Volume 1, Issue 2
FALL 2001
TRAINING IN THE
FOREST
Ben Sumner
presented this report at the conclusion of his Biological
Woodsman training
funded by the Forest Stewards Guild Mentoring Program.
For the better part
of the past six months, I have been learning
Jason Rutledge's
version of how our forests should be managed. In that
time, we have
covered an incredible amount of material on the subjects of
forestry, horses,
and the business of logging. Since my background is
absent of any real
experience in these fields, the volume of knowledge I
have gathered has
been enormous. I absolutely do not look at the forest in
the same way as I
did just a few months ago.
Chad Vogel and I
started our apprenticeships at about the same
time and have worked
with Mr. Rutledge throughout this year. When working
in the woods, we are
constantly reminded to concentrate on doing our task
the right
way-whether it be clearing a skid trail, hooking to a log, or
trying to fall a
tree. The idea is to minimize the many dangerous aspects
of this work by
maintaining a high skill level. That means not getting in
a hurry, not taking short cuts, and thinking about what we
are doing before
we start to do it. The slow production level of animal
extraction is an
unalienable fact.
Therefore, much more is accomplished by working in a
skillful manner that
incorporates us keeping our fingers and toes. What we
do isn't worth very
much if we're not doing it safely.
After the focus on
safety, the next major element of this
apprenticeship has
been to develop an understanding of what we are trying
to accomplish in the forest. What it comes down to is this:
everything we do
while we are working
in a forest should have some sort of positive result.
For example, the
brush we leave in piles throughout the woods will be
where new seedlings
will develop best because they will be safe from wildlife
browsing. Our skid
trails should be done in such a way as to avoid erosion
and the healthy
trees we intend to leave. These will be the same trails
used in future
harvests, so they should be in the best locations. Of
course, we take the
most unhealthy trees and try to fall them in a way
that avoids damaging the healthy trees. Finally, through
Tree Stand Improvement
(TSI) we attempt to
discourage the dominance of shade tolerant species in
the sections of the
forest canopy that we have opened through harvesting.
I have been instructed in the safe felling of timber, in the
identification
of our region's most prevalent species by a variety of
means, and in chainsaw
safety.
In addition to all of these new experiences, I have also received an education in regards to the horses.
Not only have we worked on driving the horses and using them
in a manner that is safe for them and
for us, we also have had repeated instruction on the
psychology and physiology
of the horses.
Although by no means do I yet know all I need to about
these animals, I have gained enough experience and knowledge
to maintain them
healthily in a
working environment and to realize when something is not
right with the
horses or their equipment. We have worked in several
instances on the
horses' feet and have seen how they are properly shod.
At this point, we
are working on a partnership basis with Mr.
Rutledge. Mr. Vogel
and I have a signed Perpetual Harvesting Agreement on
sixteen acres of
forest and are hoping to avoid having to purchase our own
loading equipment at
this point. We have all of the other equipment
(including a pair of
horses) we require to go into business for ourselves.
We are hopeful that
the sawmill we have been working with will accommodate
us by loading our
logs as soon as the market improves. If we are able to
make a successful
operation under the present market conditions, we are
very optimistic for the future.
(Ben Sumner is
currently self-employed harvesting white pine logs in his
community for a
custom built log home. He is leading us forward in
developing methods
for using a log arch with a single horse.)
GOING FORWARD,
looking back
We continue to be
presented with many opportunities to spread the word
About restorative forestry using animal-powered skidding.
Thanks to all who have
taken action on
their concerns for our forests and invited us to conduct
demonstrations or
give presentations to help inform more folks about our
work.
In June, HHFF
facilitated an "Open Woods" logging demonstration in Scott
County, Virginia.
With the assistance of the Miano family and Communities
for Sustainable
Forestry, we were able to make contact with about 30
participants during
the demonstration, and received good media coverage.
HHFF hosted an
information table at Horse Progress Days, June 29 and 30.
