USACE Rock Island District Forestry and Inventory Services
of forestry services across many Corps-owned sites. Scopes including invasive species control, timber stand
improvement, tree planting, and seeding have occurred across 15+ locations, including river islands and wildlife
management areas. These remote and riverine sites require special safety and logistical considerations, often utilizing barges and boats to transport equipment, materials, and people to the project locations.
Construction Figures (2018-Present):
― Pleasant Creek – located a black willow cutting source, cut and installed 7’ HT black willow cuttings, and
supplied, planted, and recorded GPS locations of containerized and bare root trees
― Green Island – completed fall and spring herbicide applications for reed canary grass and planted containerized
trees
― Princeton Wildlife Management Area – supplied and installed containerized trees, and cut and applied herbicide
to phragmites
― Smith’s Island – treated bush honeysuckle and supplied and planted containerized trees
― Lake Odessa – supplied, planted, and recorded GPS locations of containerized trees, and collected inventory
data for fixed-radius seedling plots, variable/prism plots, and age/site index plots
― Oquawka Island – supplied, planted, and recorded GPS locations of containerized trees
― Mill Creek – supplied and installed containerized trees
― Huron Island – cleared vegetation and debris and prepared seedbed via tillage, supplied and installed cover
crop, and supplied and planted bare root seedings and containerized plants
― Pool 12 Islands – supplied, planted, and recorded GPS locations of containerized plants
― Beaver Island – marked and performed free and geometric thinning to release crop trees, and supplied, planted,
and recorded GPS locations of containerized plants
― Pecan Grove, Chatton, Dillon, Long, and Shandrew Islands – collected inventory data for fixed-radius seedling
plots, variable/prism plots, and age/site index plotsmonitoring to determine progress.