JOHN DAY — Humbolt Elementary first graders got an age appropriate crash course in forest management during a field trip to Iron Triangle on Thursday, April 25.
The students from Mrs. Boethin and Mrs. Houpt’s first grade classes first listened to Zach Williams of Iron Triangle outline why it is that Iron Triangle cuts down trees and what those efforts do in helping manage forests and prevent large and uncontrollable wildfires.
“We don’t just cut trees down and take them to the mill,” Williams said. “We do it for a reason.”
The reasons are many, from trees growing too close together to undesirable tree types growing in specific locations. Williams said Iron Triangle works closely with the Forest Service to determine which trees fit the above description before cutting the trees down for use at the mill.