The department hired a local contractor to mechanically thin 130 acres of ponderosa pine forest in an attempt to create a mosaic of openings and uneven-aged groupings of trees.
The mechanical treatment involves the use of two machines: a harvester that fells, delimbs, and bucks trees into standard log lengths, and a forwarder to haul wood material off-site.
It is likely that open space visitors will hear mechanized forestry equipment operating near the Ponderosa Loop Trail.Â
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