TEMPLE — The Upper Kennebec Valley Chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine will meet at Chuck Hulsey’s woodlot from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 9.

Hulsey is a regional wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and has managed this wooded 9-acre home site for the past 17 years. His focus has been wildlife, aesthetics and timber. He will discuss what to cut for the woodstove, and what should be retained for high-quality saw timber in both the near and long term. Attendees will learn the difference between a weeding, a thinning and a regeneration cut.

Participants will also see and discuss cavity and snag-tree management for wildlife, as well as the management for future hard mast trees. There will be examples of techniques for propagation of natural cavities and snags, as well as the use of nest boxes. Nearly 60 species of wildlife in Maine need snags or cavity trees.

There will be questions to test participants’ basic knowledge of trees and wildlife. Up to 10 individuals will be rewarded with a bluebird/chickadee nest box to take home.