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Posted by Peter Smallidge on April 20, 2022 at 9:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Today's (20april2022) ForestConnect webinar was by Steve Roberge of UNH, NH state extension forester. Steve was presenting from work done at UNH about tactics that loggers and foresters use, voluntarily, to stabilize their logging site and ensure they can continue to access and work their job during extreme weather events. Winters are often without snow or freezing and ground conditions might limit production. This…
ContinuePosted by Paul J Hetzler on March 19, 2022 at 6:54am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Some foods give us gas, but gas is what ultimately gives us maple syrup. If not for gas bubbles in the wood, sap wouldn’t flow. Who knew maple trees were CO2 powered?
A mere two decades ago, arborists were at a loss to explain what caused maple sap run. We'd typically mumble something about transpirational vacuum in the canopy before changing the subject. Everyone knows sap runs when warm days follow freezing nights. But it wasn’t until recently that the mechanism behind…
ContinuePosted by Paul J Hetzler on February 16, 2022 at 3:21pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Looking for a way to enhance property value, save energy costs, boost mental health, and help the planet in one simple, low-cost step? Yeah, me too. Let me know if you think of something.
Seriously, though, a few well-placed trees in one’s yard typically add at least 5% to a property’s value. Having large older specimens (of trees, I mean) around the house can push that figure close to 20%. In terms of energy savings, deciduous trees on the southern and western sides of a house tend…
ContinuePosted by Paul J Hetzler on January 17, 2022 at 12:18pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Beech Gone Wild: Raging Hormones
The American beech (Fagus grandifolia) has been slowly dying out for the last 140 years. As a result, beech saplings have overrun many woodlots, making them less diverse, less vigorous, and less valuable.
That’s right – beech decline has led to a beech proliferation so extreme that in some places they are a barrier to forest regeneration. I’d call this an oxymoron, but don’t want to insult the bovine community. Strategies do exist to…
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Appalachian Sustainable Development is searching for a part-time, regionally remote Agroforester to join our team! This new position will be responsible for providing technical and financial assistance to producers for alley cropping and…Continue
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management May 24. 0 Replies 0 Likes
A partial answer to a frequently asked question of recent months - what, if anything, is the DEC planning to do...DEC Announces Aerial Treatment for Spongy Moth in Six High Priority Forest AreasAerial Treatment Taking Place Through Approximately May…Continue
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management May 17. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Well over 200 registered for the March and April webinars presented by Zach Boerman and Suzanne Treyger of Audubon NY - showing that perhaps good forestry really is for the birds!For those of you who would like to watch or re-watch the webinars, the…Continue
Started by Freyda Lynn (Black) in Woodlot Management Apr 8. 0 Replies 0 Likes
I found an ingenious tool for applying herbicide for cut and paint. It is made by a volunteer prairie group in MI but no longer shipped. I am including a link to their page describing its use and with photos. It appears to be made of standard pvc…Continue
Started by Jim Martin in Woodlot Management Mar 16. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Peter,I have been hearing a lot about mycorrhizae. Much has raised many questions.How can one make mycorrhisae either for an addition to planting or for later addition to an older plantation and also for gardening.How does it interconnect with…Continue
Started by John Kontrabecki in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Kim Slezak, CF Feb 16. 1 Reply 0 Likes
We own a 60-acre eucalyptus forest in Pacifica, CA, just south of San Francisco. Can anyone recommend a forestry consultant to prepare a wildfire risk assessment and mitigation plan? California has suffered from large wildfires for the past two…Continue
Started by Katie Commender in Agroforestry Dec 16, 2021. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Greetings,Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD) is searching for an Agroforester to join our team! This new position will focus on alley cropping and silvopasture, and will be responsible for co-developing agroforestry trainings for natural…Continue
Started by Tim Levatich in Forest Health Sep 9, 2021. 0 Replies 1 Like
Hi, All.I've been reading brief mentions that spotted lantern fly "likes maple". I'm wondering if there is any experience so far with what happens to a forest that has a heavy proportion of maple composition and is hit with a SLF infestation. Our…Continue
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