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Dear Friends of Vermont Family Forests,

 

We hope you are enjoying these surprisingly warm days of early autumn. We are starting our fall line-up of Game of Logging (GOL) Workshops next Thursday, and just wanted to alert you that space is still available in:

GOL Level II, October 11, 2007 (rain date: October 18, 2007), and

GOL Level III, October 18, 2007 (rain date: October 25, 2007).

If you or someone you know would be interested in taking the course, please contact us. We have also opened registration for a Level I GOL course on April 10, 2008. Details of these and other offerings are available at http://www.familyforests.org/public-education/events.shtml; GOL details follow, below.

 

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming Vermont Family Forests workshop or event!

 

Warm regards,

Susannah McCandless

 

Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Cost: $150 per workshop, full payment in advance required

Download a registration form and information sheet at: http://www.familyforests.org/public-education/events.shtml
Limit: 10 participants
Instructor: Northeast Woodland Training

Location: Brynn Family Forest, Bristol, Vermont.

Course Description:
The Game of Logging training program combines Scandinavian logging techniques with the latest systems for working safely around trees. The Game of Logging program is broken into four levels, and participants must complete levels in succession.

We can't overstate the value of these training courses. We've had participants who have used chainsaws for 30 years prior to taking GOL Level I say that the course changed the way they work in the woods.

 

In GOL Level II, participants learn basic saw maintenance and chain sharpening techniques and continue learning and practicing tree felling and limbing techniques.

In GOL Level III, participants learn techniques for felling difficult trees, including trees with side and back lean, and cover limbing and bucking techniques and systems for planning work.

[Available April 10, 2008] In GOL Level I, participants learn the fundamentals of saw handling and control and how to maximize equipment performance. They cover more advanced areas such as site evaluation and new techniques for precise felling, limbing and bucking. Regardless of your experience, you'll take home valuable new skills from this workshop. You do not need experience with chainsaws to take this course, but please note that you will be felling a tree in this workshop, so need to feel comfortable starting, holding, and operating a saw under the close supervision of a highly skilled instructor.