Plants & Soil Data
August 24, 2015 9:56 am Leave your thoughts
These past two weeks, we have begun to collect SP (site plan) data. This involves doing several plots in an area to get an idea of the plants and soil types present in the area. This data is then used to classify the area in a certain BEC zone and site series. This information is then used to minimize disturbance during logging and for the proper trees to be replanted. As you can see it is very important data, so we make sure we take our time and do enough plots in each block to ensure accuracy. Now that the SP data has been collected and our riparian assessments have been completed we have 3 blocks that are ready to be logged!
Later on the week, some of the other staff and myself got to go watch some steep conventional logging south of Clinton. It is always to cool to watch logging equipment operate. We got to see a skidder doing some adverse skidding on a 35% slope. In addition, we also got to see a decking machine and a processor working. The logging supervisor gave us a tour of the area and talked about how they logged the steeper areas of the block and how he sets up the logging plan. There’s a lot of planning that goes into it to make sure it is logged as efficiently as possible. Understanding logging and the limitations of the machines is very important to think about when laying out blocks. There’s nothing worse than laying out wood that the loggers can’t get or have a very tough go of it.
On the August long weekend, I made a trip down to Kelowna to visit a couple friends. I wouldn’t want to live there as it’s pretty touristy and busy but it was nice to hang out amongst the crowds after being in quiet 100 Mile for most of the summer. It was hot and sunny and it was very relaxing to lay on the beach and live the easy life for a couple days.
Well there’s only a couple of weeks and one more blog to go so I’ll check back with you guys one last time at the end of August!