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CFA NEWS Fall 2020 Vol CFA NEWS Fall 2020 Vol. 38 No. 3 A PUBLICATION OF THE CATSKILL FOREST ASSOCIATION, INC. 2 As a member you can see upcoming events and learn more about programs at; www.catskillforest.org . Refer a friend or neighbor CFA NEWS to the Catskill Forest Association Fall 2020 and get a free gift from us. EDITOR CFA Sponsors a Dorothy Monforte scholarship with the ESF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mike Porter, President, Margaretville College Foundation. Robert Bishop II, Vice Pres., DeLancey Below are the winning Steve Miller, Vice Pres., Margaretville John Lynch, Secretary/Treasurer, Delhi recipients! Lisa Alder, Margaretville Gabriel Cavallaro- Ulster Co. Sue Doig, Andes Paul Krickhahn, Roxbury Zaia Michelle Ivan- Greene Co. Mark Kugler, Halcott Center Dylan Pettit- Delaware Co. Norman Maender, Margaretville John Unverzagt- Ulster Co. David Northcutt, Margaretville Bonnie Seegmiller, Downsville Frank Winkler, Andes Congratulations all!! DEC LIAISON Mike Callan, Region 3, New Paltz From the STAFF RESOURCES President’s Desk Ryan Trapani, Director of Forest Services Fall 2020 John MacNaught, Program Manager By: Mike Porter Zane Lawyer, Program Technician I can’t believe it is nearly Kathy Fox, Financial Manger Fall as I am writing this piece. It Dorothy Monforte, Marketing Manger seems like the time is flying by. CONTACT It is probably not a bad thing Catskill Forest Association, Inc. that time is going by rapidly as 43469 State Highway 28 PO Box 336, Arkville, NY 12406 it could be a real drag dealing Phone: (845) 586-3054 with the Coronavirus pandemic. Fax: (845) 586-4071 When this whole thing began in [email protected] www.catskillforest.org March, I decided to compose a letter to all members extolling the virtues of owning your own Copyright 2020 | CFA NEWS Contents may not be reproduced without permission. land. It is one thing we all have Fall 2020 Vol. 38 No. 3 3 in common; we are members of class as much as I have loved CFA because we own some land, writing these letters. I guess a it doesn’t matter how much, we 16-year hiatus from teaching own land. Writing the letters has is finally catching up with me. now reached a time when I am One of the biggest things preparing, or at least thinking I have enjoyed about these about my 19th letter during the letters is the response from pandemic. Yes, I have missed a Members. When I participate couple weeks but who’s counting in the “From the Forest” radio the total weeks. I have totally show, I am very happy, but you enjoyed writing those letters don’t get much feedback on the and will continue to do so as discussion of the evening. When long as is needed. I just need I compose a letter and send it new inspirations. Any ideas? out, there is almost immediate I have written about feedback from one or several things that I feel are time members, often deserving a appropriate or currently on my follow up message or idea for the mind. I have used topics that I future. The CFA staff are getting am familiar with or that I have feedback from members in their learned a great deal about over daily work schedule. I even have the last couple years. I taught been on a couple program days school for 33 years and many where when it came up that I of those years I taught a self- was the author, the response was designed Environmental Science very positive and interesting. class. Since there were no As it looks like this Regents or special state exams to pandemic will not end soon, I prepare for, I used the local area am still coming up with rough as my subject base and taught ideas for letters. As I think about everything from basic ecology something in my daily life and I and ecosystems to tree ID and see it as possibly instructional forest mensuration. I introduced or entertaining, I make a note kids to making Maple Syrup and prepare mentally for the and have helped a few major writing. I guess I must be producers get their start. We patient and let things flow as I learned about the waters of the compose them. Like I am now. Catskills and the hills they flow I write this out of a through. I loved teaching that love for CFA. I owe my Board Fall 2020 Vol. 38 No. 3 4 2020 Events membership to, long-time Sept. 26th 10am - 12pm Cider Making Demonstration member and Board member/ President, Bob Greenhall. One Sept. 26th 10am - 12pm Mushroom Woods Walk day I offered to mow his fields Oct. 10th 10am - 1pm with his brush hog. After I was Annual Membership Meeting done, he asked me why I was Oct. 24th 10am - 1pm Mushroom Log Inoculation