Tree felling, chainsaw safety workshop on tap for Sitka
Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
March 21, 2025
Felling and bucking timber in Southeast Alaska requires equipment like this hand saw and chainsaws. Learn how to safely operate and maintain these tools in a free workshop.
Glen Holt, a biomass technician with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will lead free interactive sessions on basic tree cutting and chainsaw maintenance and repair in Sitka on Saturday, March 29, from 2-4 p.m.
The free, in-person workshops will be held in Room 7 of Harrigan Centennial Hall, 330 Harbor Drive, Sitka.
From 2-3 p.m., Holt will cover the basics of small saw-timber tree felling, bucking and branch limbing. He will cover chainsaw safety and personal protective equipment and provide a checklist of things to take in the field for woodcutting.
From 3-4 p.m., he will cover basic chainsaw maintenance: cleaning, adjusting and sharpening.
Holt is a retired forester who worked for the Alaska Division of Forestry for 24 years. He has lived in Alaska for more than 40 years, much of that time using firewood for primary and backup heat.
No registration is required. For more information, contact Jasmine Shaw at jdshaw2@alaska.edu or 907-747-9440.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Shaw. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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