Wirebender Woods

	May 2006. The goal was to create an open mixed forest that could be maintained with fire. This area was bush-hogged a few months before this picture was taken.
	August 2006. This area was selectively thinned to allow more sunlight to reach the forest floor.
	March 2007. After the logging operation. The logging debris was piled into burn piles to speed up the recovery of the area.
	August 2007. Garlon 4 was sprayed in the summer to kill the understory trees.  Killing the understory trees and shrubs gave the grasses a chance to get established. The grasses will be the primary fuel for carrying future prescribed fires through this forest.

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