Show us your habitat!

[Tedl10]

Our new gtr


With water

[Wingman]

Yaaaaay! Looks good!

[ScottyLee]

Tedl10: SWEEEEET. looks like a place to kill a few greenheads IF you can keep the woodies from eatin up all the groceries!

[Tedl10]

We are hopeful if produces some mallards. However, since its our first season we aren't expecting much. We also built a 10 acre field impoundment directly adjacent to it to help hold and draw more birds. I will try to post some pictures of it soon.

[Bercy]

Moist soil after full disk last year:

[greenheadgrimreaper]

Ted, how big is yall's greentree? That's kind of like saying I got a Starbucks in my house or an elevator in my two story garage. Ya'll wanna hunt meh greentree?

[Tedl10]

Ted, how big is yall's greentree? That's kind of like saying I got a Starbucks in my house or an elevator in my two story garage. Ya'll wanna hunt meh greentree?

its not big, only about 4-5 acres total. Only about 3 or so acres are flooded as of yesterday. Hopefully, the recent rain will fill it to max.

[greenheadgrimreaper]

Nice, hope ya'll get some in it. What would one have to do outside of levees and drainage/flooding infrastructure to flood said timber. Meaning, what does Uncle Same require you to do to create a GTR, permit wise?

[litlhitch]

Nice, hope ya'll get some in it. What would one have to do outside of levees and drainage/flooding infrastructure to flood said timber. Meaning, what does Uncle Same require you to do to create a GTR, permit wise?

USACE 404 permit and I believe they have some restrictions on how early and how often you can flood it, aimed at keeping the trees alive.

[matador1]

Laredos Forage Soybeans planted on 5.18.12. Same property as my earlier pics but a different area. I like their look and height.

Scott, how did these end up doing? Want to try some this year. Do you think in an area with pretty heavy deer density (HB area) could make a stand planting an acre? Ive got three 2 acrea plots that I am thinking summer plots on half and winter on half.

[Curtdawg88]

Nice, hope ya'll get some in it. What would one have to do outside of levees and drainage/flooding infrastructure to flood said timber. Meaning, what does Uncle Same require you to do to create a GTR, permit wise?

USACE 404 permit and I believe they have some restrictions on how early and how often you can flood it, aimed at keeping the trees alive.

That is correct. I work for a consulting company handling section 404 permits everyday. I am actually working on a GTR for a client right now. If the area where you want to construct your levee is a jurisdictional wetland (which it probably is if it will make a good GTR) then the "fill" from the levee will require a permit and compensatory mitigation (which is where it gets expensive). As long as the impoundment portion is not flooded during the growing season it will not be considered as "fill".

[Take 'em]

May be stupid question as I know nothing about forestry and such but you have to have permits and gov't can tell you when you can flood a green tree you made on your private land?

[Curtdawg88]

May be stupid question as I know nothing about forestry and such but you have to have permits and gov't can tell you when you can flood a green tree you made on your private land?

It's not a stupic question. Many people don't realize that if there are jurisdictional wetlands on your property that you must obtain a section 404 permit to impact them for any reason, GTR, building a house, whatever. They are considered "waters of the United States".

[Blackduck]

Wetlands =EPA involvement and millions of nebulous shady far reaching rules.

[JaMak84]

May be stupid question as I know nothing about forestry and such but you have to have permits and gov't can tell you when you can flood a green tree you made on your private land?

Google Clean Water Act of 1972 and Food Securites Act of 1985. These laws have been on the books for a while now.