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central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th

Posted by matt null <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/coverdog/info/user=boon+hogganbeck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/26/2024, 3:33 pm

Ridge Country RGS -- Tree Planting on SGL 317 (near Laurelton, PA)

Date/time: 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th

Details: Our local chapter is partnering with the Game Commission to develop a brand-new woodcock propagation area on SGL 317. Please meet at 8 am, at the parking lot at the juncture of Stony Run Road and Hog Farm Road (40.907956, -77.211496) near Laurelton, PA.

The work should be pretty easy, as the PGC staff is prepping the ground with a skid-steer. We just need to get the potted plants in the ground. We are doing an extensive planting of aspen, alder, and hawthorn, and we need 10 people or so to pull this off. Bring a shovel. Please RSVP to Matt Null at matthew.null@gmail.com or (304) 771-1825.

Re: central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th

Posted by matt null <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/coverdog/info/user=boon+hogganbeck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/30/2024, 11:47 am, in reply to "central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th"

Great thanks to everybody who came out, and to everybody who supported us financially via this year's raffle. Had 20 volunteers out on a rainy day & got 400 shrubs in the ground. Next step, invasive control & timber cuts to expand the woodcock area. Can't make cover dogs without wild bird habitat! We'll likely plant aspen whips this spring, and we've got a couple more local projects in the works.

Re: central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th

Posted by matt null <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/coverdog/info/user=boon+hogganbeck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/18/2024, 9:11 am, in reply to "central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th"

Hi folks, great thanks to those of you who have signed up. If anybody else is coming, shoot me a PM with your email. About to send out details. We've got 400 shrubs to plant. Looks like we'll have a good volunteer turnout, it will probably get done in a morning if all goes as planned, and we're going to have a little thank-you barbecue after the work's done at a member's place.

Re: central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th

Posted by Paul Tutro <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/coverdog/info/user=Paul+Tutro' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/27/2024, 8:26 am, in reply to "central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th"

Can I ask how many acres you will be working for this project

Re: central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th

Posted by Matt Null <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/coverdog/info/user=boon+hogganbeck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/27/2024, 1:42 pm, in reply to "Re: central PA woodcock work day -- 8 am, Saturday, Sept. 28th"

Paul, I do not know off-hand, because last time we were out there it was boots on the ground discussion & planning. Don't quote me, but there's about a 30 acre section of mature forest which will be timbered and also have overgrown invasives (multiflora, honeysuckle) sprayed and/or mechanically removed in a multi-year project (herbicide contract is out), to get back to the good young stuff woodcock like. And there are other sections of nearby disused fields that will be turned into strips and/or be planted with seedlings. I'd say the section we are planting is in the 7-10 acre range.

But then they told me they want us to plant a couple other areas as well, and I am not yet sure where they are or if they will also have timbering and spraying. I know the former land manager had another spot in mind for woodcock work. I think I know which one he's thinking, but I am not sure.

This is away from pheasant stocking areas of the SGL.

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