24/2020

Sometimes, even when you’ve got the perfect place to load logs, chance can interfere. It helps to have versatile animals, and a basket full of tricks. I came back for another load to find one log had rolled into the trail. It was too heavy to lift, and I had no room for a skid to roll it up, but I could flip the sled on its side. I chained the log to the bunk, hitched the oxen to the sled, and pulled it back on its runners with the log in place.

03/26/2020

From Vermont Woodlands Association e-news 3/25/20

01/18/2020

10/12/2019

Current update for Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) areas of infestation in Vermont. Inform yourself about Slow the Spread recommendations if you have ash logs or firewood that you intend to harvest.

https://vtinvasives.org/sites/default/files/images/RiskAreasMap.pdf

09/09/2019

Just another day at the office. Nice to go back 20 years later and feather brush a well managed stand....🤯..... Uneven-aged management in Sugar Maple/Northern Hardwoods. A little single tree selection prior to establishing a sap lease. Harvesting minimal volume of about 1Mbf/ac. of 20-24” sugar maple and yellow birch saw timber, with 10-16” beech, sugar maple, and yellow birch firewood. The residual stand is 6-22” and well-formed, with good regeneration.

07/16/2019

06/20/2019

Finally, some much needed rain.......💩