The event was held
in Davies County, Indiana, this year. Many copies of
our "DRAFTWORKS" newsletter and informational
brochures were distributed. We
also had opportunity
to share ideas with folks logging with horses in
Indiana, Kentucky,
Maryland, Vermont, British Columbia, and Canada, and
met some people interested in becoming Biological Woodsmen.
Environmentally
Sensitive Logging and Lumber Company and Miano
Horselogging have represented HHFF at several Horse Pulls
this season. Chad Miano, Chad
Vogel, and Jason
Rutledge have competed with their logging teams and made
an interesting demonstration of what real "working
horses" can pull. They
performed well at
the Pulls in Newport, Virginia; Wilkes County, North
Carolina; Dublin,
Virginia; Adwolfe, Virginia; Castlewood, Virginia;
Washington County,
Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; and Ferrum, Virginia. We
believe this is a
great opportunity to recruit prospective trainees and
inform private
forest landowners that animal-powered skidding is an
alternative
available to them when they seek to harvest their timber.
HHFF President,
Jason Rutledge, has addressed two civic groups recently.
During September he
and Chad Vogel presented a demonstration and
discussion of restorative forestry for the Powhatan Forestry
and Wildlife Club,
Powhatan, Virginia,
and in October he spoke for the Beaver Dam Ruritan
Club, in Beaver Dam, Virginia.
Ben Sumner assisted
Rutledge in presenting a log skidding demonstration at
the Appalachian
Forest Expo held at Clifton Forge, Virginia, on September
15. Rutledge also
presented a workshop at the Coalition For Jobs and the
Environment
organization's "Protecting Our Rivers" Conference in Big Stone
Gap, Virginia, on
September 22.
Pulling TOGETHER
Spring seemed to
come early at Ridgewind with the barn swallows returning
On the 4th of April, about a full week ahead of any other
year. This seems to
be common sense
evidence of global warming in addition to the dry, warmer
weather we are
experiencing. Despite this our garden had gotten adequate
rain to have a good
start thanks to the help of many volunteers who love
to eat homegrown food and play with the horses and dirt.
I have continued to
work with the National Community Forestry Center
(NCFC) as a member of the Bioregional Advisory Council. This
is a project to
develop
participatory research on sustainable forestry in 4 regions of the
United States. The
Appalachian Community Forestry Center is in Berea,
Kentucky. This
experience has been disappointing for me personally in that
most of the money is
being spent administering the program and very little
is actually going to
the ground level workers and groups involved in
sustainable
forestry. This seems to be the same situation across the board
in the movement at
large. It also seems that the larger the environmental
organization, the
more the money stays at the top, and the more that is
spent to raise more
money.
However, the great
public demand for information about restorative
forestry is encouraging. We plan to improve our educational
efforts to better
differentiate
between horseloggers and "Biological Woodsmen." At this
time, the conventional forestry industry folks understand
our approach better
than the environmentally concerned community. The idea that
logging with horses
is all it takes to
restore the forest is not correct and every
conventional forester will rightly argue against that view.
Animal-powered extraction
is a key component to the restorative forestry practiced by
a Biological
Woodsman, but there
are many additional principals and practices that make
the forestry
restorative.
Recent funding from
the Dogwood Alliance and the Canaan Valley Institute
has enabled HHFF to stay on the load, and we really
appreciate their support.
Also, our great
volunteers, apprentices, and fellow Biological Woodsmen
continue to push us
on to try to start the next log .
Jason Rutledge,
President, HHFF Board of Directors
BULLETIN BOARD
New NAHMLA
President's Address:
Tim Carroll, RR1,
Box 114, Lyle, Minnesota 55953, phone 507-325-4197
Tim also has a web
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Heritage site at www.ruralheritage.com
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An Outsider's
Perspective
By Abby Harper
I've always
considered myself an "environmentalist." I was raised
believing that all life is inextricably connected, and it's
our job to ensure the
health of our common
air, water and land. My parents, aunts and uncles,
and even my grandparents, have all fought for conservation
in one way or
another. So the seed
of preserving the planet's resources was planted in
me a long time ago.
