Time: 1:30 pm
Place: Lyme Public Library Community Room, 482 Hamburg Road (Rte 156), Lyme CT
Contact Email: openspace@townlyme.org
If you have hiked in Nehantic State Forest recently, you may have noticed that several trees have been marked with blue paint. Learn the reason why. Join CT DEEP foresters Alexander Amendola and Frank Cervo, and retired forester Emery Gluck for a discussion and presentation about forest ecosystem management. Discussed will be the specifics of the cultivation of trees (silviculture) for forest growth and climate benefits. Emery will present: “Effects of Natural Disturbances and New Englanders on our Oak Forests” Alex and Frank will introduce upcoming silviculture projects in the State forests to create habitat diversity and forest ecosystem health. Also discussed will be invasive plant control. They will explain concepts and techniques that can be applied to private backyard habitats to promote biodiversity. Tony Irving, forest ecologist, will moderate the program.
Register: openspace@townlyme.org
The program is sponsored by the Lyme Land Trust, the Lyme Public Library and the Town of Lyme and CT DEEP.
There will be follow-up walk on March 12 to visit the site of future forest management in Nehantic State Forest. Learn more about the walk.
