Marsh-Billings hosts horse logging program

Logger Derek O’Toole of Bass Brook Farm and Forest pulls an ash log that will become firewood to heat the buildings at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vt., from the Mount Tom Forest on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. O'Toole is in the midst of a three-week thinning and stand improvement project at the park that aims to remove ash trees threatened by emerald ash borer from trailsides and to reduce beech thicketing caused by beech bark disease. The park will host a Working Woodlands program for the public to observe and learn about the ecological benefits of horse logging and locally sourced wood at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. (Valley News - James M. Patterson)

Logger Derek O’Toole of Bass Brook Farm and Forest pulls an ash log that will become firewood to heat the buildings at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vt., from the Mount Tom Forest on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. O'Toole is in the midst of a three-week thinning and stand improvement project at the park that aims to remove ash trees threatened by emerald ash borer from trailsides and to reduce beech thicketing caused by beech bark disease. The park will host a Working Woodlands program for the public to observe and learn about the ecological benefits of horse logging and locally sourced wood at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Valley News – James M. Patterson

Published: 11-13-2024 5:36 PM

Logger Derek O’Toole of Bass Brook Farm and Forest pulls an ash log that will become firewood to heat the buildings at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock from the Mount Tom Forest on Wednesday.

O'Toole is in the midst of a three-week thinning and stand improvement project at the park that aims to remove ash trees threatened by emerald ash borer from trailsides and to reduce beech thicketing caused by beech bark disease.

The park will host a Working Woodlands program for the public to observe and learn about the ecological benefits of horse logging and locally sourced wood at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.

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