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Gypsy Moth (aka Spongy Moth) spray control in priority areas by DEC

A partial answer to a frequently asked question of recent months - what, if anything, is the DEC planning to do... DEC Announces Aerial Tr…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

0 May 24, 2022

Audubon NY "Bird Friendly" webinars organized by the SFL Chapter of NYFOA

Well over 200 registered for the March and April webinars presented by Zach Boerman and Suzanne Treyger of Audubon NY - showing that perhap…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

0 May 17, 2022

Wand for applying herbicide to cut stems

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…

Started by Freyda Lynn (Black)

0 Apr 8, 2022

micorrhiza

Peter, I have been hearing a lot about mycorrhizae.  Much has raised  many questions. How  can one make mycorrhisae  either for an addition…

Started by Jim Martin

0 Mar 16, 2022

Wildfire Risk

We own a 60-acre eucalyptus forest in Pacifica, CA, just south of San Francisco.  Can anyone recommend a forestry consultant to prepare a w…

Started by John Kontrabecki

1 Feb 16, 2022
Reply by Kim Slezak, CF

Hypo-hatchet

I just got a hypo-hatchet to use for beech hack and squirt treatments. The manufacturer states to only use with Amine herbicides only. Is g…

Started by Mike Blasko

0 Jul 28, 2021

IPhone surveys

Smart phones have GPS.  Has anyone figured out how to use them for mapping wooded land.  I am especially interested in a way to map  my log…

Started by Jim Martin

13 Jul 13, 2021
Reply by Peter Smallidge

Forester recommendations?

We are new to forestry ownership and need some advice. We would like to be good stewards of the property and also provide occasional profit…

Started by Roger Rodriguez

2 Jul 10, 2021
Reply by Michael Dirac

succession after a pine plantation

About 1982 I planted 8000 white pine in a former pasture on the advice of my ex-forester with an OK from the DEC. They got badly weeviled. …

Started by Jim Martin

0 Jun 23, 2021

Hemlock

Is there a reason the State of New York stopped selling hemlock seedlings? I'd made up my mind that I'd like to plant a hundred, maybe more…

Started by Chaz U. Farly

2 Jun 23, 2021
Reply by Jim Martin

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grafting beech

Started by Allen Nichols in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jim Martin 17 hours ago. 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 17 hours ago. 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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