The New York Forest Owner a Publication of the New York Forest Owners Association for People Caring About New York’S Trees and Forests May/June 2014
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The New York Forest Owner A PUBLICATION OF THE NEW YORK FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION For people caring about New York’s trees and forests May/June 2014 Member Profile: Gary Goff Volume 52 Number 3 www.nyfoa.org THE NEW YORK In This Issue . FOREST OWNERS FROM THE PRESIDENT JIM MINOR ..................................................................................................... 3 ASSOCIATION UPDATE ON RNYW 2014 Officers & Directors JERRY MICHAEL ............................................................................................ 5 Jim Minor, President 22 Bryn Mawr Rd ASK A PROFESSIONAL Rochester, NY 14624; (585) 247-7069 PETER SMALLIDGE ......................................................................................... 6 [email protected] Ron Pedersen, Vice President NEW YORK STATE TREE FARM NEWS 22 Vandenburg Lane ERIN O’NEILL ............................................................................................. 8 Latham, NY 12110; (518) 785-6061 [email protected] KIDS CORNER DEREK J. CONANT ....................................................................................... 9 Sarah Stackhouse, Secretary/Treasurer 3010 Esperanza Rd Bluff Point, NY 14478; (315) 536-9482 WILD THINGS IN YOUR WOODLANDS [email protected] KRISTI SULLIVAN ........................................................................................... 10 Renee Bouplon, Cambridge, (518) 692-7285. 2016 EQIP COST-SHARING AVAILABLE FOR FOREST STEWARDSHIP Bob Glidden, Niagara Frontier, (716) 795-3305 JERRY MICHAEL ............................................................................................ 11 Sid Harring, Mayfield, (518) 863-9135; 2017 Lou Inzinna, Southern ADK, (518) 374-1490 NYFOA AWARDS .......................................................................................... 12 Jeff Joseph, Southern Finger Lakes, (607) 659-5995 OODLAND EALTH CORPIONFLIES NUSUAL OREST NSECTS Stacey Kazacos, Reston, VA, (610) 755-8616; 2017 W H : S — U F I MELISSA FIERKE AND CHRISTOPHER FOELKER ......................................................... 14 Ralph Meyer, Central New York, (315) 363-5342 Jerry Michael, Binghamton, (607) 648-6534. 2016 2013 NYFOA DONORS .............................................................................. 18 Jim Minor, Rochester, (585) 247-7069. 2015 Colette Morabito, Western Finger Lakes. MEMBER PROFILE – GARY GOFF David Morabito Jr. and Sr., Allegheny Foothills. MAUREEN MULLEN ........................................................................................ 21 David Newman, Syracuse, (315) 470-6534. 2016 Anne Osborn, Lower Hudson, (845) 424-3683 Ron Pedersen, Latham, (518) 785-6061. 2016 Mike Seager, Rochester, (585) 414-6511. 2015 Kelly Smallidge, VanEtten, (607) 589-7530. 2015 Charles Stackhouse, Bluff Point, (315) 536-9482. 2015 Sarah Stackhouse, Bluff Point, (315) 536-9482. 2017 Rich Taber, Central New York, (315) 380-6776 Phil Walton, Capital District, (518) 895-5346 Dave Williams, Southern Tier; (607) 563-3156 VOLUME 52, NUMBER 3 The New York Forest Owner is a bi-monthly publication of The New York Forest Owners Association, PO Box 541, Lima, NY 14485. Materials submitted for publication should be Liana Gooding, Office Administrator sent to: Mary Beth Malmsheimer, Editor, The New York Forest Owner, 134 Lincklaen PO Box 541 Street, Cazenovia, New York 13035. Materials may also be e-mailed to mmalmshe@syr. Lima, NY 14485; (800) 836-3566 [email protected] edu. Articles, artwork and photos are invited and if requested, are returned after use. The deadline for submission for the July/August issue is June 1, 2014. Peter Smallidge, Chair Editorial Committee and Please address all membership fees and change of address requests to PO Box 541, Lima, Ex-Officio Board Member Cornell University, Fernow Hall NY 14485. 1-800-836-3566. Cost of family membership/subscription is $35. Ithaca, NY 14853; (607) 592 3640 [email protected] This publication is printed on Finch Opaque, Smooth, 70 lb. text paper. Located in the beautiful Adirondacks, Finch has long understood that the viability of our business relies on the wise All rights reserved. Contents may not be reproduced without use—and reuse—of resources. Finch papers are made with renewable energy, post-consumer prior written permission from the publisher. NYFOA does recycled fiber and elemental chlorine-free pulps. In addition, Finch Paper was the first integrated not necessarily support or approve procedures, products, or paper mill in the US to received both the Forest Management and Chain of Custody certifications opinions presented by authors or advertisers. NYFOA reserves the right to accept or reject any advertisement submitted from the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. for NYFOA’s publications. However, NYFOA is not able to investigate or verify claims made in advertisements appearing www.nyfoa.org in NYFOA’s publications. The appearance of advertising in NYFOA’s publications in no way implies endorsement or ap- proval by NYFOA of any advertising claims or of the advertiser, Bob O’Brian (Cotton-Hanlon forester on right) and Gary Goff reveling in a stand its product, or services. COVER: of successfully regenerated sugar maple at Cornell’s Arnot Forest. For member © 2014 New York Forest Owners Association profile see page 21. Photo courtesy of Peter Smallidge. 