UI and Bennett Lumber Products, Inc. Sponsor Small-Scale Forestry Equipment Demonstration for Riparian Area Management
Friday, August 24 2001
August 24, 2001^MOSCOW – Leonard Johnson, interim Dean of the College of Natural Resources, Harold Osborne, extension professor of Forest Resources and Bennett Lumber Products, Inc., encourage local foresters and forest landowners to attend a small-scale forestry equipment demonstration on Wednesday, Aug. 29 on Upper Crane Creek Road, north of Potlatch.^The event highlights Johnson’s research, funded by the U.S. Forest Service, that analyzes logging equipment and systems for time efficiency, cost effectiveness, and the consequences of timber harvesting such as soil disturbance, compaction, displacement, and damage to residual forest stands.^ The demonstration begins at 10 a.m. and concludes at 6 p.m., during which forestry experts will demonstrate a Lamborghini four-wheel drive tractor with a log loader, a radio controlled skidding winch and forest trailer, an all-surface vehicle (ASV) tracked skid-steer loader with two-wheeled skidding arch, and an ATV with a skidding arch.^CNR Forest Resources seniors Jeff Halbrook, of Newberg, Ore., and Nick Carter, from Council, will use the ASV to showcase the cooperative research project that improved this vehicle’s efficiency and mobility. The department of forest products and UI’s college of engineering have teamed the project. CNR graduate students from the departments of Forest Products and Forest Resources who have been involved in the evaluation of small-scale logging systems over the summer also will demonstrate equipment and collect time study data. ^ Information on riparian zone management will be featured as a special topic, with the intent of demonstrating how to maintain water quality and provide for wildlife habitat as well as opportunities for revenue production from timber along streams. ^ Students and others who are interested in learning more about small-scale logging techniques are invited to attend and speak to Osborne and others at the site. Osborne will teach a 2-credit course this fall on small scale logging techniques, including hands-on activities centered on equipment capabilities and limitations.^ Directions to demonstration site: In Potlatch, turn on Onaway road (at the football field). Travel through Onaway via Crane Creek Road (U S Forest Service Road #377) and then continue on Crane Creek Road for eight miles (the last two miles beyond the cattle guard are on a dirt surfaced and dusty road). Watch for Forestry Day signs at major intersections.^CONTACTS: Harold Osborne, Forest Resources, College of Natural Resources, (208) 885-7035 or 885-5078, hosborne@uidaho.edu or Sue McMurray, CNR Communications, (208) 885-6673, suem@uidaho.edu.^^--30—^(sm) 8/24/01 ^
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