On 12th March 2024, a workshop of the workers of the Military Forests and Estates (VLS ČR) with the workers of the Saxon State Forests took place in Saxony at Maschinenstation Königstein.
The programme included:
- Presentation of the current situation in the Saxon State Forests, current topics and key management practices.
- Presentation of the Königstein and Crottendorf Machinery Stations
- Assuring forest management activities and duties of forest managers,
personnel resources (own employees; hiring work from private companies; announcing tenders),
issues with technical equipment.
- Operating regulations for soil protection and requirements for secondary access to forest stands; map applications for forest segmentation; presentation of research into the use of different types of forestry tracks on wheeled vehicles.
- The procedure for announcing tenders for extraction – quality requirements, tender sheets, inspection, handover and takeover of work sites.
- Practical demonstration in the field:
Introducing the standard harvesting procedure,
harvesting team with HSM skidder – moto-manual logging and skidding using a rope,
harvester and forwarder with forestry tracks on the wheels and a traction winch,
procedure for harvesting dry trees,
delimitation of the harvesting area.
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Presentation of reconstruction (road widening) for timber removal.
Improvements and restoration immediately after harvesting operations – considering visitors in the forests.
