nature work day

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Last saturday i anticipated in a nature work day organized on many different spots (265 locations) in the netherlands. All volunteer work where about 10.000 people worked in the field. Topping willows ( click for pic ), mowing wetlands ( click for pic ), pruning old fruit trees ( click for pic ), all kind off work.

In our region i was asked to do some topping back dead willows so the remaining trunk could stay for woodpeckers and different bugs and fungus to grow on. So i did (see pics). We played all day and could try different things to rig the wood down. We had good fun.

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One of our rookies up his turn to get some wood down. More 'logger' as arborist but a good climber and learning skills.
 

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Nice job Ronald !!
It seems like you have always the greatest treejobs over there !!
I think i am living in the wrong place for that kind of trees.
 
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Nice job Ronald !!
It seems like you have always the greatest treejobs over there !!
I think i am living in the wrong place for that kind of trees.

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Hia Werner,

You are living in the wrong place??? Dutch aint ya?

I was asked by our local organizor who i know from work and the local nature preservation group we both are in. So if you like to do some stuff like this maybe you can look into the groups/organizers that are in youre region. contact them and offer youre help next year? I think they will know locations were you might be able to climb and prune or so. Next year ill try to set up some more work to do and also to do a kids climb. beside the good work you can do for the community and nature its also a way to 'advertise' youre skills and work to the public. (today we were called to get all the topped wood with a truck and deposit it at a site were they will make stacks of that wood for birds, bugs etc to nest in. so our free job does pay of ;)
 
Yep, Dutch it is.
But over here in Lelytown :), the oldest tree is 30/35 years old.
And instead of pruning, they cut most of the trees, because they say it cost to much to do some good pruning !!
It is realy a shame !!
I am trying to save some "old trees " and we are now slowly getting somewhere, but its verry difficult to explain the people of the "gemeente"!!
( i dont know the right word ) /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Wow, I had to cut the oldest linden tree in the state the about a month ago, Im still looking for the news paper article but it caught fire 200 years old, when we were cutting it was still on fire never seen so many sparks come from a chainsaw before.
 
Ya caught fire, It only had about 4 inches of real wood around the base holding it up and the rest was compost the compost caught on fire one night, the fire department couldn't put the fire out it was to tall so we were called in to take it down, Yup cutting a tree when it was on fire my co-worker dave had a saw in one hand and a hose from the fire truck in the other, it was pretty interesting to say the least.
 
When I was on the Fire department we had to take our 75 foot aerial to a old hollow tree that caught fire from lightning.

Smoking like a chimney it was!

Poured water down from the top and left it for habitat...no targets thus no hazard.

Still not sure why they called to have it put out...all fires eventually go out anyway :)
 
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