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The Ohio oodland Volume 26 • Number 4 • FALL 2019 WA publicAtion of the ohio tree Farm committee Journal See page 4 ♦ Are Your Trees Ready for Harvest? ♦ Small Steps, Important Work ♦ The Botany Professor ALPHAALPHA NURSERIESNURSERIES Species Size Type Price per 1000 Bitternut Hickory 12-18” Seedlings $1140.00 Tulip Poplar 18-24" Seedlings $740.00 Allegheny Serviceberry 12-18" Seedlings $720.00 Black Walnut 18-24" Seedlings $730.00 Silky Dogwood 12-18" Seedlings $490.00 River Birch 18-24" Seedlings $690.00 Swamp White Oak 12-18" Seedlings $610.00 Bald Cypress 18-24" Seedlings $730.00 White Pine 8-12" Seedlings $285.00 Black Chokeberry 18-24" Seedlings $740.00 Contact us today for complete seedling list! 3737 65th St. • Holland, MI 49423 269-857-7804 • Fax 269-857-8162 • Email: [email protected] www.alphanurseries.com www.ohioforest.org/mpage/ohiotreefarmhome Fall 2019 • volume 26 • number 4 The Ohio Editors Greg Smith ODNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY [email protected] oodland Dave Schatz OHIO TREE FARMER Journal Alice Glaser ODNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY W InsIde thIs Issue Editorial Board 10 David Apsley 4 Perspective from the Tree Farm Committee Chair OHIO STATE UNIV. EXTENSION by Tom Mills Mike Besonen PIXELLE 6 Perspective from ODNR Forestry by Dan Balser 15 Tom Mills OHIO TREE FARMER 7 An Ohio Tree Farm “Thanks” to Joe by Greg Smith Bob Mulligan 8 Calendar ODNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY Brad Perkins 10 Are Your Trees Ready for Harvest? 18 OHIO FORESTRY ASSOCIATION How Do You Know? by Dave Apsley Joe Puperi Advanced TREE Health 15 Snowy Oak Farm, Ohio Tree Farm of the Year Tour Cassie Ridenour OHIO TREE FARMER 18 Meet our Tree Farm Inspector - Jim Elze Alan Walter 20 Wild Wonders in the Woods: 20 OHIO TREE FARMER The Virginia Opossum by Marne Titchenell advErtising ManagEr Tom Mills 22 Small Steps, Important Work OHIO TREE FARMER by Kiersten Ahrns [email protected] 22 26 New Inspectors! To learn more about becoming an Ohio Tree Farmer, visit ohiotreefarm.org 28 The Botany Professor by Marty Michel or call (888) 388-7337 29 Notes from 2019 Annual NCFAE Meeting Designed and Printed by by Brad Perkins Janis Nein Alliance Printing & Mailing Service 30 Regional Woodland Interest Groups Updates 28 2520 Atco Avenue Middletown, Ohio 45042 32 Connecting Kids to Nature by Sue Wintering (800) 837-7768 The Ohio Woodland Journal is a quarterly publication of the Ohio On the Cover Tree Farm System. It is mailed at American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is a shade-tolerant species no charge to Certified Tree Farmers found throughout Ohio’s woodlands. Besides its brilliant and at no charge for one year to all yellow fall color, beech is known for retaining leaves well into forest landowners receiving a Forest Stewardship Plan. It is available the winter. The smooth, light-colored bark and long, thin, to all others by mailing an annual pointed buds make it easy to identify. American beech is subscription fee of fifteen dollars to closely related to the oaks, and like oak, the seed is valued by the Ohio Tree Farm Committee, wildlife due to the fat and high-protein content. Larger hollow 507 Main Street, Suite 200, Zanesville, trees provide dens for a variety of wildlife. Trees reproduce Ohio 43701. readily from seed or root sprouts. Beech leaf disease is a concern in northern Ohio (see OWJ Summer 2019). For subscriptions, school sponsorships, and moving, Beech is a climax tree in moist, mature forests, found with let Us Know! (888) 388-7337 sugar maple, oaks, hickories, and Canadian hemlock. Photo courtesy of Sue Berger Fall 2019 | 3 Perspective: out In the Woods his is my final Out in the Woods article as your Ohio Tree Farm Committee Chair. It has been an exhilarating two years and I have had the opportunity to work with a lot of great people! My understanding of the Tree Farm Program has grown immensely. For example, through personal Texperience, I’ve been able to learn about the inspection process which is a key part of the program. The American Tree Farm • Commitment to Practice • Forest Product Harvests and System and in turn the Ohio Tree Sustainable Forestry with a other activities Farm System are programs of Management Plan If you are actively managing the American Forest Foundation • Compliance with Laws your woodlands or would like that include the main elements of • Reforestation and Afforestation to do so, you need to become an fostering Wood, Water, Recreation, • Air, Water, and Soil Protection Ohio Certified Tree Farmer! Ohio and Wildlife. This program of ought to be leading the country in • Fish, Wildlife, Biodiversity, and sustainable stewardship for our managed