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Finding Your Way
Back in the day, 1987, at my first full time forestry job we kept a roll of black and white county road maps in the truck and we used...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Mar 10, 20213 min read
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Micah's Gift
This Christmas tree is obviously not your typical North Carolina Frazier fir, but it does remind me of all the greenery you see at...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Dec 24, 20181 min read
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Sweet Sorghum Syrup or Molasses?
According to Bradley Fox, molasses is a byproduct of the sugar cane industry and sweet sorghum syrup is produced when juice extracted...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jan 17, 20181 min read
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Foresters Day Off
So what do foresters do on their day off? Well at least on this Saturday, foresters and other natural resource professionals gathered...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jan 4, 20181 min read
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Kerr Scott Chestnut Trees
The American chestnut tree once dominated our eastern forests. Over 100 years ago the chestnut blight essentially wiped the tree out. The...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Mar 10, 20171 min read
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The Mountain is on Fire!
“The mountain is on fire!” the logger in the driveway told me and I knew I would have to take a break from editing my “Lost Sea...
Bernie Harberts
Jan 11, 20172 min read
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What is a Cord?
When we put the wood furnace in our office last December one of my goals was to get enough firewood cut before warm weather to get us...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jan 3, 20171 min read
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The Sabbatical
Three trout caught from one run on a two nymph rig, with a prince nymph and a hare’s ear dropper. I took a moment to look around and...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Dec 8, 20162 min read
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Summertime First Aid Kit
This recent string of days with the temperatures in the mid 90’s brings up at least one item that none would consider a blessing. Working...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jul 29, 20161 min read
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Running the Gun
We often get comments and questions about GIS, Geographical Information Systems, and GPS, Global Positioning Systems, and their use in...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jul 15, 20162 min read
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Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry
The forestland owners we work with have many reasons for owning their land: hunting, hiking, camping, wildlife watching, retaining...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jul 8, 20161 min read
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Purple Paint
Purple paint has been showing up on private landowner’s property lines since 2011 in North Carolina, but I don’t think everyone is aware...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jul 5, 20161 min read
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Peeling Poplar Bark
Yellow poplar bark can be seen not only on trees, but also on the side of buildings. You will see poplar bark in Blowing Rock, Boone, and...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jun 24, 20161 min read
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What’s eating the poplar leaves?
Normally the yellow poplar weevil is not considered a serious pest, but in the 1960’s the US Forest Service reported damage to yellow...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jun 17, 20161 min read
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Honey Lovers Rejoice
Sourwood trees are budding and the blooms will not be far behind here in the second week of June and yo u know that means the bees will...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jun 13, 20162 min read
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Too Many White Pines
Having the right number of trees is always a concern when managing stands of timber. Too many trees and they will grow very slowly, too...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Jun 6, 20161 min read
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Byproducts of Firewood
In addition to building a store of firewood for heating the office next winter, we have been crafting a little too. I examined the...
Lisa Casey
May 16, 20161 min read
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Fire on the Mountain
Several weeks ago the NC Forest Service along with Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department conducted a site preparation burn on a...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Feb 19, 20161 min read
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The BTU's of Firewood
Scott Roland with Roland Brothers Logging helps load the firewood. Lisa’s Aunt and Uncle live in Laurel Springs on a farm and have always...
Andrew Casey, ACF, RF
Feb 19, 20162 min read
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Whiskey and White Oak
Tennessee Whiskey, Kentucky Bourbon, and White Oak Trees In the past decade there has been a nearly 40 percent growth in the sales of...
Andrew Casey,ACF,RF
Feb 19, 20162 min read
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