Be Prepared, Be Safe

 

  Thanks to the Cayuga Trails Club, I got to go to school for a weekend near Hammondsport, NY at the Birdseye Hollow Park and State Forest.  It was to get certified as a sawyer, a requirement by the club and NY State to use a chainsaw on the Finger Lakes Trail on state land.  The class was incredibly informative, let's hope I remember something I learned next time I'm holding a chainsaw and the only limb cut off is from a tree.  The sad part of the weekend was there was no shortage of ash trees to practice felling and bucking.

  I was the only one in the class to take advantage of using the Scout House in downtown Hammondsport.  There was plenty of room for the whole class.