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Plant Communications

Cornell Researchers Find Plants CommunicateChemical Messages Protect Themselves and Neighboring Plants from Pests http://www.landscapeonlin

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Feb 21, 2017

Urban Forest Webinars - US Forest Service

Urban Forest Connections Webinar Serieshttps://www.fs.fed.us/research/urban-webinars/?utm_source=%2BFebuary%2BUrban%2BForest%2BConnections%…

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Feb 10, 2017

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Fact Sheet

Adelges tsugae , the hemlock woolly adelgid, is a fluid-feeding insect that feeds on hemlock trees throu ghout eastern North America, inclu…

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Oct 22, 2016

"Funding for Floodplain Restoration"

"Funding for Floodplain Restoration"Today's webinar recording, slides, materials, and certificates of attendance will be emailed to attende…

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Sep 1, 2016

Drones to monitor trees in CA

In drought, drones help California farmers save every drophttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/drones-meet-drought-in-skies-o…

Started by Alicia Rose

0 Aug 30, 2016

Invasive Species Distribution in USA

A Big-Picture View of the Invasive Plant Problem http://www.forestthreats.org/news/in-the-news/a-big-picture-view-of-the-invasive-plant-pr

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Aug 29, 2016

Woods in your back yard

Woods In Your Backyard Forest Field Day Aug. 17 In Clearfield County The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the Forests For The Ba…

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Aug 12, 2016

Is this Dutch Elm Disease?

[Submitted by Stephen Kutney] This is a picture of one of four Princeton Elms that I planted. The Princeton Elm is said to be highly resist…

Started by Peter Smallidge

3 Jul 20, 2016
Reply by Stephen Kutney

Chesapeake Forest Champion Contest - Submission Deadline August 18, 2016.

Chesapeake Forest Champion Contest - Submission Deadline August 18, 2016. http://www.forestsforthebay.org/files/ChesForChamp16.pdf The Alli…

Started by Carl DuPoldt

0 Jul 15, 2016

HUBBARD BROOK: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem Holmes and Likens 2016

A new book on the classic ongoing (50+ years) study of forest ecology. The research was ongoing and set the baseline for our understanding…

Started by Lewis E. Ward

0 Jul 6, 2016

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grafting beech

Started by Allen Nichols in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jim Martin on Friday. 3 Replies

I am a director for the NY chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation. We expect to have a blight resistant tree to introduce to the public in 5 to 10 years.In the interm, before we have blight resistant nuts from these trees, I would like to graft…Continue

Pruning larch and spruce

Started by Jim Martin in Woodlot Management on Friday. 0 Replies

I have 20 acres of 25 year old  larch and spruce. I would like to prune about 10 percent of them to improve the quality of the timber 50 years  down the road. I have heard that pruning green branches can lead to infection unless done at the right…Continue

How to get rid of buckthorn

Started by Randy Williams in Woodlot Management. Last reply by John McNerney Mar 18. 5 Replies

I have some property where the best timber was harvested several years before I purchased it.  There are now many areas where the buckthorn is so thick that nothing will grow under it.  I am looking for suggestions on how to get these areas back…Continue

Rust Colored Hemlock Bark

Started by Carl Albers in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Lew Ward Feb 8. 1 Reply

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

Looking for white mulberry trees for research

Started by Connor Youngerman in Agroforestry. Last reply by Lew Ward Feb 8. 1 Reply

Greetings forestry ning communities! My name is Connor Youngerman, and I’m an extension support specialist at the Cornell Small Farms Program; my focus is agroforestry and mushroom production. We are currently working on a research grant to…Continue

My comments to the proposed changes to the 480a Forest Tax Law.

Started by Stephen Kutney in Woodlot Management Jan 29. 0 Replies

I sent the comments below to bslmregs@dec.ny.gov.  I’m writing to comment on the proposed changes to the 480a tax law.  My property is in the 480a Forestry Tax program.  I have been doing timber stand improvement projects on my property since 1968,…Continue

Ginko

Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Jan 27. 0 Replies

Some fun facts about a tree that has always fascinated me:…Continue

Small-Scale Logging

Started by Peter Smallidge in Project Profiles. Last reply by John McNerney Apr 15, 2024. 4 Replies

Small-Scale Logging: Sugarbush and Woodlot Management Issue:  Many woodlot owners and maple syrup producers want to be more active in gathering logs or firewood from their property.  Often there are too few acres or too few trees to attract a…Continue

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