Conservation Equipment Field Day

Join landowners and natural resource staff as we explore equipment options, management techniques, and professional assistance available to help you meet your conservation goals for your property! Participants will have the opportunity to operate equipment with an instructor and converse with forestry and wildlife professionals.

9:00 -9:30
Check in, visit resource professionals.

9-30-9:45
Overview of the day's activities

9:45-10:30
Station rotation Stop 1: Compact tractors and implements (disk, bush hog, grapple, bucket)

10:30-11:15
Station rotation Stop 2: UTVs and implements (various size UTVs, no-till drills and broadcast seeders)

11:15-12:00
Station rotation Stop 3: Power hand tools (chainsaws, brush saws, backpack blowers, pole saws, safety gear)

12:00-12:45
Lunch (provided)

12:45-1:15
Visit resource professionals

1:15-2:00
Station rotation Stop 4: Herbicides and applicators (sprayers, backpack, ATV, tractor mounted, hack and squirt equipment and PPE)

2:00-3:00
Visit resource professionals

• Brooks Sales (Kubota)
• N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
• N.C. Tree Farm Program
• N.C. Cooperative Extension
• Stihl Equipment
• Union County Soil and Water District

• Brooks Sales (Kubota)
• N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
• N.C. Tree Farm Program
• Stihl Equipment
• Union County Soil and Water District
• N.C. Forest Service
• Catawba Lands Conservancy
• N.C. State University Extension Forestry
• N.C. Cooperative Extension, N.C. Conservation Outreach Project
• N.C. Wildlife Federation
• ForestHer NC
• Prescribed Burn Association