January 2013 Blog Posts (3)
Hardwood Tree Identification - Webinar and Resources
Hardwood tree identification is an important first step towards understanding and valuing our woodlots. Once we can identify each species, we can begin to assign different values to those species, and the roles they play in helping us achieve (or impede) our ownership objectives.
Hardwood tree identification goes beyond looking at leaves. Leaves are apparent for only a few months of the year, and even then leaves are…
ContinueAdded by Peter Smallidge on January 17, 2013 at 10:48am — No Comments
Forest Owner Tax Tips 2012
Hi All:
Tax tips to help you obtain your legal tax savings associated with timber related revenue.
Pete
Added by Peter Smallidge on January 14, 2013 at 11:50am — No Comments
Woodland Owner Timber Tax Guide
Hi All:
This just out from our friends at the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area.
For your information and for sharing…
Just posted on the U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area website. A new/updated publication titled Federal Income Tax on Timber: A Quick Guide for Woodland Owners This document is a the 4th version of a document that started as the Federal Income Tax on…
ContinueAdded by Peter Smallidge on January 9, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments
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Started by Peter Smallidge in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Joanne Vaughn on Wednesday. 3 Replies 0 Likes
[I'm pasting from a recent email thread]Question - I'm working on a couple beech regen and mid story control projects. I have been using Garlon 4 in oil. Works good, but sometimes I want it to move through the roots and the Garlon doesn't do…Continue
Norway Spruce stump treatment
Started by Alicia Rose in Woodlot Management Nov 4. 0 Replies 0 Likes
A urea application of a freshly cut Norway spruce stump surface. This treatment has been implemented as a management strategy to prevent the future crop and adjacent trees from Heterobasidion annosum infection. This is not common practice in Welsh…Continue
Why don't evergreens drop their leaves in the fall?
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Oct 22. 0 Replies 1 Like
Hmmm, a timely question for the fall foliage season and a lesson that I don't remember being taught at forestry school (though I admit that I may not have been paying attention!) …Continue
Verticillium Wilt
Started by Carl DuPoldt in Forest Health Jul 9. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Verticillium Wilt - https://mailchi.mp/unl.edu/nebraskas-forest-health-report-july-2019 Symptoms of Verticillium wilt are now becoming apparent in infected trees in…Continue
Silvopasture in Wisconsin: Goals, Challenges, and other Fodder for Thought
Started by Carl DuPoldt in Agroforestry May 9. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Silvopasture in Wisconsin: Goals, Challenges, and other Fodder for ThoughtWednesday, May 29, 2019 at 11:00am (CDT)Diane MayerfeldSustainable Agriculture Coordinator, UW-Extension, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) -…Continue
Small acreage logging project
Started by WJ Rodenhouse in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Lew Ward Apr 22. 1 Reply 0 Likes
A friend asked me what types of protections he should include in agreement with logger when having his 10 acre forest logged. I thought maybe some of you could provide insight. Logger stated Workman's comp wasn't needed in a family business.Thanks!Continue
Western Larch Question
Started by Alex Harmon in Wildlife Management. Last reply by Pamela Dallaire Mar 30. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Would a Western Larch (tree) NOT lose its needles during fall and winter if it was kept indoors? / what causes it to lose its needles(temperature change, change in length of days)? IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER PLEASE REPLY!!!!!! NOT KNOWING IS KILLING ME!!Continue
How tree diversity affects invasive forest pests
Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Brett Chedzoy Mar 27. 1 Reply 1 Like
A long-standing tenet in forestry is that healthier and more diverse woods are typically more resilient to stress factors and pest. This holds true in most cases, but there are the notable exceptions like EAB.This article from the "Morning Ag…Continue
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