Learn all about timber sales at this forestry field day for landowners, scheduled for Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The field day will take place in northwest Owen County, six miles west of Spencer, near Vandalia. Directional signs will be posted on State Road 46 to the field day site near 744 Chapman Road, Spencer.  Let the Sun Shine In-Indiana and JT Brickyard Timberland LLC are the sponsors for the field day, in cooperation with the IDNR Division of Forestry. The utilization of timber harvests is a great tool to encourage birds and other wildlife, and to encourage successful regeneration of oak forests.

Perry Seitzinger, Consultant Forester and JT Brickyard Timberland LLC Property Manager will lead the tour. The property currently has an active timber harvest on-site, and the theme of the tour is “Managing a Timber Sale on Your Property.” Jeremiah Lemmons, IDNR District Forester, will participate in leading the tour and answering forestry questions.  Topics to be discussed include meeting the landowner’s goals and objectives, how a timber sale can improve your forest ecosystem, using a professional forester, what trees to select for harvest, advertising the sale and sale contract language, best management practices to protect the site, and a logging demonstration, if the logging is still underway. The forestry practices showcased will be ones easily put to work on private forest landowner properties. Lunch will be provided free of charge for tour participants.

Since the field day site is recently harvested, participants should wear appropriate clothing and footwear for walking in the forest, partially on skid roads. Insect repellant and water will be provided.

On-site check-in begins at 8:30 a.m., with the tour to get underway at 9 a.m. There is no fee to attend. Contact Judi Brown, Let the Sun Shine In-Indiana Coordinator with questions, or visit https://www.facebook.com/LSSIIndiana/ for more information. Sponsors for the Forestry Field Day are Let the Sun Shine In-Indiana, JT Brickyard Timberland, LLC, and IDNR Division of Forestry.

Let the Sun Shine In-Indiana is a collaboration of Indiana organizations, focused on recovering and maintaining Indiana’s oak-hickory ecosystems for the benefit of the wildlife and the people of southern Indiana.