Bringing down the wood

One of the problems of cutting wood in a natural area is keeping the ecosystem from getting disrupted. Clearing the East Basin resulted in lots of wood, mostly of firewood quality. Fortunately, in our area there are lots of folks whose main heat source is wood, and they are delighted to get free wood. We, on the other hand, are delighted to get free trucking, since moving heavy wood is expensive.

In order to avoid too much disruption of the soil, we like to have this work done when the ground is frozen. On the other hand, if there is too much snow, our woods road is often impassable, so there is a narrow time slot when this work can be done. Now is the time.



The people taking out the wood use a Bobcat together with a heavy truck and trailer. The Bobcat, which is basically a small front-end loader, is quite mobile and does not mess things up too much.

We're happy to be able to recycle this wood and especially to get it out cost-free.