I support the
environment on every issue - there isn't anything as
important, in my
opinion. As an activist and environmental writer, I am
critical of
environmental talk that yields no visible results such as
meetings with no
conclusions, flyers with no call to action, philosophy
with no purpose. What is more tangible than the environment?
The key to making a
difference with environmental issues is making it more
real to the
mainstream, more important to the far-removed. Healing Harvest
Forest Foundation
might be the perfect solution to one of the biggest
environmental issues
facing the country today: clearcutting, the
unselective removal
of a large area of trees at one time. It is
responsible for water pollution, air pollution, landslides,
and the complete
obliteration of
valuable forest ecosystems. An important economic aspect
of clearcutting, one that should logically be of concern to
the timber
industry, is that by
wiping out huge tracts of trees instead of
selectively logging, younger trees that have no timber value
are removed thereby
ensuring that there
won't be any more timber to log at a later date.
Anyone at the
Powhatan Forestry Club meeting on September 29th got that
message. Jason was
there with his team of geldings, Skidder and Wedge, to
give a presentation
on the "what" and "why" of sustainable logging,
including a logging
demonstration. His common sense explanations reflected
knowledge of forest
biology, the breed of draft horses he works with,
known as Suffolks, and the economic machine of forestry.
Addressing all of these
aspects, he proved
that horselogging is effective and necessary. "Do you
know that the 47% of
harvestable forestland exists in 40-acre tracts or
less, owned by
private individuals? Horse logging is the best way to
timber that wood," he said to a convinced crowd of
about fifty people.
"These operate
with remote control," he said, patting one of his horses on
the hind, "and
they're not expensive to repair. When one of my horses goes
lame, I turn them
out into the field for a couple of weeks. You can't do
that with expensive
logging equipment." He focused on the economic and
practical reasons
why horses are superior to machines for logging, but the
bond between him and
his horses is obvious to the outsider. His affection
for them is almost
tangible. During the logging demonstration, he stopped
the horses
frequently to give them a break.
Jason is a realist;
he has a logical, conscientious solution to a very
serious problem.
"Soren Erickson invented the practice of directional
felling in Sweden,
but this isn't a history lesson. We're not looking back
to the past, we're
looking forward to the future." And the future needs
him. If Healing Harvest Forest Foundation gets the support
it deserves, we'll
see the first solution that benefits the consumer, the
timber industry,
precious wildlife and public health. Environmentally
sensitive logging seems pretty
logical, doesn't it?
It should. Even to the outsider. Abby Harper is a freelance writer living in
Montpelier, Virginia. She can
be contacted at [email protected].
Report from the NNFP
Annual Meeting
By Chad Vogel
Within the first few
weeks after I came to Healing Harvest Forest
Foundation, I said
to my mentor, Jason Rutledge, as he was trying to
explain the ins, outs, and politics of all the environmental
organizations and
NGO's that our foundation interacts with, "I'm no
revolutionary." What I meant
by that was that I've never thought it to be my strong suit
to advocate to a
large audience the
merits of good work, in hopes to bring about change and
support for that
good work. I grew up with that "action speaks louder than
words"
mentality. So it eludes me how 7 months later I was stepping off a
plane in northern
California, on my way to the Hoopa Indian Reservation
and the National Network of Forest Practitioners annual
meeting, to give a
presentation on HHFF
and my work with them.
Right off the bat at
the meeting, the conversation between the
participants started. The sharing of backgrounds, ideas, and
philosophies about the
forest and natural
environment was abounding. The entire meeting was
filled with concerned and enthusiastic people looking for
alternative ways to
manage the forest.
Many participants represented organizations that were
trying to promote
"sustainable community forestry projects." As I
listened, several different people talked about the
coalitions of landowners and
community members
that support their organization and their search for
sustainable
community forestry. So in my head I thought, ah-ha, a perfect
audience to try to
recruit more people to go through the Biological
Woodsman training, and become their own community resource
managers.
