Kyle Peer, superintendent of the Reynolds Homestead Forestry Center, explains to hikers how a plastic mesh is installed under a stream bed to stem erosion (above). Below, Peer shows the equipment used to measure loblolly pine growth rates. Held Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon, the interpretive 2-mile hike through several of Reynolds Homestead’s forestry stations was one of Dan River Basin Association’s First Saturday Outings. (Photos by
Angela H. Hill)
