...doing a USELESS seedling lift to support POINTLESS reforestation efforts in the SE region after Hurricane Helene damaged tens of thousands of acres of public lands. What a WASTE! This does nothing to increase the value of the President's stock portfolio.

Lol. I'm not a good photographer, by any measure, but /p/ need's more photo threads, and less gear threads. Everything seen here was shot using an Olympus OM-D EM-10 Mk IV and TTArtisan 17mm 1.4f. Best gift my wife has ever bought me. Photos with people in them are waterpixeled to protect their identities.

This is from this past week when I helped out with a yearly seedling lift. This year was White Oak, Northern Red Oak, Butternut, and a tiny amount of Post Oak. Since a week before most of the new technicians were fired for political reasons, this took a bit longer than it should have. Trees for the most part were grown from seed sourced from the forest that ordered the seedlings. Processing included sorting out cull-trees, trimming roots, and grading plant-able trees.

It was fun, but also kinda grueling. Temps were low, we had to keep the roots wet which ended up soaking your clothes, and you're not moving enough to generate body heat. Pretty satisfying work in the end. Most of these trees will die before maturity, but some will survive, and ensure future generations can enjoy them, for whatever use they are designated for.

Going to take me a hot minute to post every photo I took during the trip. Not everything is hardwood related as we got the penny tour of the tree nursery.