Northwest Ohio Loggers Chapter

[Autocar]

After a year of off and on discussion January 7 will be the first official meeting. Taking a map of the state we have interested loggers south of I-70 to east of I-75 after placing a dot on the map where we are located it looks like a large spider web. Anyone that maybe interested in this may send me a P.M. and I will try to answer your questions and give you the meeting location. Friday I did my level 1 chainsaw course thats a requirement and it was a eight hour program that was quite interesting. It was heald at Maumee State Forest in a stand of swamp white oak that was planted in 1948. We were removing red maple from the stand. When a fellow stands in a 64 year old stand of oak thats pushing 8/12 inches the word stewardship reaily comes into focus and it comes back to us loggers to think about the future and for the landowners to realize that we are only a grain of sand in a hour glass and the word landowner falls by the way side and stewardship is whats it is all about.

[John Mc]

Autocar -

I grew up in Fostoria, and still get out your way a few times a year (to Wapakoneta).

What town is nearest the Maumee State Forest? I'm pretty sure I've been there, but it's been so long, my memory is getting fuzzy.

[Autocar]

John Whitehouse Ohio is the closest to the forest but it covers alot of county up there, Wapakoneta is ten miles east of my place .