Oconee Ranger District hosts annual forestry meeting

  • L-R: Silviculturist Deyonte Johnson, Putnam County landowner Lynne Woods and Forest Health Protection Entomologist Paul Merten speak with Forester Luke Wilson in the Oconee Ranger District pine forest near Rock Eagle. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    L-R: Silviculturist Deyonte Johnson, Putnam County landowner Lynne Woods and Forest Health Protection Entomologist Paul Merten speak with Forester Luke Wilson in the Oconee Ranger District pine forest near Rock Eagle. IAN TOCHER/Staff
  • Stripped trees show the devastating effect of a significant Southern Pine Beetle infestation. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Stripped trees show the devastating effect of a significant Southern Pine Beetle infestation. IAN TOCHER/Staff
More than two dozen members of local, regional, and state Forest Service personnel gathered at Oconee Ranger District facilities near Rock Eagle on Jan. 25, for an annual meeting about the Oconee Forest Health and Wildlife Habitat Improvement Project (OFHWHIP). Oconee District Ranger Stephanie Israel-McRae, a 20-years-plus veteran of the U.S. Forest Service, was named to her local post last May…

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