These practices include pruning, thinning, removing trees and vines competing with commercially valued trees, killing trees for snags that can be used by wildlife, and making brushpiles for cover. Another aspect of our ecology land use plan are our ponds. Landscaping our stock ponds gives us an opportunity to create food and cover for aquatic life and create aesthetic value for human use as well. Pond and dam maintenance must be considered, as well as access by heavy machinery to do the maintaining. Further planning will have to be done, but landscaping the ponds promises to be very rewarding.
Erosion is an issue that needs to be considered in both woodland and grassy habitats.
Several sites must be dwelt with soon. We have several options. In wooded heavily washed areas planting woody bushes with large root mass may be a first step. Pond building or swale building may have to be considered in the most drastic cases. In less heavily wooded and washed areas we may be able to fill in the ditches and seed with a soil stabilizing grass or actually transplant sod.