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Land Acknowledgement: Osiyo. Hatito. (Hello) The Pinnacles, Brushy We invite you to join us in acknowledging that the Berea College is Fork, and Anglin Falls located on the traditional territories of the sovereign Shawnee and the Cherokee nations. Both nations hold these mountains in care and trails are OPEN. The tradition. Tribes are often involved in work to protect land that many Outreach Center have been forcibly driven from. The harms inflicted by the separation and restrooms are and removal of Indigenous People from these ancestral lands run deep. CLOSED. The erasure of their language and stories further rewrites the narratives we tell about these lands and waterways to keep them conveniently open, and this only deepens wounds for Indigenous communities. We appreciate you Please take a moment to reflect on this beautiful land, to honor and practicing safe social show gratitude towards its original caretakers- the Shawnee and the distancing as well as Cherokee. We hope that you, too, will become a caretaker of this land. Leave No Trace in order Thank you to Tiffany Pyette for this Land Acknowledgment Statement: for the trails to remain open safely. Read the full re-opening announcement on our Berea College Forest: social media and website ? Did You Know? ? listed below. One way Berea College cares for its over 9,000 acres of forest lands is by following Restorative Forestry practices. Berea College Forestry Jason Rutledge, a Biological Woodsman and friend of the Berea Outreach Center College Forestry Department, writes, “Restorative Forestry means imitating nature and taking the worst individual first, using @bereacollegefoc skilled directional and modern horse … We do see the whole forest, despite it being mostly trees.” Citizen Science Project: Biodiversity of the Berea What is a Biological Woodsman? College Forest According to Rutledge, “The biggest difference between a logger and Seek app by a woodsman is that the purpose of loggers is to reduce the worth of iNaturalist, great I.D. the forest to logs and dollars. But a woodsman understands the for kids and families interdependent relationships between species diversity and forest health. In order to continue to be a woodsman, you need ”. https://forestryoutreach.berea.edu/ Horse Logging Forest Spotlight: Mayflower II The Berea College have When Plimoth always looked for needed to repair the ways to manage its Mayflower replica, land to be shipwrights searched sustainable, the world over for 30-foot healthy, and strong. white oak planks clear of branching marks (what creates knots in ). The Berea College woodsmen use teams of Suffolk Punch draft horses, rather than heavy machinery, to They found the massive pull felled logs out of logs needed to repair the the forest. ship due to efforts which allow trees to Horse logging does reach their full potential. little to disturb the environment around where the log is being Restorative Forestry Month removed. This month, we are celebrating a variety of Restorative Forestry techniques utilized here at the For instance, one College and elsewhere. Everything from horse small skid mark marks logging and biological woodsmanship, to using goats the path of a two-ton to manage and controlled burns to log recently removed restore Roughed Grouse habitat. from Davis Hollow, pulled by four horses.

November Skies Over the Forest Follow the Berea College Forestry Outreach Center Full Moon: Oct. 31st and the Berea College Forestry Department's social Last Quarter: Nov. 8th media pages for information throughout November! New Moon: Nov. 15th First Quarter: Nov. 22nd Wado. Niyaawe. (Thank you). Look out for one of the brightest stars in the sky, Capella, part of the Auriga constellation. Reach Out! Check out the Skies Over the Pinnacles page Questions about the forest? Hiking? The natural under Forest Ecosystems on our website for world? Feel free check out our website more November sky features and photos (https://forestryoutreach.berea.edu/) https://forestryoutreach.berea.edu/skies-over- or reach out to: the-pinnacles/ FOC Director: [email protected] FOC Naturalist: [email protected]