Trained Logger Certification (TLC®) 2011 Schedule of Events & Incentives in the Catskill/Lower Hudson Region
January 2011 All photos taken by Heather Hilson, WAC unless otherwise indicated. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
New Year’s Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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NYLT Catskill/ Lower Hudson Chapter Meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
DECEMBER 2010 FEBRUARY 2011 ® S M T W T F S Picture Profile - TLC Logger, Tom Buel S M T W T F S ® 1 2 3 4 TLC logger Tom Buel, contracted by Wagner Lumber, skids logs 1 2 3 4 5
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 during the winter in the Town of Andes and Middletown, NY. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Wagner Lumber utilized the Forestry Program’s BMP Program to 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 implement Best Management Practices on this job. Tom’s TLC® 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 29 30 31 status made Wagner eligible to receive additional funding for road 27 28 layout, skid trail re-grading, post harvest stabilization, waterbars and culverts.
February 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5
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Lincoln’s Birthday 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Valentine’s Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
President’s Day Washington’s Birthday 27 28
JANUARY 2011 MARCH 2011
S M T W T F S Picture Profile - Best Management Practice (BMP) Program S M T W T F S
1 The Portable Bridge Loan component of the BMP Program loans 1 2 3 4 5
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 stream crossing structures to loggers to ensure appropriate BMP use 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 for stream crossings. The Forestry Program has several structures 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 available for crossing streams. These include: arch culverts, 20ft 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 portable skidder bridges, a 30ft and 50ft portable skidder/truck bridge 27 28 29 30 31
30 31 and rubber tire mats. In this picture the 30ft bridge is being used on a harvest in the Town of Middletown, NY.
March 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5
Adult First Aid/CPR
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Daylight Saving Time Begins St. Patrick’s Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
First Day of Spring 27 28 29 30 31
FEBRUARY 2011 NOTES APRIL 2011
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April 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
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Hardwood Log Bucking; Tips & Techniques
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Game of Logging: Level 1
Grandparent’s Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Good Friday Palm Sunday Passover Earth Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Easter Sunday Arbor Day
MARCH 2011 MAY 2011
S M T W T F S Picture Profile - Game of Logging: Level 1 S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 The Game of Logging (GOL) is widely acknowledged as the premier 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 timber harvesting training program in the country. GOL is one of 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ® 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 the three trainings required to become TLC certified. The other 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 trainings include a Forestry Ecology and Silviculture class and a 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
27 28 29 30 31 CPR/First Aid class. In this picture, a logger perfects open faced 29 30 31 felling while instructor Bill Lindloff watches.
May 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Forest Ecology, Silviculture & BMPs
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Mother’s Day Flag Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
NYLT Catskill/ Lower Hudson Chapter Meeting
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Memorial Day
APRIL 2011 JUNE 2011 ® S M T W T F S Picture Profile - TLC Logger, Tom Wormell S M T W T F S
1 2 Based out of Saugerties, NY, Tom owns and operates Tom Wormell 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Timber Harvesting and Land Clearing. Pictured on a job in the 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Town of Delhi, NY, Tom used BMP Program funding to re-grade 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 skid trails and put in waterbars. A list of Tom’s services can be 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 found at www.twlogging.com. 26 27 28 29 30
June 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4
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Father’s Day First Day of Summer 26 27 28 29 30
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July 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
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Independence Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hands On BMP Installation Workshop Deposit Lumberjack
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Festival
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August 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6
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Game of Logging: Level 2
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NYS Woodsmen’s
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Field Days
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JULY 2011 SEPTEMBER 2011
S M T W T F S Picture Profile - NYS Woodsmen’s Field Days S M T W T F S
1 2 Visit the Forestry Program booth at the NYS Woodsmen’s Field 1 2 3 ® 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Days to learn about TLC , sign up for fall TLC® classes at reduced 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 rates, and receive free TLC® merchandise. Ask about our cost- 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 sharing programs and how being TLC® certified can benefit you 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 and your business. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
September 2011 Photo Credit: ©JoshDickPhoto.com Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3
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Labor Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
NYLT Catskill/ Lower Hudson Chapter Meeting Patriot Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
First Day of Fall 25 26 27 28 29 30
Rosh Hashanah Picture Profile - Frost Valley Model Forest
AUGUST 2011 The Watershed Model Forests provide firsthand views for loggers, OCTOBER 2011 foresters, and landowners to learn about forest operations and BMPs. The S M T W T F S Frost Valley Model Forest is a 425-acre demonstration area established S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 in 2003 at the 6,000 acre Frost Valley YMCA Camp in Claryville, NY. 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Frost Valley YMCA is a residential camping, environmental education, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 and conference center providing four seasons of outdoor and educational 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 opportunities each year for more than 30,000 people of all ages, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28 29 30 31 backgrounds and abilities. At Frost Valley Model Forest, visitors can see 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 successful shelterwood and seed-tree regeneration cuts like the ones 30 31 pictured above. Measurements taken within the harvested area estimate regeneration at over 24,000 seedlings per acre.
