Spring has finally arrived after a long hard winter and with this arrival comes the excitement of many wonderful projects to come as everything greens up with new life.
HRF is looking forward to the challenge of planting nearly 65,000 trees this spring in an effort to help reforest many areas in western Iowa. One large planting will help the reclamation process of certain areas along the Missouri river that are slowly being transformed back into some more natural river bottom environments. Another planting will be a major step forward in the reforestation of the tornado ravaged Preparation Canyon State Park north of Pisgah, Iowa.
All of the timber stand improvement (TSI) was completed on the Mondamin unit of the Loess Hills State Forest by the first of April, and although it may be hard to believe, there were still isolated pockets of snow to be found in the hills at that point.
It’s going to be a fun year with many great projects taking place. HRF looks forward to a great year helping many wonderful people complete land improvements that will benefit our natural resources for generations to come.