Inventory of Equipment & Supples Available for Understory Restoration –Texas/Louisiana Longleaf Taskforce

Item: 15 metal dibble (planting) bars and 15 vinyl planting bags with adjustable carry straps, 3 double planting bag with adjustable carry straps Use: Hand planting of containerized longleaf pine plugs and bags to carry/protect seedlings from the elements Source of Item: TNC Purchase Location of Item: Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary, Hardin County Owner: The Nature Conservancy, Forest Program, 3888 Hwy 327 West, Silsbee, TX 77656 Contact: Shawn Benedict, SE TX Preserve Manager Phone/email: (409) 658-2888 (mobile) [email protected] Conditions: Bars and bags must be returned in clean condition. Items damaged or lost must be replaced.

Item: 1 Express Seed Blower Use: Blower for spreading seed Source of Item: TNC Purchase Location of Item: Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary, Hardin County Owner: The Nature Conservancy, Forest Program, 3888 Hwy 327 West, Silsbee, TX 77656 Contact: Shawn Benedict, SE TX Preserve Manager Phone/email: (409) 658-2888 (mobile) [email protected] Conditions: Blower must be returned in clean and working condition. If damaged, lost , or stolen must be repaired/replaced at borrower’s expense.

Item: Scalper (two – one in Louisiana and one in Texas) Use: To use for open pasture site preparation operations Source: Texas/Louisiana Longleaf Taskforce purchase with grant money Location of Item: Louisiana Department of Wildlife Fisheries: 661 Robinson Road, Woodworth, LA 71485 and Texas A&M Forest Service: 155 Texas Forest Service Loop, Lufkin, TX 75901 Contact: Todd Nightingale, Texas A&M Forest Service, 936-875-4400 or [email protected] David Hayden, Louisiana Department of Wildlife Fisheries, 318-487-5885 ext. 3411 or [email protected] Conditions of Use: It is to be utilized exclusively for site preparation of longleaf reforestation

Item: Use: Flail Vac Source of Item: Location of Item: Clymer Meadow Preserve Owner: National Forests & Grasslands of Texas Contact: Tom Phillips Phone/email: [email protected] Conditions of Use: Item: Seed Mill Cleaner Source of Item: Location of Item: Clymer Meadow Preserve Owner: National Forests & Grasslands of Texas Contact: Tom Phillips Phone/email: [email protected] Conditions of Use: per instruction of USFS staff

Item: 2 Flail Vacs Source of Item: Location of Item: Sam Houston National Forest Owner: National Forests & Grasslands of Texas Contact: Dave Plair Phone/email: [email protected] Conditions of Use: per instruction of USFS staff

Item: Seed Drill Source of Item: Location of Item: Sam Houston National Forest Owner: National Forests & Grasslands of Texas Contact: Dave Plair Phone/email: [email protected] Conditions of Use: per instruction of USFS staff

October 7, 2015