Landing and Woodyard Area


Site: High visibility and aesthetic value


A landing and woodyard area during a timber harvest.
A landing and woodyard area during a timber harvest.

Woodland Owners’ View

The crew is doing a great job of keeping mud and tracks off the driveway, and keeping the equipment in a specific area. They know how important aesthetics are, because it was talked about before the work started.

Logger’s View

It can be tricky sometimes, but a good logging crew can balance the need to have enough room for the equipment to work with keeping things neat and tidy.

Forester’s View

Excellent utilization and sorting of wood products for various mills, which means the landowner is getting a good return for the wood.

A landing and woodyard area 18 months after a timber harvest.
A landing and woodyard area 18 months after a timber harvest.

Woodland Owners’ View

Agreed ahead of time to take care of the seeding and planting trees, using some of the stumpage income received. The results are excellent.

Forester’s View

The landing was graded and smoothed after logging was completed for aesthetics as well as to prevent invasive plant regrowth. This space can be used again for future harvesting operations, as long as it is regraded and reseeded again.

Equipment Used

Medium sized bulldozer with blade for smoothing ground after other equipment was moved off.

Image of a pileated woodpecker

Location:

Evergreen Cemetery Woodlands, Portland
Jeff Tarling, City Arborist
207-808-5446; jst@portlandmaine.org