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SUMMARY:Catskill Forest Festival - FREE
DESCRIPTION:Saturday, July 25th, 2015 from 10am to 4pm at the Margaret
 ville Pavilion behind Freshtown supermarket. It’s the noisiest and w
 oodsiest event of the summer in the Catskills! Their will be chainsaw 
 carvers, bow makers, wood splitters, sawmills, pelletstoves, woodstove
 s & furnaces and a blacksmith. There’ll be a LOT of noisy big stuff,
  cool big equipment to climb on, food, music, pony-rides, maple produc
 ts, arts and crafts, games for the kids. And...of course the biggest d
 raw...The Game of Logging Loggers Competition! There will be bleachers
  again, picnic tables under a roof, and lots of tents. Again this year
  by popular demand there will be the “Tent of Knowledge”. Bring th
 e whole family and tell your friends. There is lots to see and do for 
 everyone...and the best thing is there is NO ADMISSION...that’s righ
 t...IT’S FREE!!!  “Tent of Knowledge”\nFeaturing local speakers 
 at the \n2015 Catskill Forest Festival\n10:30 “Catskills Golden Eagl
 e Project” - Peg DiBenedetto The Eastern Golden Eagle Project is gat
 hering information on the range, habits and genetics of this majestic 
 bird. Peg will discuss the merits of the study.\n11:00 “Copper vs. L
 ead” - Mike DiBenedetto  Mike will speak about the impact of lead am
 munition and the preferable alternative…copper. He will lead a discu
 ssion aimed at hunters. (aimed…. pun intended)\n11:15 “Young Fores
 t Initiative” - Michael Echtner/Selinda Brandon If you have driven o
 n Rt. 206 between Downsville and Walton, you've been treated to a visi
 ble regeneration project in the Bear Spring Mountain Wildlife Manageme
 nt area. Mike Echtner, NYSDEC Forester and Selinda Brandon, NYSDEC Wil
 dlife Biologist will talk about the Young Forest Initiative (YFI) and 
 the planned management of the region’s Wildlife Management Areas. Th
 e talk will include an overview of the goals of the initiative, includ
 ing information on creating and maintaining young forest, the specific
  target wildlife species that are the focal point of the initiative, a
 nd the benefits expected from creating a young forest.\n12:00 noon “
 Awestruck by Apples” - Patti Wilcox/Casey Vitty  “Awestruck Ciders
 ” are made by Gravity Ciders, Inc. in Walton, NY. We will learn some
  of the history of hard cider, about the apples they use, their proces
 s and what the slider graph on each bottle means.\n1:00 “Growing Dee
 r Debate” - Ryan Trapani  Ryan, Education Forester for Catskill Fore
 st Association, will talk about one of the most influential forces in 
 our Catskills forests – deer. Deer impact us all: gardeners, foreste
 rs, orchardists, landscapers, & farmers. Ryan will speak briefly about
  deer and foreshadow CFA’s upcoming fall event – The Growing Deer 
 Debate.\n1:45 \"How to Keep Your Private Forestland Private\" - Jim Wa
 ters  Jim will talk about the high costs of ownership and what can be 
 done to release those financial burdens. Come learn from Jim's vast ex
 perience with private forestland ownership...making the numbers work.\
 n2:00 “Bringing Back the Mighty Giant- the American Chestnut” - Al
 len Nichols  Allen, Vice President of the New York Chapter of The Amer
 ican Chestnut Foundation (TACF), will discuss the bioengineered, bligh
 t-resistant American chestnut trees that will soon be available for pl
 anting.\n2:45 “CFA’s Forestry for Wildlife Programs” - John MacN
 aught John, Wildlife Specialist, John, Wildlife Specialist for CFA, wi
 ll discuss customizing your forest to accommodate your specific habita
 t goals.\n3:15 “Wild Walks” - Marshall Rudd  Want to take a guided
  hike in the Catskill Mountains? This talk will inspire you to hire a 
 guide to make it happen. Marshall is a NYS licensed guide. He will tal
 k about “wild walks.”\n\nFor more information visit https://cornel
 lforestconnect.ning.com/events/catskill-forest-festival-free
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20150725T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20150725T160000
CATEGORIES:festival
LOCATION:Margaretville Ville Park (behind CVS & Freshtown)
WEBSITE:http://www.catskillforest.org
URL:http://www.catskillforest.org
CONTACT:845-586-3054
ORGANIZER;CN="Michele Fucci":https://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/pro
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