Forestry Committee

     This committee mainly focuses on education of private woodland owners in order to encourage good management and stewardship of forest resources. They conduct field days where the public can get instruction and hands-on experience on such topics as Timber Stand Improvement (TSI), harvesting, marketing, wildlife habitat development, tree planting and care, tree identification, and other forestry issues.

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Inaugural Koenig Forestry Award presented

How do you get people who love their woods to come out of the woods?  You tell them it’s time for the annual awards banquet for Sycamore Trails RC&D Forestry Committee!  Over 50 woodland owners, family and friends came together on March 12^th to celebrate another year of caring for forest land in west central Indiana. The festivities included dinner, awards, a speaker, and for some extra fun, a live auction and door prizes.

David Rader was honored as the inaugural winner of The Koenig Forestry Award for his stewardship of his property in Sullivan County. He has worked hard in his woods, as well as the prairie and pond aspects of his property, to make a wonderful natural habitat at his place.  

Keith Ruble of Vigo County received the Chairman’s award for his active participation in the Forestry Committee since its inception back in 1970.  He has also been a key player in the new Invasive Plants Committee which grew out of the Forestry Committee several years ago.

Tom Swinford, from the IDNR Division of Nature Preserves, shared some fascinating facts about the natural areas of the Mid-Wabash with the group gathered at Clark’s Reception Hall in Rockville.

If you have an interest in woodlands or controlling invasive plant species, you may want to check out Sycamore Trails as a source of information and a way to network with people with expertise in these areas.  Check the calendar page for the next meeting of the Forestry and Invasive Plants committees.

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    Rader Family with Forester Keith Ruble

   Keith Ruble receiving Chairman's award from Jeremiah Lemmons

     Koenig family members holding memorial plaque

       Guests at the banquet

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