Invasive Species & Forestry Field Day
The West Central Illinois Branch cooperating with The Walnut Council, to bring you an Invasive Species, Forestry, and Food Plot Field Day, this coming weekend. The details are as follows:
What~
INVASIVE PLANTS, FORESTRY, & FOOD PLOT FIELD DAY
Sponsored by the Illinois Walnut Council, and, in part, by the West Central IL QDMA Branch. Speakers include Dan Schmoker (retired DNR forester) and Steve Felt (DNR forester)
When~
Saturday, October 24th Beginning at 8:00AM, and continuing until noon, or after.
Where~
Take IL 17 east from Woodhull, IL or west from Galva, IL to 880 E (look for the Clover Chapel sign) turn North go 3 miles north to 400 N and turn right (east). Go 1 1/2 mile to a gate hole on the north side of the road. There is a round red no trespassing sign on right side for the gate. Turn in and follow the dirt road until you find us.
Schedule~
8 AM we can look at food plots and atv food plot equipment.
9 or 9:30 Dan Schmoker ( retired DNR forester) will do invasive plants. Bush honeysuckle, multifora rose, autumn olive, & garlic mustard.
After that Dan will do give instruction on some basic tree identification. (White oak, bur oak, red oak, black oak, elm (red & white). How to tell a walnut from an ash, or elm, ect..) When Steve Felt arrives he will assist Dan. After the tree ID, Steve will conduct a hands on tree pruning work shop.
Around noon we will break for lunch.
If you need further directions, or have additional questions, please contact John Torbert, at (309) 337-0879.
Yes, I know, it's bow season, and harvest time, but the focus of this event will be eliminating invasive species. This is the time of year when basal herbicide applications are most effective, and also, identification of the plants is still easily learned. I encourage you all to consider taking some time out of your weekend to attend this event and learn a lot of valuable information. This will be a fun morning and is an excellent chance to improve your tree ID skills, learn more about tree planting, pruning, spraying, maintenance, cutting, and an opportunity to ask questions related to forestry programs, and find out how to get government assistance. I know this is short notice, but it will be a relatively small group, which will give all attendees a better chance to absorb the information, and have specific questions addressed, in detail. Be assured, that you will take in a great deal of information, and hopefully bring some of your own experiences (good, or bad) to share, that others may learn from, too. There is no cost to attend this event, so come and bring a friend!
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