Now I don't claim to
be a great salesman. When it comes to persuasive
powers it's my best
hope that the people already want to do what I want
them to, and in my ramblings I don't manage to somehow talk
them out of it. But
it seemed almost
like that's what was happening at the annual meeting.
Here were these motivated, passionate people looking for a
sustainable
community forestry system and here I was with that system
they were looking for.
Folks had questions
about our silviculture, economics, Big horses, and
other aspects of our work. My answers and discussions with
them seemed to
inspire interest, admiration, and I believe Joy in their
knowledge that this work
was actually being
done. But that's where the interest ended. There was no
one that I talked to
that was willing to make that next crucial step, the
step from admiration
to actualization. No one was willing to try to
implement this low
impact, sustainable, restorative, community-oriented
system into their
local community forestry efforts.
I'm not suggesting
that these people drop what they are doing and try to
become horse loggers
and Biological Woodsmen. What I was hoping, however,
was that they would
at least take the idea that this is a viable
alternative back to their communities and start looking for
people who would be
willing to train with us and do this work. I was hoping that
they would want to
try to perpetuate the ethical integrity and devotion to
stewardship that we
bring into our
community's forests by introducing it into their own.
Unfortunately I did
not see this happening.
Hence, I will return
once again to my initial statement, only I will
modify it slightly. "I am not that type of
revolutionary." I feel I'm now assured
that I can't bring
about change through my talking and promoting our
methods on a large scale, or through organizations and
institutional outlets. I
will continue, of
course, to continue to be a revolutionary through the
restorative work my
friends and I do in the woods every day. I will
continue to promote
restorative forestry by using action as a backbone,
for I feel that the only way to strengthen the national
impacts of our work is
to have more people
practice it and participate in it. And I've seen more
people express
support for us at local "Open Woods" demonstrations or
horse pulls through their desire to receive training, or
wanting us to manage
their land, than
I've seen at any large-scale meeting or forum.
Reaching Out to
Youth
Chad Vogel, a
volunteer for Healing Harvest Forest Foundation, provided an
information booth
for the Roanoke Clean Valley Council as a part of their
Earth Summit
activities on November 1, 2001, in Roanoke, VA. He gave out
brochures and
newsletters and discussed the work of the Foundation with
participants of the
event. As usual, the response from folks that owned
land was clearly positive, with several people wanting a
"Biological Woodsman"
to work in on their forestland as soon as possible. The
event was held for
high school juniors and seniors. Students were selected by
their faculties on
the basis of scholarship, merit, and interest.
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At Work in the
Forest
We received this
message from a private forest landowner just after
Biological Woodsmen
completed his harvest.
"You know, we
should (or you should) calculate what the total gross per
acre is, after adjusting for the meadow and areas that
weren't harvested. Let's
say we net $10,000
for the project. If that was pulled off 50 acres (and
it probably was less), then 10,000 divided by 50, divided by
.30 works out to
be $666 per acre
gross. I don't think that is too bad, given that the
landowner ends up
with (hopefully) an improved forest and--probably more
important--a woodlot
that fulfills the original purpose of the purchase,
viz, to view and
walk in the woods, to support the wildlife, and to be at
peace with himself
(the opposite of feeling shame for ruining the forest.)
.
. .
"One last
thought. . . you might consider modifying the message re:
conventional
logging. It isn't for everyone. We don't believe it is the
right thing for the
forest, but for the person who is "farming" the land
for wood, it might be the best, short-term alternative. But
not everyone is
short-term in focus.
You're not. We're not. Many other owners of small
parcels are
not."
TRAINING
opportunities
HHFF is sponsoring
the training of horselogging students as funds become
available. We have
many more potential students than we can serve at this
time. Some students
are finding creative ways of funding their own
training, and some
landowners are coming forward to support the training
of a horselogger to manage their own forests. Donations to
HHFF are tax
deductible, and can
be targeted for education of students from a specific
region. Please help
us spread the word and find more dollars to train new
horseloggers!
Recently, a private
forest landowner suggested that he would donate the
timber from the
restorative harvest of his woodland to offset the cost of
training the
apprentice who would be working in his forest. What a great
idea!
