Fox Forest
309 Center Rd.
Hillsborough, NH 03244
United States
Join NH Natural Resources Conservation Service and UNH Extension Staff to discuss NRCS program updates and tour an active harvest highlighting some of the NRCS’s newest practices: slash walls and slash blankets. The day will start with a morning session at Fox Forest with presentations covering funding opportunities for 2026, changes in programs, and overview of practices. In the afternoon there will be a tour of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests’ Dudley Pond Forest in Henniker. Currently in the process of being harvested, we will see a six acre patch cut with a slash wall being built around it and a roughly 25 acre clearcut to be covered in a slash blanket. Other stops will include forest stand improvement work and BMP discussions.
Please note. Workshop is free. Bring your own lunch. Afternoon tour is an active timber harvest so bring your hard hat. The harvest area covers roughly 100 acres, so we’ll be covering a lot of ground – come prepared to walk active skid trails, snow, and ice.
Cost: Free
Bring your own lunch.
4.5 SAF Category 1 CFEs offered.
Agenda:
9:30 AM- Indoor session at Fox Forest.
- Welcome and introductions
- Funding atmosphere and information on program changes for FY26
- Priority funding for forestry and wildlife projects
- Sampling of NRCS practices seen in the afternoon harvest tour. NRCS contracting
11:30 AM – Lunch (Bring your own) and travel to harvest site.
Harvest Site: Dudley Pond Forest – Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forest
Dudley Pond Road, Henniker NH (Henniker/Deering Town Line on Dudley Pond Rd.) https://maps.app.goo.gl/QebS7UX4t3jMyPoU8
12:30 PM – Harvest tour highlighting NRCS Practices
- Slash wall
- Slash Blanket
- Forest Stand Improvement
- Forest Trails and Landings
3:00 PM – CEUs & Adjourn
