Forestry in the Collapsed Hemlock Thicket

FORESTRY: 2.5 hours: 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM

Slashing of brush and broken trees, plus thinning and pruning in the south side of Eastern Wedge unit #5.

Forestry portion of trail project in the south end of Eastern Wedge unit #5. Slashed down immense thickets of tall, decrepit salmonberry/elderberry brush, along with bent and broken hemlock clumps. Cut down the leaning alders and pruned the good ones. Turned an impenetrable zone into an accessible, attractive stand with good specimens and some room for new trees to grow in the small openings. Covered much of the area above the trail up towards the eastern property line.