Skidder Bridge. Sounds like a wonderful name for a first born son or a band. Back in the day Early Bird used to try to make up good band names with a bookstore owner, “Garth from Missoula” , who was a customer of the Trafalgar Square Book distributorship and who played in a band called “Bob Wire.” So “Skidder Bridge” would have been on the list.
In any case… A skidder bridge is a way to get logs out of the woods. Didn’t know this until reading the following press release from Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park ecologist Kyle Jones. If you’re into forestry management this might be for you:
SKIDDER BRIDGE OPEN HOUSE
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Woodstock, Vermont
Date:Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Time: 2:00 to 5:00 PM
Location: Prosper Parking Lot, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, VT Fee:
Free Registration: There is no registration required.
Contact: Kyle Jones at 802-457-3368 x30; e-mail us
Portable skidder bridges are gaining popularity as a best management practice that allow loggers, forest landowners and foresters to reduce impacts on streams from logging operations. And because they are reusable, easy to install and can be transported from job to job, the skidder bridge also provide loggers with an economic advantage.
Come see a skidder bridge in action and talk to loggers from LongView Forest Contracting and representatives from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources about how you can apply this easy technology in your jobs or on your wood lot.
This bridge was constructed by the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps National Park crew, who will also be on hand to share information about their construction process.
This bridge will be made available to other loggers and woodland owners in the area as part of the Ottauquechee Natural Resource Conservation District rental program.
Those interested in a guided hike to the bridge can meet at the Prosper Road Parking Lot at 2:00 on August 10. Those not able to meet at 2:00 may arrive later and navigate to the site with a trail map. To get to the Prosper Lot, head north on Route 12 from the Billings Farm in Woodstock 2.7 miles to Prosper Road on the left, then 0.7 miles down Prosper Road to the lot
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 