2 The New York Forest Owner 52:3 • May/June 2014 From NYFOA is a not-for- profit group promoting ThePresident Join! stewardship of private forests for the benefit of current and future Of the many articles that Gary Goff on page 5. Another activity undertaken by generations. Through local chapters and has written for this magazine over the your board over the course of the past year- statewide activities, NYFOA helps years, one of the earliest was “New plus, is the development of Core Values woodland owners to become responsible York’s Master Forest Owner COVERTS for NYFOA which can now be found on stewards and helps the interested public Program” in our September/October our web site, www.nyfoa.org. Marilyn to appreciate the importance of New 1991 issue. In it he lays out the concepts Wyman was the leader in developing these York’s forests. of the nascent MFO program and invites interested parties to attend the first class Please share this magazine Join NYFOA today and begin to in November of 1991 at Cornell’s Arnot receive its many benefits including: six issues of The New York Forest Owner, forest. In the ensuing years the expanding with a neighbor and urge woodswalks, chapter meetings, and program has complemented and enhanced them to join NYFOA. By statewide meetings. NYFOA’s mission by providing gaining more members, ( ) I/We own ______acres of wood- “boots on the NYFOA’s voice will land. ground” for ( ) I/We do not own woodland but sup- educating woodlot become stronger! port the Association’s objectives. owners and Gary Name: _______________________ has documented and this is her “swan song” as she recently Address: ______________________ progress in the reached her board tenure limit of two City: _________________________ program over the 3-year terms. We thank her for her many years on these years of service, sharing her perspectives State/ Zip: ____________________ pages. With Gary’s and her sundry gifts with us. Telephone: ____________________ recent retirement the program will enter its In conjunction with our partners in the Email: _______________________ next phase and as it does so we’d like to Council of Forest Resource Organizations County of Residence: ___________ thank Gary for his many years of service. we’ve also completed the 2014 Forestry County of Woodlot: ____________ Please read more about Gary on page 21. Awareness Day in Albany where we Referred by: ___________________ As of this writing we’ve held our focused on 1) Forest Property Taxation, Annual Meeting this past March and have 2) Wood Energy Biomass Energy, 3) Regular Annual Dues: an updated list of board members, listed Improving and Protecting Forest Health, ( ) Student $15 on the inside front cover. We thank our 4) Urban Forestry, and 5) Promoting (Please provide copy of student ID) long-standing volunteers and welcome our Sustainable Woodland Management and ( ) Individual $30 ( ) Family $35 newest members, Sid Harring, Stacey Conservation. Our thanks to the team led Multi-Year Dues: Kazacos, and Charles Stackhouse. If you by Frank Winkler and Carl Wiedemann ( ) Individual 2-yr $55 3-yr $80 get a chance to see any of them you might for the many hours they spent on the ( ) Family 2-yr $65 3-yr $95 want to extend a big Thank You for their CFRO committee and presenting these Additional Contribution: commitment to leading our organization. issues to our NYS elected representatives. ( ) Supporter $1-$49 Also, we’d like to further recognize here All three of the aforementioned topics ( ) Contributor $50-$99 Bruce Robinson, this year’s winner of the are now documented on our web site ( ) Sponsor $100-$249 Heiberg Award and Gary Goff, winner of (www.NYFOA.org): The collection of ( ) Benefactor $250-$499 our 2014 Service Award. Read more about web pages under RNYW can be found by ( ) Steward $500 or more these award winners beginning on page 12. clicking on the RNYW banner on our home ( ) Subscription to Northern Woodlands $15 (4 issues) Our Restore New York Woodlands page or the yellow menu bar at the top of NYFOA is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax- (RNYW) initiative continues to move every page; the Core Values description exempt organization and as such