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How to de-stump forest meadow?

Looking for advice on a cost-effective way to handle pine stumps. A few years ago we made a 2 acre patch cut of "cabbaged" white pines and…

Started by grace mellow

6 Mar 19, 2012
Reply by Brett Chedzoy

Site Preparation for Tree Planting

Since spring tree planting season is around the corner, I've copied below a response to a recent inquiry about planting larch.  The questio…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

1 Feb 17, 2012
Reply by Jim Martin

Control Beech in Winter

 I have attached some pictures of what I am dealing with. I purchased this property about 2 years ago. From what I was told it was logged o…

Started by Mark Domingos

7 Feb 3, 2012
Reply by Peter Smallidge

Goats in the woods!

I'm interested in learning more about the pro's/con's of having goats in the woods.  I have a block of woods, circled by pasture.  I'm thin…

Started by Thomas Wilson

2 Feb 3, 2012
Reply by Peter Smallidge

Suggestions on purchase of ATV machine

My wife and I have inherited an 80 acre tract of forest that has been in our family for 70 years and was high graded 8 years past.  What re…

Started by Gary Carr

5 Jan 25, 2012
Reply by jerry saab

Lumber least likely to check and methods to prevent checking

A local artist/sculptor/woodworker is looking for advice on what species checks the least for a project he is working on. He also wonders w…

Started by Richard Burstell

6 Jan 23, 2012
Reply by Richard Burstell

Hophornbeam

I have a lot of hop hornbeam and hornbeam in one area and was considering trying to remove them in favor of improving the oak and maple den…

Started by Mark Domingos

3 Jan 12, 2012
Reply by Rebecca Hargrave

Harvesting for Pulp

I have 2 stands of scotch pines that I've been looking to have removed to makes space for deciduous plantings.  The only possibilities that…

Started by John Faller

2 Nov 22, 2011
Reply by Richard D. Mayko

Controlling black locust

Below is some correspondence about control of black locust.  I've removed references to the sender.  The discussion includes both organic a…

Started by Peter Smallidge

1 Oct 21, 2011
Reply by Lewis E. Ward

What is this hickory ?

I was at Cornell's McDaniel's Nut Grove today.  The area was developed about 70 years ago by professor McDaniels as a place to test the gro…

Started by Peter Smallidge

2 Oct 21, 2011
Reply by Lewis E. Ward

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Replanting after timber harvest with climate change in mind

Started by Ben T. in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Patrik Schumann on Tuesday. 1 Reply

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

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

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

How to control mature white pine and hemlock to allow enrichment planting of hardwoods

Started by Peter Smallidge in Woodlot Management Nov 28, 2023. 0 Replies

I had a question about control of mature white pine and hemlock to improve sunlight for enrichment planting of hardwoods.  Following is my response, but I would like to know if anyone else has any experiences to share with control of these to…Continue

Story in Northern Woodlands Magazine on Deer Impacts

Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Aug 8, 2023. 0 Replies

This Spring we had an opportunity to speak with writer John Litvaitis about the big picture of deer impacts on the hardwood forests of the Northeast.  I posted the original story from the summer edition of Northern Woodlands to the…Continue

Ash blonding effect on lumber quality

Started by Jeff Joseph in Woodlot Management. Last reply by Jeff Joseph May 5, 2023. 2 Replies

Question: In Peter Smallidge's most recent "Ask a Professional" column for NYFOA's Forest Owner magazine he stated that some log buyers will reject ash that shows outward signs of "blonding" on the bark. Is this because the wood will change…Continue

The American Chestnut: A New Frontier in Gene Editing

Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management May 2, 2023. 0 Replies

https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/policy/042823/the-american-chestnutInteresting discussion the difference between efforts with the American Chestnut and other…Continue

Growing Black Locust for Pleasure and Profit

Started by Brett Chedzoy in Woodlot Management Apr 20, 2023. 0 Replies

In early March I was invited to present on the opportunities for growing black locust as a timber cash crop at the Rural Landowner Conference in Allegany County.  Ryan Trapani from the Catskill Forest Owners Association asked afterwards if I would…Continue

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