by WhiteOak | Oct 1, 2014 | Clinch Mountain Preserve
New director Jeff Smith proposed a forest owners meeting for 2015 that coincided with ephemerals season at Clinch Mountain Preserve. Owners Steve Brooks and Maxine Kenney agreed to start conversations with Jeff about a walk in their woods for fellow 500-Year Forest...
by WhiteOak | Oct 1, 2014 | Kolb 500-Year Forest
The end of the year’s growing season prompts us to give a short report on the Kolb forest. The greater than normal precipitation in the last several years (68.15″ in 2011, 47.8 in 2012, 61.8 in 2013, 43.4 so far this year) has produced strong plant growth, and we now...
by WhiteOak | Sep 1, 2014 | Biasiolli Forest
A note from Frank and Eleanor Biasiolli summarized goings on that contributed “to knowledge about and the health of our forest this year – biotic inventory, stilt grass control effort, deer exclusion fencing, permanent study plots.” The inventory yielded 231 species,...
by WhiteOak | Sep 1, 2014 | Helms Phillips Forest
With continued support from the Ecology Wildlife Foundation to eradicate invasive species, Austin Jamison of Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage went into the Helms Phillips Forest to tackle garlic mustard and Japanese stilt grass. The garlic mustard effort also let the...
by WhiteOak | Jun 1, 2014 | Sunshine 500-Year Forest
The Sunshine Forest has new owners—and they’re Sunshines, too. Ryan and Erica Sunshine have taken over as stewards from Ryan’s parents, Donald and Joanna. This marks the first time a 500-Year Forest has changed owners, making it an historic event not just for the...
