Tree Care and Woodland Management
If you’re lucky enough to visit Beaver Creek Valley State Park in southeastern Minnesota, you’ll be treated to a crystal-clear, spring fed trout stream, magically mosquito-free forest, and a refreshing escape from the “real world” thanks to lack of cell phone or internet signal. The park also features surprisingly terrifying trails that lead up and across slippery, steep bluffs and through a variety of microclimates with wet forest, dry forest, and bluff-top patches of prairie. What you won’t find is invasive buckthorn, a pernicious shrub that has taken over most of the woodlands in Washington County.
Washington Conservation District and Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St. Croix and Namekagon will co-host a free online workshop for woodland landowners on Wednesday, October 20, 6-7:30pm. Speakers Danielle Shannon (US Forest Service), Tara Kelly (Washington Conservation District), and Kristina Geiger (Minnesota Land Trust) will discuss common topics of concern for woodland landowners, including:
Managing invasive species such as buckthorn and garlic mustard;
Building resiliency and adapting to changing climate patterns;
Supporting birds and wildlife; and
Protecting high quality habitat from development.
Register online at http://tinyurl.com/woodlands2021.
In addition, woodland landowners can find a wealth of resourcesat www.myminnesotawoods.org or www.mystcroixwoods.org (tailored to Minnesota and Wisconsin woodland owners in the St. Croix River watershed).