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PA Forest Products Assn: Celebrate National Forest Products Week Oct. 19-25

PA Forest Products Assn: Celebrate National Forest Products Week Oct. 19-25http://paforestproducts.org/As we celebrate National Forest Prod…

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Oct 17, 2015

Wood Pellet Industry

The Energy Boom You Haven't Heard About: Wood Pelletshttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/energy/2014/12/141208-wood-pellet-energy-boom-drive…

Started by Alicia Rose

0 Dec 12, 2014

biochar links

Bioenergy Scholars Programhttp://www.newbio.psu.edu/education/bioenergyScholars.asp-------------------------Bioenergy News BriefsNEWBio web…

Started by Alicia Rose

1 Dec 10, 2014
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Best Practices in Wood and Pellet Stove Incentive Programs

Best Practices in Wood and Pellet Stove Incentive Programs Webinar – online, Thursday, December 4, 2014, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.http://www.e

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Nov 5, 2014

AgroForestry Workshop

AgroForestry Workshophttp://oregonswcs.org/October 21-22, 2014Corvallis, Oregon Learn basic agroforestry concepts and practical application…

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Sep 17, 2014

USA Headwater Streams Database and Map - USGS

------------------------Hydrography - National Hydrography Dataset - Watershed Boundary Datasethttp://nhd.usgs.gov/------------------------…

Started by Alicia Rose

0 Sep 16, 2014

Dehydrated shiitakes on the bolt

One of the bolts of shiitakes I soaked produced a great flush.  Some of the shiitakes were crowded together, so I excised the market-worthy…

Started by Shelley Stuart

0 Jun 5, 2013

When to soak shiitake bolts

I inoculated about 60 logs last September with shiitake plug spawn (from Fungi Perfecti---fruiting temperature 50-80 deg.). The bolts are 4…

Started by Jeff Joseph

4 Apr 29, 2013
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Chain oil fungus inoculants

Hello, Is anyone out there using NE forest-specific species chain oil inoculants when thinning, logging, fuelwood cutting, after Paul Stame…

Started by Patrik Schumann

4 Oct 24, 2012
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Overgrown shiitake pictures - sources?

Does anyone have a good source for images of overgrown shiitakes?  I went into my laying yard this weekend and found these 5-6" sized mushr…

Started by Shelley Stuart

5 Oct 1, 2012
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Replanting after timber harvest with climate change in mind

Started by Ben T. in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Patrik Schumann yesterday. 1 Reply

Hi Everyone,I’ve been wondering what tree species are going to thrive over the next 50+ years as the climate warms in New York and I’m curious if folks are enhancing plantings of particular tree species for future commercial harvest with warmer and…Continue

Rust Colored Hemlock Bark

Started by Carl Albers in Woodlot Management Dec 31, 2023. 0 Replies

Picture of a hemlock with rust colored bark.  When I cut a nearby tree, also with rust colored bark, it was infested with HWA.  Attached picture shows a Logrite ATV arch in use.Continue

Rust Colored Hemlock Bark

Started by Carl Albers in Woodlot Management Dec 31, 2023. 0 Replies

The hemlocks in my woodlots have been infested with hemlock wooley adelgid (HWA) for at least three years now.  Lately I've noticed some of them having a rust colored bark and I wonder if this is normal and that I just didn't notice it previously? …Continue

How to control mature white pine and hemlock to allow enrichment planting of hardwoods

Started by Peter Smallidge in Woodlot Management Nov 28, 2023. 0 Replies

I had a question about control of mature white pine and hemlock to improve sunlight for enrichment planting of hardwoods.  Following is my response, but I would like to know if anyone else has any experiences to share with control of these to…Continue

Story in Northern Woodlands Magazine on Deer Impacts

Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Aug 8, 2023. 0 Replies

This Spring we had an opportunity to speak with writer John Litvaitis about the big picture of deer impacts on the hardwood forests of the Northeast.  I posted the original story from the summer edition of Northern Woodlands to the…Continue

Ash blonding effect on lumber quality

Started by Jeff Joseph in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jeff Joseph May 5, 2023. 2 Replies

Question: In Peter Smallidge's most recent "Ask a Professional" column for NYFOA's Forest Owner magazine he stated that some log buyers will reject ash that shows outward signs of "blonding" on the bark. Is this because the wood will change…Continue

The American Chestnut: A New Frontier in Gene Editing

Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management May 2, 2023. 0 Replies

https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/policy/042823/the-american-chestnutInteresting discussion the difference between efforts with the American Chestnut and other…Continue

Growing Black Locust for Pleasure and Profit

Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Apr 20, 2023. 0 Replies

In early March I was invited to present on the opportunities for growing black locust as a timber cash crop at the Rural Landowner Conference in Allegany County.  Ryan Trapani from the Catskill Forest Owners Association asked afterwards if I would…Continue

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