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OXFORD — Join Maine Woodland Owners on Saturday, July 8, from 9 a.m. to noon in Oxford for a tour of a Western Foothills Land Trust property off the Allen Hill road that was formerly owned and managed by P.H. Chadbourne and was intensely managed for white pine for many years.

Chuck Hulsey, Wildlife Resource Supervisor with the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and a Maine licensed forester, and Hannah Mullally, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, will be speakers during the program. Hulsey has managed woodland and upland habitats for wildlife on both state and private lands, and Mullally provides fish and wildlife habitat management outreach to landowners statewide.

The program will focus on forestry that benefits wildlife and promotes high-value timber; thinning forest stands while creating habitat for wildlife needing dead trees, cavities, and downed woody material; identifying pollinator management opportunities in the forest; and using smartphone apps to learn about plants and birds occupying this habitat.

The tour will be on easy paths, and coffee and doughnuts will be served until the walk starts at 9:30. Directions: From the south, follow Rt. 26 into Oxford to the traffic light next to the Ocean Job Lot store. Take a left on Pottle Road. At ¼ mile, take a left on Corner Brook Road. At 1 ¾ miles the parking lot is on the left. From Norway, take Rt. 26 south toward Oxford. Just past Hannaford at the next traffic light, take a right on Pottle Road. At ¼ miles, take a left on Corner Brook Road. At 1 ¾ miles, the parking lot is on the left. Watch for road signs.

For more information, visit MaineWoodlandOwners.org/calendar.

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