YOU WROTE .
"I was talking
with a man interested in me logging his land (about 80
acres--oaks, poplar
mostly.) He was telling me that the forester had told
him that he needed
to harvest most or quite a few of the larger trees
(larger than you can
get your arms around--he tells me there is a bunch of
them.) But, I
thought you had stated that if there was nothing wrong with
some of the larger
trees, there was really no reason to cut them. Just
wondering what to do
if the forester tells him some need to be cut that
really might not
need cutting. Once again, just looking for your opinion
on that."
Jason's response
"Well, if a
tree is growing at 4% per year and is completely healthy on a
good growing site
and is cultivated by removing smaller worse trees that
are competing for moisture, nutrients and sunlight, it may
even grow at 6%.
Now, there is no investment that one can completely own that
will yield that
return on
investment. Not to mention that the price of stumpage has
increased in
addition to the actual growth rate per tree, which makes it
even more difficult
to predict the future value, but it is indeed a
positive gain and the landowner owns it. "Forbes"
magazine says that our style will
yield 13% on
investment is some natural, diverse forest types. However
there are average
ages, determined through research, that represent climax
conditions at which
point the trees become totally mature trees. That age
varies from species
to species. You probably can determine some of the
larger trees are
ready by having three Nature's Tree Marking Paint (NTMP)
indicators present
and then, when you fell them, you can see their growth
rates and know more
about the other trees in question for harvesting. The
landowner is usually
right as he is the customer for your services. But
you know best what to do for the forest and should stick to
your beliefs,
principles and
guidelines as much as possible. What your landowner wants
should be the first
question you ask. What are the landowner's
objectives? Any
incentive to grow trees to their highest possible value
should be the goal
and long term management agreements are important
particularly when
you are as young as you are . . .
It is possible for
trees to qualify for DRAFTWOOD harvest with an
indicator on NTMP concepts by simply being over mature,
having lived their lifespan
for their particular
species. This can be complex, particularly for the
average landowner.
If I were a greedy, shrewd, businessman, I would try to
horn in and come
down and mark timber for a percentage. However, I ain't
that old yet and I
still would rather train you and keep logging while I
can. . ."
GUEST EDITORIAL
By Maureen Ash
When we first
started farming with horses, we told everyone about it. We
thought it was
really neat. We'd do something with the horses, put them
back in the pasture,
and then, as soon as we were with other people, we'd
find a way to work
it into the conversation that we had just done whatever
it was with the
horses. We were just incredibly impressed with ourselves
and the way of life
we had chosen.
Well, years have
passed. Things have worked out and not worked out, as
with any family, any
way of life. We're less impressed with ourselves,
that 's for sure. But we're still farming with horses. And
we still think it is
really neat.
How could we not? In
the distance we hear our neighbors' tractors at
work. The teams pull
quietly, heads bobbing. When we plow, I hear the
roots pop. When I
get to a gravely spot in the field, I hear it on the
plowshare. When I'm
mowing, I watch the bobolinks while I let the horses
rest, and I love
their bubbly songs. Each season has its work, its pain,
and its pleasure. My
skill in working the horses, their skill in carrying
out what they think
I want them to do-these come together in the completed
task, the rounded
year, my hand flat on the forehead of a shy
three-year-old who is ready to start with me in the mystery
of working together.
Here's a picture.
I'm standing on the hayrack, feeding potatoes into the
potato washer. I
glance over and see a six-month-old filly named Jenny
standing in the
pasture, just over the fence from me, giving me a look of
unabashed
naughtiness. I can't help laughing at her, and Richard has to
come out from the
other side of the washer and see what it is, and he
laughs too.
Another picture: I'm
doing some April plowing, and it's cold, cold,
cold. When I rest
the horses, I climb down off the Oliver sulky plow and
back up to our
gelding, Martin, my back curving around his rump, and I can
warm up out of the
wind.
