The Healing Harvest Forest Foundation offers the opportunity to qualified candidates interested in training to become practitioners of improvement, restorative forestry, using animal-powered extraction of logs, and worst-first selective timber harvesting.
What:
Our training program includes Whole Forest Management Strategies, Chainsaw Safety, Special Forest Product Utilizations, Horsemanship, Farrier skills, Animal powered Skidding, Log and Lumber Grading, GIS, Small Business Management, and Worst-first Selective Timber Harvesting Plans.
Where:
The basic training is conducted in Floyd County, VA, followed by apprenticeships available in several states.
When:
Applications are accepted year-round. Basic instruction lasts two weeks; the following 10 weeks are spent in apprenticeships with experienced mentors.
