Forest Savers® has developed innovative new systems (patents pending)

to safely and efficiently construct and maintain high quality trails, restore overgrown

fields, clear brush and invasive plants from woodlands, and reduce wildfire hazard in the

wildland/urban interface.  click here for more photos of this system

Forest Savers'® unique, proprietary equipment can efficiently reclaim pastures overgrown with brush and

littered with rocks that stop conventional tractors and "bush hogs".  The rake on the front dislodges rocks

while the heavy duty mower on the back cuts and shreds trees up to 4 inches in diameter. Larger trees

are felled by chainsaw, their tops and branches shredded and the trunks removed from the site.

The tractor is armored in front and on the underside while the safety canopy allows the operator

to plunge into the densest thickets of brush, vines and thorns without worry or risk of injury.

Using our unique brush cutting, shredding and trail building machine, Forest Savers® constructs and maintains trails that

are ideal for equestrians.  Not only does Forest Savers® efficiently cut and mulch brush, leaving no unsightly brush piles,

but also we can lightly till the trail,  removing small sharp stumps and smoothing the surface without damaging the roots of nearby trees.

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Before Understory brush in this pine stand increases fire risk, blocks views, impedes forest management, and is becoming too tall to provide good wildlife browse.	After Brush has been efficiently cut and shredded without damage to the remaining larger trees.  Brush will resprout to provide tender browse for wildlife.

click here for more photos of brush cutting and shredding in woodlands

FOREST SAVERS®' can:

• turn tangled, overcrowded woodlands into park-like wooded expanses that are visually pleasing and conducive to walking and recreation

• reduce fire risk by shredding flammable brush and small trees while leaving the largest, healthiest, most fire resistant trees to grow

• cut and shred brush flush to the ground, leaving no sharp stubble and even lightly tilling the surface in multiple passes, making it easier to reseed or replant the site

• create excellent trails for walking, horseback riding, cross country skiing and woodland access without the expense and environmental disturbance of bulldozing

• efficiently uproot, cut or shred invasive species with minimal disturbance to desirable vegetation

• restore vistas, pastures and fields overgrown with weeds, brush and trees

• improve wildlife habitat by releasing apple trees and other beneficial vegetation from competing brush as well as clearing wildlife openings

• work safely and efficiently near roads and homes

Before An almost impenetrable tangle of brush, old wire fencing and crooked trees in an area where an old building had collapsed.       Photo taken in the late Fall.	After In a few hours Forest Savers®' brush cutting and shredding system had cleaned up the site and left the surface lightly tilled and smoothed. Photo taken on the same day in the late Fall

click here for a photo of the same area the next summer

APPLICATION OF WOLLASTONITE In the late fall of 2004 Forest Savers® conducted applications of Wollastonite (also known as calcium metasilicate or calcium silicate) which has been observed to be effective in improving the health and vigor of trees adversely affected by acid precipitation and deposition (acid rain).  At Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, where Wollastonite was applied to Watershed One in 1999, ecological results are still preliminary, but very promising.  (see Researchers turn back time for acid-rain ravaged forest) This sugar maple has had 500 pounds of Wollastonite spread around its base. click here for more photos and details of the Wollastonite applications

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