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May 2019 Blog Posts (5)

Perennial Pet Peeves

Local Volcanoes

When you think about it, landscape trees have a rough life. Firstly they don’t get to choose their neighborhood, whether good, bad or indifferent. Depending where they are planted, they may need to contend with helpful watering by territorial dogs, materials-testing by energetic kids, entanglements with errant kites, or other issues.

Rooted in one spot day in and day out, year after year, they suffer from – well, boredom, I imagine. And from restricted root… Continue

Added by Paul J Hetzler on May 28, 2019 at 7:51pm — No Comments

Developing an Understanding of Carbon Sequestration

Grown in Britain support for Committee on Climate Change Report

"The report recommends:

• Afforestation of around 30,000 hectares per year (increasing woodland cover from the current 13% of UK land area to 17%), combining this with an increase in active woodland management, increases the net forestry…

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Added by Lew Ward on May 26, 2019 at 10:18am — No Comments

Firewood 4 Charity

NYFOA's WFL chapter F4C initiative received a nice load of split and debarked ash from Wagner Hardwood this week. Volunteer watch your e-mails for the dates and times of upcoming workdays.

Added by Dave Keebler on May 18, 2019 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Helping Trees Recover from Flooding

Most Things in Moderation

As a teenager, my son had a saying, whether original or borrowed I don’t know (the saying, that is), which went something like “All things in moderation. Especially moderation.” It would seem Mother Nature took that to heart, and dispensed with moderate rainfall and snow melt this spring. If not her, then maybe it was Creepy Uncle Climate Change. At any rate, the resultant flooding has been heartbreaking to observe.

While I am of course sensitive to…

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Added by Paul J Hetzler on May 6, 2019 at 1:20pm — No Comments

A New Silent Spring: Where Are the Turkeys?

"That habitat is declining, including on our national forests. The acreage of timber harvested on federal land has fallen dramatically in the last 30 years, thanks mostly to environmentalists. The mere mention of cutting a tree in a national forest is often met with a lawsuit, even though timber harvest ultimately results in outstanding wildlife habitat. Even private landowners are cutting fewer trees.

Those that do often replace…

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Added by Lew Ward on May 6, 2019 at 8:47am — No Comments

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Small-Scale Logging

Started by Peter Smallidge in Project Profiles. Last reply by John McNerney on Tuesday. 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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How to get rid of buckthorn

Started by Randy Williams in Woodlot Management. Last reply by John McNerney on Tuesday. 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

Replanting after timber harvest with climate change in mind

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

Rust Colored Hemlock Bark

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

Rust Colored Hemlock Bark

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