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  • March 2012 - Cut brush dropped on the side of the Mt Tecumseh Trail in the New Hampshire White Mountains. In 2011, Tropical Storm Irene washed out part of the trail, and this is the rerouted section. Proper protocol is to pick up all branches and debris and scatter them off the trail with the cut ends facing into the woods away from the trail. Update 2017: After 5-6 years, this pile of brush has finally been picked up and properly scattered off the trail per basic trail maintenance guidelines.
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  • In 2011, Tropical Storm Irene washed out part of the Mt Tecumseh Trail in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. This is how part of the rerouted section looked in September 2011. This brush is dropped on the side of the trail. Proper technique is to pick up all branches and scatter them off the trail with the cut ends facing into the woods away from the trail. Update 2017: After 5-6 years, this pile of brush has finally been picked up and properly scattered off the trail per basic trail maintenance guidelines.
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  • Tree stump of a cut yellow birch tree in Unit 36 of the Kanc 7 Timber harvest project along the Kancamagus Scenic Byway (route 112) in the White Mountains, New Hampshire USA during the winter months.
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  • March 2012 - A fresh tree wound on a yellow birch tree along the Mt Tecumseh Trail in New Hampshire. This wound is the result of man not properly removing a painted trail marker (blaze) from the tree. The blaze was painted on the tree in 2011, and then improperly removed from the tree in the spring of 2012. The bark, where the blaze was, was cut and peeled away creating a tree wound.<br />
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From Forest Service: When blazes are removed from trees it is generally done with a wire brush though many of the brushes carried by our field staff have a paint scraper integrated into the same tool. The bark is usually not cut intentionally or peeled off. The one exception might be if the blaze were on a mature paper birch. We discourage the use of birches for blazing but in some places they're the only option.<br />
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Blaze removal is most likely done by USFS field staff (trail crews or backcountry rangers) or the partner organization responsible for the maintenance of the trail. Occasionally it may be done by trail adopters or other authorized volunteers. Anyone not under a formal agreement with the USFS is not authorized to remove blazes.
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  • Two young trees along the Mt Tecumseh Trail in the New Hampshire White Mountains that have been cut at waist level in 2011. Basic trail maintenance guidelines state that proper technique, when brushing a trail, is to cut young trees flush with the ground. Leaving pointed stumps are dangerous if stepped or fallen upon. These two trees have been cut down to ground level since this photo was taken.
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