Upcoming Management Activities
FY 2020 – 2021 Management and Operational Activities
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 2021. 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 Monday – Friday, October 5 – December 11, 2020)
- Commercial thinning
- Prescribed burning
- Seed tree removals
- Roadwork and mowing
- Resampling of forest inventory plots
- Walnut twig beetle monitoring
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| Durham Division |
- Deer management (closed to all public recreation Monday – Friday, October 5 – December 11, 2020)
- Commercial thinning
- Boundary line maintenance
- Herbicide application (invasive species management, competition control)
- Planting
- Regeneration counts (naturally regenerated stands)
- Prescribed burning
- Seed tree removals
- Roadwork and mowing
- Resampling of forest inventory plots
- Walnut twig beetle monitoring
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| Korstian Division |
- Deer management (closed to all public recreation Monday – Friday, October 5 – December 11, 2020)
- Herbicide application (invasive species management, competition control)
- Roadwork and mowing
- Site prep burn
- Planting
- Seed tree removals
- Natural Heritage Natural Area monitoring
- Resampling of forest inventory plots
- Walnut twig beetle monitoring
|
| Edeburn Division (formerly Eno Div.) |
- Herbicide application (invasive species management)
- Roadwork and mowing
- Resampling of forest inventory plots
|
| Hillsboro Division |
- Herbicide application (invasive species management)
- Roadwork and mowing
- Resampling of forest inventory plots
- Walnut twig beetle monitoring
|
| Dailey Division |
- Deer management (closed to all public recreation October 5 – January 1, 2021)
- Herbicide application (boundary maintenance, invasive species management)
- Roadwork and mowing
- Resampling of forest inventory plots
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| 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)
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