Storm damage cleanup on Middle Ridge

FORESTRY: 0.5 hours: 2:15 PM to 2:45 PM

Storm damage cleanup on Middle Ridge in South Side unit #4.

Forestry in south side Unit #4: Cut down and cut up hanging blow-downs and logging slash in the middle of the central ridge, just below the second road junction. Worked the west side of the ridge, connecting to the already cleaned-up section in the un-harvested stand to the south.

BEFORE and AFTER: Tower-logging landing in action and 6 years later.

Vigorous natural alder regeneration in the formerly bare, scarred log deck at the top of the North Side,.

The left photo was taken on 2/15/2008,  the right photo on 11/21/2013.