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Post by trapperrick on Nov 14, 2015 15:30:50 GMT -5
The Gallitzin State Forest in northern Somerset County has seen a facelift over the past couple of years. While hunting today, I stumbled upon a new grouse and woodcock habitat area they are creating.
An old strip mine on the northern end of the State Forest is seeing some beneficial tree plantings.
And the 10 acre clearcuts that they are fencing in as well.
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Post by Dutch on Nov 15, 2015 7:11:18 GMT -5
Looks nice. They did a lot of work on that. I'm guessing it was done solely by DCNR as there are no signs from Ruffed Grouse Society or NWTF?
Is browsing that severe that a fence is needed?
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Post by trapperrick on Nov 15, 2015 9:28:10 GMT -5
Looks nice. They did a lot of work on that. I'm guessing it was done solely by DCNR as there are no signs from Ruffed Grouse Society or NWTF? Is browsing that severe that a fence is needed? All of this work is only being done by DCNR. Deer and most other wildlife on the State Forest seems to be scarce but the fence does help a great deal. |
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Post by greyphase on Dec 5, 2015 8:31:00 GMT -5
Hope the trees in the tubes grow. I've seen too many such plantings on gamelands that failed. You need to have follow up maintenance to ensure success. A good example is the William H Goudy Memorial Habitat project in Somerset Co. where hundreds of aspen were planted in tree tubes several years ago but this fall I could not find a single successful planting, just empty plastic tree tubes lying everwhere creating trash. I tried tree tubes but ran into too many troubles (mice burrowing under them in the winter and girdling the tree, trees growing tall but spindly). The elderberry and hazelnut are shrubs, can't see them doing well in a tree tube. The Kerr crab may do better. They are a great wildlife crab. Don't mean to run the DCNR down because they obviously did a lot of work there just hope it pans out.
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Post by Muab Dib on Dec 6, 2015 7:21:21 GMT -5
I agree with you 100% grayphase on the tubes. Where I am, following cuts the DCNR tube planted oaks are spindly and weak and the tubes never disintegrated as they were supposed to. Now we have a forest littered with plastic tubes and sub-growth oaks. DCNR has told me they don't have the funds to go out and cut and collect the tubes...We've been slowly cutting tubes but we can only do so much. Just the other side of the coin.
Muab
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