Another picture:
Belle is having her first foal and I know something is
wrong. I tell
Richard to get the vet FAST. The foal is upside down. We
figure we'll be
lucky to save Belle, let alone the foal, but finally we
are lying in the straw, puffing like trains, the newborn
foal pulled from
Belle' s body and beginning to stir. We name it Tug.
Another picture:
I go out one morning and find Belle and three-year-old
Tug dead, struck by
lightning. Belle's filly from that season can't
understand why her
mom won't get up.
Another picture:
Our stallion, wet with the sweat of a hot afternoon's
mowing completed,
goes back to his paddock and walks into the pond. His
pleasure in soaking
himself, the way he sinks down to get the water onto
his back, his loud and satisfied groans make us all laugh.
"You goofball," my
daughter says
fondly.
And another
picture: On September 11, 2001, after we've watched on
television the
saddest and scariest thing we've ever seen in our lives, we
get up and go out to
plant rye. We take our younger team of four-three
three-year-olds and
a four-year-old. We can't change what has happened,
and we can't help those people. I hold the lines and though
their outlines are
sometimes blurred by
my tears, I watch the young horses and think about
how I worked their parents and their grandparents. The young
mare in the team
is pregnant, and I'll
work that horse, too. The seeds we are planting will
sprout, the rye will
hold the soil through spring rains. We aren't much
for church and we don't own a flag. We work in the sanctuary
of our fields and
under the banner of
our determination to keep this small part of our
beautiful country
productive and growing food for its great-hearted
people. The horses don't know that things have changed, and
we love them for that,
too. We still think
this is a good way to live.
NAHMLA Has New
President
Glenn French has
resigned as president of the North American Horse and
Mule Loggers Association. He is being replaced by Tim
Carroll from Southeastern
Minnesota. "It has been great pleasure for me
(Glenn) to have gotten to
know Tim. Association
is part of our name and associating with Tim has
been what the intent of that is in the truest sense. I wish
I could have gotten
to know more of you
as well as I have Tim. We met at the Waverly, Iowa,
meeting where he was
elected Lake States Director. We spent a couple of
different months
back in Minnesota helping him try to catch up on some of
his backlog of jobs.
I got acquainted with his family on the two occasions
I was in Minnesota. We went back to Virginia to the meeting
we had there
hosted by Jason
Rutledge and Healing Harvest Forest Foundation. Although
it is with a good deal of regret that I am resigning at this
time (logging
butt cuts has just gotten to be too much for me), I wish him
and the NAHMLA
much success in the coming years and hope that you will
support him even better
than you have me. "
Glenn French, Fair
Weather, Shiney Boots, Butt Cut Horselogging Company
Our VOLUNTEERS,
COLLABORATORS, SPONSORS
Board of Directors:
Jason Rutledge, President, horselogger
Steve Cox, Vice
President, horselogger
Paul Simms,
Treasurer, forest landowner
Sara Freeman,
Forester
Peter Lewis,
Environmental Educator
Chad and Dana Miano,
Todd Miano, Dylan Miano, Craig Miano, Jagger
Rutledge, Ethan Mannon, Anita Mannon, Steve Gazdick, Shireen
Parsons, David Wheeler,
Judith Hallock,
David Mickey, Mischi Binkley, Sherry Austin, Adria Mannon,
John Hartman, Kay
Richie, Ronnie Poff, Paul Addison, Ben Sumner, Chad
Vogel, Ed Frost, Noel Chrisman, Marion D. Watts, Garry
Collins, Glen Scaggs,
Barry Collins, Maureen Ash, Abby Harper, Tommy Flowers,
Danny Bruce, Ben Harris,
Blane Chaffin, Ford
Foundation, Dogwood Alliance, Communities for
Sustainable
Forestry, Turman's Sawmill, Canaan Valley Institute, The
Forest Stewards Guild, National Network of Forest
Practitioners
Healing Harvest
Forest Foundation
"Bringing
Horselogging into the New Millennium"
8014 Bear Ridge Road
Copper Hill, VA
24079
Phone - (540)
651-6355
Fax - (540) 651-3914
Web page -
http://community.roanoke.com/groups-hhff
Email -
[email protected]