By Mike Unger & Dave Ehlers Joel Geier, Mike Unger and Tree Farmer Dave Ehlers led a bird walk at the J2E Tree Farm located along the Luckiamute River across the valley from Fort Hoskins. We were joined by 13 other birdwatchers including a few new birders. We walked a total of 1.1 miles around […]
BSWA Annual Flower Walk – April 2022
by Mike Albrecht On April 2nd a group of 16 participants and two leaders (thank you, Jody Einerson, for assisting with this event!) took a leisurely “meandering” walk in Peavy Arboretum to check out the spring wildflowers. The weather was mild and there was no rain. We followed the trail from the parking lot, up […]
Mini-tour report: Girl Scout Camp Tour Managing for Recreation and Production
Trout Mountain Forestry is managing the forest for long term financial support of the camp as well as aesthetics.
Mini-Tour Report: May Birdwalk Tour
We identified 43 different birds and learned a lot about some of them.
Mini-Tour Report: Wildflower Hike
On May 8th the Benton County chapter of the Small Woodlands Association hosted a wildflower hike, one of several outdoor gatherings held by the chapter over the past several months. The hike was attended by a dozen people and was led by Mike Albrecht. We started from the Oak Creek parking lot of the Bald […]
Spring 2021 Benton SW Mini Tours: Thinning, Patching, Wild Flowers, Birding, Castle Forest
BENTON SMALL WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION SPRING MINI TOURS The BSWA is offering opportunities to get out into forests this Spring. We will be compliant with the COVID regulations by enforcing mask usage, distancing and limiting the number of attendees. There will be four tours, spaced through March, April and May. Each tour will be limited to […]
Benton County October 2020 Mini-Forest-Tours
In these challenging times of pandemic precautions, Benton Small Woodland Association successfully held mini-forest-tours on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Attendance was limited to ten or fewer participants. Three tours were scheduled at the same time at different locations. Participants were required to wear face covering when on the tour, as well as keeping social distance. […]
March 2019 – Harding Discussion Group Tour
The Benton County Chapter has revived our popular “discussion group tours” or “twilight tours” where we visit each other’s properties and discuss forest management ideas. It’s an opportunity to see what/how others are doing things, show off our accomplishments, make suggestions, ask questions, discuss issues and problems and just have a general learning experience. No formal […]
Aug 2019 Edwardsson Discussion Group Tour
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Plant Nutrition in Forestry Tour
A summary: The Plant Nutrition in Forestry tour on Saturday, September 15, 2018 raised more questions than answers but managed to make a group of approximately 25 interested tree farmers have a lot to think about. Mark Gourley is an expert on nutritional balancing for the production of healthy Douglas fir trees in our coastal […]