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Beech managementAmerican beech (Fagus grandifolia) is a wonderful tree with redeeming qualities for wildlife, timber, firewood, and aesthetics. However, i… Started by Peter Smallidge |
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Mar 19, 2012 Reply by John McNerney |
How to de-stump forest meadow?Looking for advice on a cost-effective way to handle pine stumps. A few years ago we made a 2 acre patch cut of "cabbaged" white pines and… Started by grace mellow |
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Mar 19, 2012 Reply by Brett Chedzoy |
Site Preparation for Tree PlantingSince spring tree planting season is around the corner, I've copied below a response to a recent inquiry about planting larch. The questio… Started by Brett Chedzoy |
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Feb 17, 2012 Reply by Jim Martin |
Control Beech in WinterI have attached some pictures of what I am dealing with. I purchased this property about 2 years ago. From what I was told it was logged o… Started by Mark Domingos |
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Feb 3, 2012 Reply by Peter Smallidge |
Goats in the woods!I'm interested in learning more about the pro's/con's of having goats in the woods. I have a block of woods, circled by pasture. I'm thin… Started by Thomas Wilson |
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Feb 3, 2012 Reply by Peter Smallidge |
Suggestions on purchase of ATV machineMy wife and I have inherited an 80 acre tract of forest that has been in our family for 70 years and was high graded 8 years past. What re… Started by Gary Carr |
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Jan 25, 2012 Reply by jerry saab |
Lumber least likely to check and methods to prevent checkingA local artist/sculptor/woodworker is looking for advice on what species checks the least for a project he is working on. He also wonders w… Started by Richard Burstell |
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Jan 23, 2012 Reply by Richard Burstell |
HophornbeamI have a lot of hop hornbeam and hornbeam in one area and was considering trying to remove them in favor of improving the oak and maple den… Started by Mark Domingos |
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Jan 12, 2012 Reply by Rebecca Hargrave |
Harvesting for PulpI have 2 stands of scotch pines that I've been looking to have removed to makes space for deciduous plantings. The only possibilities that… Started by John Faller |
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Nov 22, 2011 Reply by Richard D. Mayko |
Controlling black locustBelow is some correspondence about control of black locust. I've removed references to the sender. The discussion includes both organic a… Started by Peter Smallidge |
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Oct 21, 2011 Reply by Lewis E. Ward |
Started by Peter Smallidge in Project Profiles. Last reply by John McNerney Apr 15. 4 Replies 1 Like
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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Started by Randy Williams in Woodlot Management. Last reply by John McNerney Apr 15. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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
Started by Ben T. in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Patrik Schumann Mar 26. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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
Started by Carl Albers in Woodlot Management Dec 31, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
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
Started by Carl Albers in Woodlot Management Dec 31, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
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
Started by Peter Smallidge in Woodlot Management Nov 28, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
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
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Aug 8, 2023. 0 Replies 1 Like
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
Started by Jeff Joseph in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jeff Joseph May 5, 2023. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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
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