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How to Get There Go west on highway 14 past Richland Center on the way to LaCrosse. About 4 miles out of Richland Center, the road divides as it goes up a hill. At the top of the hill will be the intersection of ZZ. Turn left, or go south up the hill. If you are coming east, you will also go up the hill with the divided highway and turn right on to ZZ and go up the hill. You will pass a working farm with a red, white and blue windmill. The road will begin to veer to the right and turn right on to Dayton Ridge Road. Once you pass Engendorf Lane, our land begins. Continue on the road going west, pass the metal barn, our house is on the left, which is 18957. Go past the house and we will be gathering in the field to the left. That is where the program will begin at 9:00 am.

8:30 – 9:00 Coffee and rolls

9:00 We will discuss the process of planting and developing a woods

The use of tree tubes-pluses and minuses

Herbicides and mowing

Paper tree wraps

Dealing with mice and deer

The value of planting alternating white pines and red oak (CRP)

Pruning practices

Dealing with large deformed trees-when to "coppise"

10:00 When we finish the first project we will break up into smaller groups and have the small groups rotate through the various stations that are set up. A forester will man each stations and discuss the important points that are are pertinent to that station.

We will look the following:

• The other 4 acre new woods
• New hardwood plantings
• Herbicides, tree wraps, mowing and pruning of new plantings
• Thinning and releasing-with emphasis on cherry and black walnut
• 30 year old black walnuts trees from planted nuts
• Other natural stands of black walnuts
• Pruning projects
• Shitake mushroom "farm"
• Prairie and shrubs
• Potential of GPS

1:00 Move to another area on the farm where we will discuss how to thin and prune a 33 year old stand of black walnuts.

Other points of interest:

• The effect of white pines on the growth of black walnuts-33 years later
• The increased growth that occurred from white pines was not intended

• Replanting after the "processor" went through
• Replanting where timber was removed
• The use of nut planting
• Replanting with red oak in the "clear cut" areas
• Summer insect control
• Rodent and "deer proofing"
• Thinning and TSI projects
• Exotic species control
• White pine thinning