Past Events (250)
November 30Wednesday
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Soil Compaction and Urban Trees: Strategies for Gaining Ground
November 30, 2016 from 12pm to 1pm – online, register here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/72a6482dc07c7a1c34538d7d4481ef37 Register here. Compacted soil is one of the most common and serious problems urban trees face. Compaction quickly causes severe physical, chemical and biological alterations to soil conditions, and r… Organized by Megan Dettenmaier | Type: webinar
October 4Tuesday
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Nut Trees For the Finger Lakes
October 4, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – Montour Falls, NY Join, guest speaker: Akiva Silver owner of Twisted Tree Farm, in a nut growing workshop that will cover the powerful possibilities of nut trees in a changing world, the best types of nuts for growing… Organized by Schuyler CCE | Type: workshop
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Learn at Lunch Webinar: Cross-laminated timber, what's all the fuss about?
October 4, 2016 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm – Online In 2015, Utah State University was awarded a Wood Innovations Grant from the USDA Forest Service which is currently funding the design process for the first-of-its-kind cross-laminated timber buildin… Organized by Megan Dettenmaier | Type: webinar
October 1Saturday
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Wild Mushroom Walk
October 1, 2016 from 1pm to 5pm – meet at Arnot Forest sugarhouse Saturday October 1st 1pm-5pm Take a journey with mushroom expert Carl Whittaker through the forests and lowlands of Arnot Forest to search out wild edible mushrooms. After our mushroom walk (approxi… Organized by Schuyler CCE | Type: woods, walk
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Growing Shiitake Mushrooms on Beech Logs for Healthier and More Profitable Woodlots
October 1, 2016 from 9:30am to 12:30pm – 529 Prospect Valley Road, Willseyville, NY Growing Shiitake Mushrooms on Beech Logs for Healthier and More Profitable Woodlots – Saturday, October 1st, 9:30-12:30. Many woodlots are overrun with unhealthy beech trees that are in decline from… Organized by Catherine Barnes | Type: walk, and, workshop
September 30Friday
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Managing Interference to Forest Regeneration
September 30, 2016 from 9am to 4:30pm – Cornell University Arnot Forest Come to Cornell’s Arnot Forest on September 30, 2016 for a day-long workshop that will (i) provide foresters and woodland owners information about the ecological role of American beech (and other int… Organized by Peter Smallidge | Type: on-site, field, workshop
September 28Wednesday
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Growing American Ginseng
September 28, 2016 from 5pm to 8pm – Schuyler County Growing American Ginseng in the Finger Lakes Region of NY State September 28th from 5pm-8pm Join Ginseng Expert Bob Beyfuss This program is designed to teach participant how to get started growing Am… Organized by Schuyler CCE | Type: workshop
September 23Friday
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Woodlot Management
September 23, 2016 from 2pm to 5pm – 6816 Wilbur Creek Road Bath, NY Woodlot Management Workshop at the Albers Tree Farms in Bath, NY. Friday, September 23rd from 2:00 – 5:00 pm. Join Foresters Greg Muller from the NYS DEC, Brett Chedzoy from Cornell Cooperative Ext… Organized by Catherine Barnes | Type: workshop
September 21Wednesday
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Roadside Forest Management - Webinar
September 21, 2016 from 12pm to 8pm – webinar Roadside Forest Management: Tree-By-Tree. Each year, severe weather results in extended power outages and billions of dollars in property, infrastructure, and interior forest damage. Developing heal… Organized by Peter Smallidge | Type: webinar
September 13Tuesday
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From Pixels to Landscapes: Leveraging LANDFIRE for Land Management
September 13, 2016 from 12pm to 1pm – https://zoom.us/webinar/register/62ceca2fa336c5557c24e00bf0acd2b8 LANDFIRE products have become the toolbox for large landscape management, way beyond obvious applications to do with fire and fuels. From mapping arbuscular fungi to modeling scary cryptic zooid habi… Organized by Megan Dettenmaier | Type: webinar
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Prscribed burns
Started by Gail Sanford in Woodlot Management May 25. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Have prescribed burns for forest health been done in the Finger Lakes area or on Arnot Forest? Thank you.Continue
Sapling Puller
Started by Daniel Farrell in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Peter Smallidge Apr 20. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I'm seeking a broader perspective on devices for manual pulling of undesired shrubs and saplings. The intent is to mechanically remove, including roots to the degree possible, sapling sized invasives and non-invasives in woodland trails and…Continue
Sapling & Shrub Puller Field Guide
Started by Daniel Farrell in Woodlot Management Apr 19. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Click on linkSapling%20and%20Shrub%20Puller%20Guide%20Final%204.19.2026.pdfContinue
Small-Scale Logging
Started by Peter Smallidge in Project Profiles. Last reply by John McNerney Apr 1. 7 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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Practical Woodlot Improvement: Mulching, Drainage Work, and Long-Term Maintenance
Started by Jeremy Edmister in Woodlot Management Jan 27. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Many rural landowners I talk with want to improve woods access, reclaim overgrown edges, or start grazing in a section without making a mess of the land. I’ve found that choosing the right tool depends on your goal, and having a long-term plan is…Continue
grafting beech
Started by Allen Nichols in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jim Martin Jul 4, 2025. 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, 2025. 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, 2025. 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
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