FY 2022 – 2023 Management and Operational Activities
A wide range of timber management, silvicultural, and maintenance activities are undertaken to steward the Duke Forest. Below is a list of actions by division that are planned for the current fiscal year, which ends in June 2023. Please note that we do not include on-the-ground harvest operations because we do not always know when the timber will be removed; a purchaser typically has up to 24 months from the date of the sale to do so.
Division
Activity
Blackwood Division
Deer management (closed to all public recreation from September 26 through December 16th, 2022)
Commercial thinning
Roadwork and mowing
Walnut twig beetle monitoring
Regeneration counts (planted stands)
Precommercial thinning
Planting
Durham Division
Deer management (closed to all public recreation from September 26 through December 16th, 2022)
Commercial thinning
Herbicide application (invasive species management, hardwood control)
Regeneration counts (planted stands)
Prescribed burning (understory and site prep)
Roadwork and mowing
Trail maintenance
Walnut twig beetle monitoring
Precommercial thinning Planting
Korstian Division
Deer management (closed to all public recreation from September 26 through December 16th, 2022)
Commercial thinning
Boundary line maintenance
Herbicide application (invasive species management)
Roadwork and mowing
Trail maintenance
Edeburn Division (formerly Eno Div.)
Herbicide application (invasive species management)
Roadwork and mowing
Trail maintenance
Hillsboro Division
Herbicide application (invasive species management)
Roadwork and mowing
Dailey Division
Deer management (closed to all public recreation from September 26 through January 1, 2023)
