Snow in the Oaks
Snow in the recently 1st thinning of these loblolly pines.
The results of the snow about two weeks ago. I had recently cleaned out and trimmed up the roads after the logging crews finished the thinning operation but I would have been better off waiting if I could have seen into the future. Today, I worked on getting the roads passable and I will have to come back later and finish trimming up the limbs in a few places.
While I was working on the roads today I made a picture showing what 12-15 inches of wet snow with no wind will do to a recently thinned stand of loblolly pines. Many snapped like tooth picks while others bent over never to stand back up It really looks bad right now but 10 years from now the stand should recover. That is just some of the happenings we can't control, you just have to take it and move on.
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