Our worksite this hitch was on the west side of the Snake Range mountains in Nevada. The site was bordered on one side by Great Basin National Park. Aspen stand restoration was the goal of this project. Crews last year fell and limbed larger trees. When we arrived, the most of the site looked like giants had been playing Pick Up Sticks there. We bucked up the logs and made burn piles. Later, another crew will execute the burn. Then we got into felling more trees and stacking more burn piles. The trees we removed were almost all White Fur, which been encroaching and taking over aspen stands across their range. In addition to being the project sponsor, the Bureau of Land Management owns and oversees the site.
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| Immature White Fur cones. These were at the top of the tree. |
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| This shows an area we already worked on. Before, there were dozens of white fur growing between the aspens. |
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| View from the worksite. Note the burn piles in the foreground. |
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| My campsite. |
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