Upcoming Management Activities
FY 2018 – 2019 Management and Operational Activities
A wide range of timber management, silvicultural, and maintenance activities are undertaken to manage the Duke Forest. Below is a list of actions by division that are planned for the current fiscal year, which ends in June 2019. 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 |
- Deer management (closed to all public recreation Monday – Friday, September 24 – December 14, 2018)
- Prescribed burning
- Boundary line work
- Roadwork and mowing
- Walnut twig beetle monitoring
|
| Durham |
- Deer management (closed to all public recreation Monday – Friday, September 24 – December 14, 2018)
- Herbicide application (invasive species management, competition control)
- Regeneration counts (naturally regenerated and planted stands)
- Prescribed burning
- Pre-commercial thinning
- Roadwork and mowing
- Natural heritage monitoring
- Walnut twig beetle monitoring
|
| Korstian |
- Deer management (closed to all public recreation Monday – Friday, September 24 – December 14, 2018)
- Herbicide application (invasive species management)
- Pre-commercial thinning
- Roadwork and mowing
- Walnut twig beetle monitoring
|
| Edeburn |
- Commercial thinning
- Pre-commercial thinning
- Herbicide application (invasive species management)
- Roadwork and mowing
|
| Hillsboro |
- Regeneration counts (naturally regenerated and planted stands)
- Herbicide application (invasive species management)
- Roadwork and mowing
- Natural heritage monitoring
- Walnut twig beetle monitoring
|
| Dailey |
- Deer management (closed to all public recreation September 8 – January 1, 2019)
- Herbicide application (boundary maintenance, invasive species management)
- Commercial thinning
- Roadwork and mowing
|
| Other Projects |
- Painting gate posts and sign maintenance
- Closure of unauthorized trails
- Repairs/rehab of research infrastructure
- Research site support and up-keep
- Bridge repairs (Korstian, Durham)
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