Project: Klickitat Landscape Level Fuels Reduction and Oak Restoration Project
Client: Columbia Land Trust, Vancouver, WA
Dates: Summer-Fall 2004
Services Provided: Integrated Resource Management restored an oak savannas and woodlands in the Klickitat River Canyon, an area that contains the largest concentration of these habitats in Washington State. Activities included thinning stands to remove conifers and overstocked oak, use of goats and brush mowing to reduce shrub cover, and native seeding to re-establish bunchgrass communities. Silvicultural prescriptions were based on reducing extreme fire behavior and associated fire effects, increasing mast production and tree vigor, and habitat needs of the western grey squirrel. A combination of low-impact skid steer (LightfootTM) with a sheer, and hand crews were used during thinning operations.
Client: Sutherlin School District
Dates: October 2003
Services Provided: The Lightfoot™ was mounted with the Fecon Bullhog to mow and masticate a field of English hawthorn which had invaded an old pasture. The hawthorn measured up to 6” in DBH and over 15’ tall.
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