October 2011 Photo Credit: Karl VonBerg, WAC Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
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Yom Kippur 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Columbus Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Game of Logging: Level 1
National Forest Products Week 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Halloween
SEPTEMBER 2011 NOVEMBER 2011 ® S M T W T F S Picture Profile - TLC Logger, Wylie Spring S M T W T F S
1 2 3 TLC® logger Wylie Spring of Independent Logging in Freehold, NY at 1 2 3 4 5
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 a recent Game of Logging Level 1 class in Middleburg, NY. Despite 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 having competed in all 4 levels of Game of Logging in the past, 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Wylie recently repeated level 1 to get his TLC® certification. Wylie 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 has recently been contracted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of 27 28 29 30 Greene County to do Timber Stand Improvement work on Siuslaw Model Forest in Acra, NY.
November 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5
Forest Ecology, Silviculture & BMPs
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Daylight Saving Time Ends Veterans Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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Thanksgiving 27 28 29 30
OCTOBER 2011 DECEMBER 2011 ® S M T W T F S Picture Profile - TLC Logger, Eric Dahlberg S M T W T F S
1 TLC® logger Eric Dahlberg of Hardwoods Unlimited, Gilboa, NY on 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 a harvest in Conesville, NY. On this job, Eric received cost share 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 funding for BMPs to stabilize the landing and trail system. TLC® 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 loggers, like Eric, are eligible to receive $1,350 additional funds 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 through the BMP Program. Hardwoods Unlimited is a member of 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 31 Catskill WoodNet and can be found at www.catskillwoodnet.org.
December 2011 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3
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Hanukka First Day of Winter 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Christmas
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27 28 29 30 29 30 31 ® TLC …Easy as One, Two, Three NYLT Catskill/Lower Hudson ® Trained Logger Certification (TLC ) is a voluntary program to promote safe, productive, Region Committee and sustainable timber harvesting in New York State. Administered by New York Logger Training (NYLT), TLC® recognizes loggers who receive education in three “core” areas of Roger Bresee knowledge and skills: Bresee Tree and Forest Management Davenport, NY 1. Chainsaw Safety, Operation and Productivity (607) 278-6802 2. Forest Ecology & Silviculture & BMPs Mike Burns 3. Adult First Aid/CPR ESFPA/NYLT Stay Certified Rensselaer, NY (518) 463-1297 To maintain TLC® status, loggers must acquire at least three continuing education Eric Dahlberg credits over the three-year certification period, in addition to maintaining a current CPR Hardwoods Unlimited certificate. Gilboa, NY Benefits of TLC® Certification in the New York City Watershed (607) 588-6273 Rick Lutz √ $5/MBF premium for loads delivered to participating mills (see below). ® Lutz Logging √ Free roadside TLC job site sign to advertise your services. Prattsville, NY Call (607) 865-7790 ext. 101 to arrange for delivery. (518) 859-5449 √ Payment bonuses from the WAC Forestry Program for Best Management Karl VonBerg Practices used in watershed timber harvests. WAC Forestry Program √ OSHA-approved Logger’s First Aid Kit to each newly certified logger. Walton, NY (607) 865-7790 Jason Drobnack 2010 TLC® Participating Mills: NYS DEC Region 4 Stamford, NY Present a valid TLC® wallet card and receive a bonus of $5/MBF from the following mills: (607) 652-3624 Baillie Lumber Cannonsville Lumber, Inc. Greene Lumber Company, Inc. Jake Rosa 5 Railroad Street 199 Old Route 10 16991 State Route 23 Dry Brook Custom Smyrna, NY 