Woodlands Management Committee Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Jerry Uhrig, Phil Notestine,
Josh Bingham, and Cliff Miles
Administrative
Minutes from the previous
meeting are on the website.
Status Reports
1.
Deer: The County Park System is having a deer
hunt in all the county parks this year. The hunt in the Tourne will be held on
Tuesdays in January through to the first Tuesday in February. It will be held
for a full day this year. Last year the hunts were half day. The park will be
closed during the hunt. Also, a new resident in town expressed interest in bow
hunting since he had seen a number of large deer. Phil will contact him and put
him in touch with UBNJ.
2.
Deer exclosures: Josh, Cliff, Phil, and a number
of Boy Scouts will erect the second deer exclosure this Saturday, the 20th.
3.
Beavers: Jerry reported that the beavers are
showing signs of continued activity. The new dam is being maintained very well,
and they have begun to take down more trees. A moderate sized oak was chewed
nearly through though still standing. Curiously, the large beech tree that they
girdled last year did leaf out this year. The opinion is that the tree will
eventually die in a couple more seasons.
4.
Trees: We got word from the Shade Tree Commission
that they will try to get plastic sleeves to protect
the trees currently being protected with re-bars. In the meantime, we will
leave the re-bars until sometime in December, past the end of the buck rub
season.
Topics for discussion:
We will have another Invasives
Control Work session this Saturday in
Next month, we will work in
Halsey Fredericks Park to apply herbicide to the large areas of garlic mustard.
Other topics: