Past Events (246)
March 30Saturday
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Enhancing Wildlife Habitat: projects and practices you can add to your woodlot activities
March 30, 2019 from 9am to 12pm – Yates County Building; Auditorium is on the Basement Floor, Room 0064 Join the Yates County Master Forest Owners (MFOs) for our 2019 workshop to learn more about how you can enhance wildlife habitat in your woodlot by adding projects and practices to your current woodl… Organized by Laura Bailey | Type: master, forest, owner, mfo, workshop, wildlife, woodlot
March 29Friday
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Emerging Forest Pests: Oak Wilt, HWA, Lanternfly and Asian Earthworms
March 29, 2019 from 8:30am to 3:30pm – St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Learning Center Come learn how to ID and manage 4 new threats to forest health in the Northeast. Presenters from the NY Hemlock Institute, NYSDEC Bureau of Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, and CCE-St. Lawrence… Organized by Paul J Hetzler | Type: training
March 20Wednesday
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Tree Pruning
March 20, 2019 from 10am to 2pm – Lewis-St. Lawrence BOCES Education Center Join NYSDEC Region 6 and Cornell Extension of St. Lawrence County for this 4-hour, hands-on workshop on pruning and training young trees with an eye toward producing stronger, more resilient landscap… Organized by Paul J Hetzler | Type: training, workshop
March 10Sunday
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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) Workshop and Hike
March 10, 2019 from 1am to 4pm – Yates County CCE and Keuka Lake State Park Date: Sunday, March 10th 2019 Time: Workshop from 1pm-2:30pm and the hike will follow from 3pm-4pm Location: Workshop will be held at the Yates County Building (Cornell Cooperative Extension Conferen… Organized by Laura Bailey | Type: workshop, hike
March 7Thursday
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Learn at Lunch Webinar: Prescribed Fire is an Emergency
March 7, 2019 from 12pm to 1pm – https://extension.zoom.us/j/551754990 Prescribed Fire is an Emergency Dave Lasky, Director of Fire Management, Forest Stewards Guild March 7, 2019 Register | Continuing Education Credits Every year over 600,000 Americans over 70 years ol… Organized by Megan Dettenmaier | Type: webinar
February 9Saturday
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2019 Peter Levatich Memorial Seminar for Rural Landowners
February 9, 2019 from 9:30am to 12pm – Spencer-Van Etten High School 2019 Peter Levatich Memorial Seminar for Rural Landowners February 9th 9:30 am to Noon. Spencer-Van Etten High School State Route 34, Spencer. The Southern Finger Lakes Chapter of the NY Forest Owne… Organized by Steering Committee of Southern Finger Lakes Chapter of NYFOA | Type: seminar
January 31Thursday
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Learn at Lunch Webinar: Trees: A Risk Worth Taking (most of the time)
January 31, 2019 from 12pm to 1pm – https://extension.zoom.us/j/226391453 The evidence is mounting around the compounding benefits of the urban forest. We know trees in cities clean air and water, reduce energy demands, and improve the people's overall quality of life. Ye… Organized by Megan Dettenmaier | Type: online, webinar
January 16Wednesday
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Paul Hetzler
January 16, 2019 from 9am to 3:30pm – St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Education Center Emerging Invasive Forest-Pest Class Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 9:00 AM until 3:30 PM St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Education Center, 40 West Main Street, Canton NY Cost: $10.00 Includes lunch and ma… Organized by Paul J Hetzler | Type: forest, pest, training
January 14Monday
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You and Your Forests Letter Series: register Now through February 4th
January 14, 2019 at 12pm to February 4, 2019 at 4pm – online You and Your Forest – Free Informational Letter Series Do you want to learn how to become a good forest steward? Of course you do! Besides the wood they provide for building and heating, and the won… Organized by Ronald L Frisbee | Type: letter, series, registration
October 24Wednesday
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Biochar and Torrefied Biomass Short Course
October 24, 2018 to October 25, 2018 – Penn State Main Campus (Agricultural Engineering Bldg. and The Penn Stater Conference Center) Biochar and Torrefied Biomass Short Course Penn State Biomass Energy Short Course Series October 24-25 State College, PA Register online at http://bioenergy.psu.edu/shortcourses/2018_Biochar_Torref… Organized by Dan Ciolkosz | Type: conference/short, course
Forum
grafting beech
Started by Allen Nichols in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jim Martin Jul 4. 3 Replies 0 Likes
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 Jul 4. 0 Replies 0 Likes
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 1 Like
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 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
Looking for white mulberry trees for research
Started by Connor Youngerman in Agroforestry. Last reply by Lew Ward Feb 8. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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 1 Like
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 1 Like
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 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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