13464 Deposit, NY 13754 Davenport, NY 13750 Arkville, NY (607) 627-6547 (607) 467-3380 (607) 278-6101 (607) 434-0351 J&J Log and Lumber Corp. McGraw Lumber Larry Schaefer - Chair 528 Old Route 22 589 Benton Hollow Road Schaefer Logging Dover Plains, NY 12522 Woodbourne, NY 12788 Deposit, NY (845) 832-6535 (845) 434-3020 (607) 467-4990 John Schwartz NYC Environmental Protection Kingston, NY (845) 340-7874 Trained Jim Waters TLC LOGGERS Catskill Forest Association Logger Arkville, NY Remember to check your status at Certified (845) 586-3054 www.nyloggertraining.com Marilyn Wyman to avoid a lapse in certification. CCE Greene County Acra, NY (518) 622-9820 2011 Calendar of Events All continuing education courses have been approved by NYLT. Date Event Description Location Cost Meetings are held at 10am and are open to all NYLT Catskill/Lower loggers. Continuing education credits are available SWCD Office Building - 2nd Floor January 20 n/a Hudson Chapter Meeting for attendees. Call the WAC office if you plan to 44 West Street, Walton, NY attend. (607) 865-7790 ext. 101. These classes are also offered by local schools, SWCD Office Building - 2nd Floor March 4 Adult First Aid/CPR hospitals and fire departments (if the TLC® dates $25 44 West Street, Walton, NY listed do not work for you). Improve value recovery on quality hardwood trees Hardwood Log Bucking; April 8 by 15-20%. Participants will take home copies of Location TBD $25 Tips & Techniques HW Buck software and other useful information. This all-day workshop focuses on chainsaw safety Northern Catskill Region, April 15 Game of Logging: Level 1 $25 and open-face felling techniques. Location TBD This training covers wildlife habitat, harvest Camp Shankitunk Forest Ecology, May 6 planning, soil and water quality protection and John A. Lennox Memorial Forest $15 Silviculture & BMPs other topics. 2420 Arbor Hill Road, Delhi, NY NYLT Catskill/Lower SWCD Office Building - 2nd Floor May 19 See January 20 for details. n/a Hudson Chapter Meeting 44 West Street, Walton, NY
Hands On BMP Participants will flag trails on a harvest site and July 15 Location TBD $25 Installation Workshop then practice installing waterbars with a dozer.
July 15, 16, Deposit Lumberjack Festival Field 34th Annual Deposit Lumberjack Festival n/a 17 Festival Borden Street, Deposit, NY A celebration of the Catskill Region’s forests to Village Pavillion July 30 Catskill Forest Festival foster an appreciation for the many benefits these n/a Margaretville, NY working forests provide.
Maximizing chainsaw performance and limbing and August 8 Game of Logging: Level 2 Location TBD $25 bucking techniques are covered in this training.
63rd Annual NYS Woodsmen’s Field Days. August 19, NYS Woodsmen’s Oneida County Fairgrounds Look for the Forestry Program booth for TLC® n/a 20, 21 Field Days Schuyler Street, Boonville, NY information and giveaways. NYLT Catskill/Lower SWCD Office Building - 2nd Floor September 15 See January 20 for details. n/a Hudson Chapter Meeting 44 West Street, Walton, NY This all-day workshop focuses on chainsaw safety Southern Catskill Region, October 21 Game of Logging: Level 1 $25 and open-face felling techniques. Location TBD This training covers wildlife habitat, harvest Forest Ecology, Agroforestry Resource Center November 4 planning, soil and water quality protection and $15 Silviculture & BMPs 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY other topics. These classes are also offered by local schools, Agroforestry Resource Center December 2 Adult First Aid/CPR hospitals and fire departments (if the TLC® dates $25 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY listed do not work for you).
For more information and pre-registration for all workshops, contact Marilyn Wyman at CCE of Greene County/Agroforestry Resource Center at www.nyloggertraining.org (607) 865-7790 ext. 101 (518) 622-9820. (518) 463-1297 ext. 3 www.arc.cce.cornell.edu Catskill/Delaware Watershed Region
The Watershed Agricultural Council thanks these agencies and businesses for their participation in Trained Logger Certification:
PA
Croton Watershed Region
CT
The WAC is funded by NYC Environmental Protection, US Forest Service, USDA and other sources. The WAC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.