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Forestry Work in National Historical Park 2007
October 4, 2007 · Source: National Park Service
Woodstock, VT – Forestry operations in Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park will begin later this month as prescribed in the park’s forest management plan, completed in 2006. Three stands totaling 27 acres will be thinned to promote the growth of healthy trees. The French red pine stand, a small red pine stand near the Pogue, and a small Norway spruce plantation near Prosper Road will thinned by removing less vigorous trees, leaving the largest and healthiest to grow. This action will help to preserve the historic plantations, representative of evolution of forest management on this historical property.
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