hardwood woodlands. I Forest Health state’s woodlands is guided by eight would encourage any landowner standards: • Forest Aesthetics with 10 or more acres of woodlands • Protect Special Sites to actively manage them, because through active management, money does grow on trees. We have been busy on our family farm. The fields have been mowed and we are looking at stabilizing the foundation of the house. In August, I began redoes on girdling of some trees, using herbicide where the girdling alone wasn’t working quickly enough. We also treated a lot of honeysuckle this fall, and we have a lot more to do. We are also getting into some timber stand improvement work on 18 acres. The focus is eliminating invasive woody plants to set this stand up for oak regeneration. It’s great to be This isn’t your average Smokey Bear! ODNR Engineer Gus Smithhisler carved this fantastic pumpkin on the last day of the Ohio State Fair to help commemorate the famous Bear’s 75th anniversary of helping us Remember…Only You Can Prevent Wildfires! Gus has carved giant pumpkins professionally since 2002, and places that have featured his work include the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, and the Cincinnati and Indianapolis zoos. Another of Gus’ Smokey creations graced the Fall 2014 cover of the OWJ. Smokey’s 75th birthday was August 9. Fall 2019 | 4 Tom Mills Ohio Tree Farm Committee Chair out in the woods! The Ohio Tree Farm Committee has had a lot going on. We had a very successful Ohio Tree Farmer of the Year Tour in September at Paul and Joanne Mechling’s Snowy Oak Tree Farm in Ashtabula County. In October, the Ohio Forestry Association held their annual Paul Bunyan Show. The Tree Farm Committee “Flapjacks for Lumber Jacks” did well and was a lot of fun. Thanks to Cotton Randall, Paul and Joanne Mechling, Gene Sipos, Alex Kindler, and Abby Kindler for their leadership with these activities. I appreciate the efforts of all involved. As this year comes to a close, I want my two-year term. I also want to Year! What an exciting thing to have to say thank you to the entire Ohio congratulate Randy and Koral Clum happen for Ohio. It’s been a great Tree Farm Committee and those one more time for being selected the two years that I have really enjoyed. who have been a part of it during 2018 National Tree Farmers of the Thank you one and all! ◆ Woodland Interest Groups in Ohio Opportunities: Interesting Forestry Programs • Knowledgeable Speakers Monthly Newsletters • Training Sessions • Field Days Central Ohio Small Woodlot Interest Group Muskingum River Woodland Interest Group Southeast Ohio Woodland Interest Group Jason Van Houten Tim Mason Perry Brannan ODNR Division of Forestry (740) 404-8592 ODNR Division of Forestry 2045 Morse Rd., Building H-1 [email protected] 360 E. State St. Columbus, OH 43229 www.mrwig.org Athens, Ohio 45701 (614) 265-6703 (740) 589-9915 [email protected] Northeastern Ohio Forestry Association [email protected] James Elze seowig.weebly.com East Central Ohio Forestry Association 2145 Merle Road Salem, Ohio 44460 Jeremy Scherf (330) 337-8974 Southern Ohio Forestland Association ODNR Division of Forestry [email protected] Jim Meacham 2050 East Wheeling Ave. 4332 St. Rt. 776 Cambridge, Ohio 43725-2159 Northwest Ohio Woodland Association Jackson, OH 45640 (740) 439-9079 John Mueller [email protected] [email protected] ODNR Division of Forestry (740) 998-2073 952 B Lima Ave. OhioSOFA.org Killbuck Valley Woodland Interest Group Findlay, Ohio 45840 Bob Romig (419) 424-5004 Southwest Ohio Woodland Owners Association 3511 Clearview Pl. [email protected] Pat Migliozzi Wooster, Ohio 44691 Joe Puperi ODNR Division of Forestry Advanced Tree Health (330) 345-5077 8570 East State Route 73 [email protected] Waynesville, Ohio 45068 (513) 897-1082 [email protected] Fall 2019 | 5 Dan Balser Perspective State Forester and Chief ODNR Division of Forestry all is when we traditionally recognize Ohioans who have contributed to the Ross County advancement of the forestry profession. We do so by gathering our Division UPDATE Fof Forestry staff at Zaleski State Forest to induct a new slate of candidates Timber Theft Case into the Forest of Honor with tree-planting ceremonies, followed by fellowship around the table. It’s an event I look forward to every year, and a great opportunity A Ross County resident was recently to celebrate the renewable forest resources of our beautiful state, as well as some convicted of stealing timber from state wonderful people and organizations that care about those resources. and private properties in Ross County Following is a brief summary of their numerous contributions to forestry in and sentenced in the Ross County Court. Ohio, which provides some insight into why we appreciate them so much.