doing such a menial task when I Dec. 5th 10am - 12pm had so much more to offer. My Deer Processing Workshop answer was that I simply enjoyed Dec. 5th 1pm - 3m Wreath Making Workshop doing anything outside. The Welcome, New Members! satisfaction of completing a field Adam Jakubowski Doug Cagodan or filling the woodshed make all Kate Bradley Gerald McDonald the “hard work” very satisfying. Francis Coughlin Timothy Furstnau Zane Lawyer That conversation came with a Joseph Galvin-Lopez Scott Wolfson Leah Loscutoff Walter Ditman discussion of CFA and the work Kurt Rummel Gary Marder Charo Nespral Pete Shepherd of the organization’s value. He, Lorraine Scorsone Jeremy Coles Jessica Corey Momoe Braveman sort of, tried to get me to apply Evry Mann Robert Warren for a job opening that I was not Cornelia Friedman James Montalbano Alison Rosa really qualified for and I told him Chris Durso Louis Falcinelli Tony Moore Katie Peterson I was not ready to work again. Jessica Moore Larry Gagler Timothy Wilson Bejan Shirvani In a year or two there were Neil Hoffman Jariya Wanapun Belinda Watts Joe Sciano openings on the Board and both Randi Timan Josephine Gaglio Becky, and I agreed to serve. Eric Ansanelli Sharon Horvath Robert Schultz Becky has since left the Board, Kelley Cribben Marx Rivera William Abranowicz Hillary Kolos but I was elected President Russell Freeman Isaac Prada Bob Black Christopher Aigner some time ago. I cannot even Coralyn Loomis Eleanor Diplama Toni Ann DeLuca Brian Kuhnau remember how many years ago Seth Skolnick Ferncliff Forest it was. Not only do I love CFA, Berthia Waterman Joy Tan Megan Fromer but I feel like I am doing a good Cristina Fracisco- Kelly Benson McGuire Reed Clark job of leading the Board through Moreno DiMarco Nacy Costa Keight Bergmann Harold Malone its travels. I have said I would Luke Crisell Karen Weissman Gina Molenit Peiwu Tusng continue until someone else feels Joanna Hartell Jim Nickel they can step in and continue the Jackie Wolff Utku Kurtmer Kestutis Gasiunas Michele Korolow great things happening at CFA. Dawn Peters Matthew Bninksi I now go out on Programs Richard Powell Jared Rosmarin Adam Snyder Peter Twyman with Ryan or John to help out. I Vanessa Van Ian Frye Bellingham Dorothy Schlafrig have been with Ryan to inject Pedro Garcia Fall 2020 Vol. 38 No. 3 5 last letter, you will see a photo of an Aspen root with shoots coming out of it. That specimen came from ground Becky and I were “weeding” to make space for “social distancing” at our fire an Ash tree to protect it from pit. When I saw the piece, it gave Emerald Ash Borer and been me pause to think about what I a ground man for apple tree knew about Aspen already and pruning jobs. With John, I have how it would help others learn a been his “tail man” on the sawmill few lessons about an interesting at various member’s properties. tree. I took my basic knowledge As I have mentioned, maybe of the tree and did some research too much, I have a mill myself, to supplement what I already I really watch what John is doing knew so I could convey the and how he is guiding members “uniqueness” of this tree to the to make the best decisions membership. It is these kinds of regarding their logs. letters that I have used to expand After encouraging other my knowledge as well as impart Board members and general information to CFA members. members to help where they If ever I have written can, maybe some will come something that is stream of away with the same level of consciousness, this is it. Out of interest in what is going on in a need to produce something for the field. There is no better way the next newsletter and allow to promote the Programs of my brain to continue organizing CFA than by working on them its thoughts toward my letters, and seeing how they benefit there is no better way to focus the forest and members The than openly think and write excitement of watching a log about it. I hope you have gotten become boards that have special something from this President’s characteristics that will make a Desk as I look forward to writing landowner happy is infectious. many more in the next years. I even wrote a letter about what is in your tree as a follow-up It’s All Good in the Woods, to my experiences both with Mike Porter, President John and with my own mill. CFA Board of Directors If you look back at the Fall 2020 Vol. 38 No. 3 6 Fall 2020 Vol. 38 No. 3 7 The Annual Giving Tree Fundraising Champaign Update In 2018, the Catskill Forest Association launched an “Annual Giving Tree” fundraising campaign.
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