White Pine Management

Moving down the slope to your left is Federal Hill which contains a stand of white pine. A white pine thinning has been completed along the lower edge to open the bog hollow for greater sunshine and air circulation. This is also part of a forest management intermediate cutting. The harvested trees have been followed by seedlings which offer browse and low cover to wildlife species that mature pine does not. Along the sandy road edges, colonies of wintergreen and bearberry anchor the sand in place. Tree cutting along the perimeter of the bog has left a “feathered” edge to allow for more diversity of wildlife habitat.