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Love Your Land? Make a Plan. Woodland Legacy Planning Workshop
March 8, 2014 from 8:30am to 1pm – Yates County Building Auditorium
Yates County Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Master Forest Owner Volunteers are hosting a workshop on March 8th with registration at 8:30 and the program from 9:00 – 1:00 at the Yates County Bu…
Organized by Elizabeth Newbold | Type: workshop
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The Woods in Your Backyard: Learning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas Around Your Home
March 26, 2014 at 7pm to April 12, 2014 at 12pm – Upper Hudson Valley - or participate from home
The Hudson River Estuary Program and Cornell Cooperative Extension are pleased to announce a webinar series and field trip for landowners with smaller properties in the Upper Hudson Valley. Smaller p…
Organized by Kristi Sullivan | Type: webinar, series, and, field, trip
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Game of Logging level 1
May 31, 2014 from 7:30am to 5pm – Catskill Forest Association's (meet @ office)
Game of Logging Level 1 Level 1 focuses on varying aspects of chainsaw safety and techniques for properly felling trees. Participants are introduced to open face felling, personal protective equipm…
Organized by Michele Fucci | Type: workshop, chainsaw, safety, course
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Game of Logging level 2
June 28, 2014 from 7:30am to 5pm – Catskill Forest Association's (meet @ office)
Game of Logging Level 2 Level 2 focuses on maximizing chainsaw performance. Individuals will learn about chainsaw maintenance; carburetor setting; filing techniques; limbing & bucking techniques…
Organized by Michele Fucci | Type: workshop, chainsaw, safety, course
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Invasive insect pests and cold temperature
Posted by Peter Smallidge on March 3, 2014 at 3:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
by Mark Whitmore, Cornell University Cooperative Extension, Department of Natural Resources. February 2014.
Everyone can probably agree that we’ve had an unusually cold winter. According to the Northeast Regional Climate Center here on the Cornell campus this winter is amongst the top 5 coldest on record in Ithaca if you count the number of days when the temperatures dipped below zero Fahrenheit. However, by this standard the last time we had a winter as harsh as this was 2003, only…
Continue Webinar Connection Details - Are You Growing Your Best Timber
Posted by Peter Smallidge on February 19, 2014 at 11:41am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Are You Growing Your Best Timber?
February 19, 2014 (live sessions at noon and 7PM, approximately one hour each session)
Note that webinars are live at noon and 7PM, for an hour each, but the meeting space is reserved from noon until 8PM. SAF CFE credits are pending.
Instructions:
- Read all these instructions.
- You need a personal registration ID to join this month’s webinar. There is unlimited space for participants, the ID simply…
Eastern Forest Ecosystem Stressors
Posted by Peter Smallidge on January 13, 2014 at 10:21am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The original reformatted archive of the October 2013 ForestConnect webinar “Eastern Forest Ecosystem Stressors” had an audio corruption about 27 minutes into the recording. My thanks to the viewer who noticed the glitch. That audio corruption has been corrected and reloaded; the corrected URL is below. Details of the webinar follow for those seeking additional information.
Corrected…
Continue Forest Regeneration Handbook (revised, 2013)
Posted by Peter Smallidge on January 10, 2014 at 10:42am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The revised (2013) edition of the Northeastern Forest Regeneration Handbook has now been posted online.
Links to this pub include these:
Publication details page:
http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/detail.cfm?id=2271
NA Forest Stewardship page (under “These publications may be of interest to you…”):…
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farm bill 100Million aid to maple syrup--details?????
Started by Jay Wechsler in Maple Syrup Production. Last reply by Jay Wechsler Feb 14. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Harvesting American Beech
Started by Jakob Berger in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jakob Berger Feb 12. 4 Replies 1 Like
I have three American Beech trees that are 2'DBH that I want to harvest, have milled, and then use to make furniture after drying.My question concerns the drying period of the harvest phase.I want to minimize cupping, warping, checking etc.I'm also…Continue
snatch block
Started by Jim Martin in Woodlot Management. Last reply by John McNerney Jan 28. 7 Replies 0 Likes
I get trees stuck up from time to time and would like to pull them down with a winch or come-along. I want to change the direction of the pull with a pulley or better with a snatch block. Beats pulling a tree down on my head. I assume I need a…Continue
terminology
Started by Jim Martin in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jim Martin Jan 28. 5 Replies 0 Likes
What is the difference between cohort and stand?Continue
To Mow or not to Mow?
Started by Chaz U. Farly in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jakob Berger Jan 23. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Over the years i have planted, and had planted, tens of thousands of trees. the vast majority being spruce and larch. Over time i have been advised to mow between the rows of small trees and then again not to mow. My question here is: What is the…Continue
tulip poplar
Started by Ann Malaspina in Forest Health. Last reply by Ann Malaspina Jan 17. 2 Replies 0 Likes
I joined this group because I'm writing a children's book on Franklin D. Roosevelt and his passion for trees. He said that the tulip poplar was his favorite tree and he planted many on his Hyde Park property. Is that the correct name for the tree?…Continue
Are Whitetail Deer Driving Long-term Forest Change?
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Jan 9. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Gary Goff recently sent this out to the CCE Forestry and Wildlife listserves. "Of special note perhaps to NYS residents, is the presentation on impact of deer on forest change. As Dr. Waller states, the conditions that he describes from research in…Continue
How does Beech Bark Disease affect mast production?
Started by Lewis E. Ward in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Kevin Mathers Jan 8. 1 Reply 0 Likes
When does Beech Bark Disease severly affect beechnut production? Has there been research on this? Beech nuts are/were a major source of mast in New England and NY forests. Of course, the production has to be averaged over the 5-7 years…Continue
Tags: Production, Mast, Disease, Bark, Beech
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