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The New York FOREST OWNER The New York FOREST OWNER A publication of the New York Forest Owners Association July/August 1997 FOREST SNAKES OF NEW YORK Just What Is It That Forest Owners Care About? " .r' Selectlng.A Forester Volume 35 Number 4 THE NEW YORK FOREST OWNERS FOREST OWNER ASSOCIATION A publication of the New York Forest Owners Association Editorial Committee: Betty Densmore, Chair, Alan Knight, Mary McCarty, Jim Minor, VOL. 35, NO.4 Bob Sand, and Eileen VanWie. Materials submitted for publication should be addressed to: R.J. Fox, Editor, R.D. 3, Box 88, Moravia, New York 13118. Articles, artwork and photos are invited and are normally OFFICERS & DIRECTORS returned after use. The deadline for submission for Sep/Oct is July 1. Please address all membership fees and change of address requests to P.O. Box Jill Cornell, President 180, Fairport, N.Y. 14450. Cost of individual membership/subscription is $20. 703 Johnsonville Rd. Johnsonville, NY 12094; 518/753-4336 Robert M. Sand, Recording Secretary 300 Church Street MASTER FOREST OWNER TRAINING Odessa, NY 14869-9703; 607/594-2130 Don Wagner, Treasurer 5330 Graham Road, Utica, NY 13502; 315n33-7391 Deborah Gill, Administr-ative Secretary P.O. Box 180 Fairport, NY 14450; 716/377-6060 1998 Jill Cornell, Johnsonville; 5181 753-4336 Elizabeth Densmore, Machias; 716/942-6600 Robert Sand, Odessa: 6071 594-2130 Bob Sykes, Elbridge; 315/673-3691 1999 Harry Dieter, Honeoye Falls, 716/533-2085 Thomas Ellison,Manlius, 315/682-9376 Richard Fox, Moravia: 315/497-1078 David Swanson, Mount Morris, 716/658-4601 2000 Hugh Canham, N. Syracuse: 315/457-4972 John Hastings, Queensbury: 518n98-0248 Ronald Petersen; Latham: 518n85-6061 Betty Wagner; Utica; 315n33-7391 Coastal Lumber Company's Saw Mill (formerly owned by Cotton-Hanlon, Inc.) at Cayuta, one of the sites visited by Master Forest Owner Volunteers during their training. CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES Don Huber, Allegheny Foothills; 716/549-5025 Steven Davison, Cayuga; 315/496-1392 Joan & Hans Kappel, Capital District; 518/861-8753 Tom Graber, Central New York; 315/255-3662 JetTWiegert, Lower Hudson; 914/831-3109 Don O'Shea, Northern Adirondack, 315/393-5137 Rita Hammond, Niagara Frontier; 7161 652-2857 Table of Contents James Durller,SE Adirondack; 518/747-5958 Larry Lepak, Southern Tier: 6071 656-8504 Don Schaufler, Tioga, 607/589-6095 President's Message, Jill Cornell 3 Eileen VanWie, Western Finger Lakes; 716/367-2849 Forest Snakes of New York, Glenn Johnson 4 When Doing Your Own Thing Isn't Good Enough, Carl Weidemann 6 All rights reserved. Contents may not be reproduced with- Selecting A Forester, Peter Smallidge & Mike Greason 8 out prior written permission from the publisher. NYFOA One Master Forest Owner Volunteer's Story, Mike Valla 10 does n01 necessarily support or approve procedures, prod- ucts, or opinions presented by authors or advertisers. LETTERS, 13 The Andean Condor, Henry Kerman 14 Just What Is It That Forest Owners Care About?, Alan Knight 15 Awards, Bob Sand 16 NYFOA's 1997 Spring Meeting, Charlie Mowatt 18 COVER PHOTO: NYS's Outstanding Tree Farmer for 1997, 19 Eastern Milk Snake, Photo by Pheromones, Exploiting an Insect's Sense of Smell, Douglas Allen 20 Todd Wills. Silvicultered Gardens?, Jane Sorensen Lord 22 2 • NY FOREST OWNE~; Vol. 35 No.4 NYFOA - 1-800-836-3566 - INFO JULY/AUG 1997 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ABOUT THIS ISSUE By Dick Fox By Jill Cornell udging from comments received, or the s members of NYFOA we are lack of them, regarding the last issue, aware of stewardship and man- j the use of digital generated photos was agement of our woodlots so that A accepted and will be continued in the fu- they can be environmentally sound, con- ture. Considerable savings were obtained tributing to clean air and water in our state, by the use of this technology. We currently provide good recreational uses, habitat for print with a special sized, computer-di- wildlife, as well as the production of wood rected laser printer on plastic which is then and paper products that we need for every- used by the offset press to print the final day life. pages. What you may not be aware of is that We are now able to receive photos in across the state there are a half a million any form (black & white prints are best): private woodlot owners who own 85% of color prints or slides and either digitize NY's forests. Collectively we own 14 mil- them with our scanner or send them out. lion of the 18 million acres of forest land! Some correction in brightness, contrast and Of those half million owners, a quarter of a intensity may be made with software. million woodlots are 10 acres or less.Per- This capability, along with much else, haps many of them are good stewards, but is provided by an investment of some $6000 there are many small and large landown- by NYFOA in the computer, scanner, ers who do not have written management printer and removable disk storage and soft- plans for their woods. ware. I will be happy to provide any mem- Are you aware that the NY timber indus- ber with the details of costs, specifications, try employs 66,000 New Yorkers and con- and sources of the components. Further- tributes $4 Billion to NY's gross economic more, there may be some interest by mem- output? President Jill Cornell bers or newsletter editors in services pro- We are not a small group, and we are and collectively as a state organization to vided by these NYFOA-owned tools. not economically inconsequential! have our concerns heard in the Capitol, It is my intention to make available in We need to reach the rest of those half and to be able to share information, inter- digitized form all the articles, photos and million woodlot owners, since we represent ests, ideas, and opinions with each other. graphics which any author has contributed a very viable group in the state. Please share your copy of the FOREST towards filling the pages of the FOREST To do that we need your help! OWNER or your Chapter Newsletter with OWNER. This has been done for two, al- When your next renewal notice comes a friend or neighbor to help to get them ready: Doug Allen and Peter Levatich. It is around, it will have a questionnaire en- interested, and take a friend to the next also a task set for your editor to put in digi- closed. You may think that some of the NYFOA program. tal form all the graphic and textual mate- questions are "nosey". -All of your re- Please call me with comments and/or rial found in past FOREST OWNERs. This sponses are totally voluntary, and you are suggestions: 5187534336. has been done for text for the past 5 112 welcome to skip any that you feel infringe years and is stored in digital form. The pur- on your privacy. The responses will be kept pose for such archives is to prepare an in- on the database manned by Debbie Gill, dex for the FOREST OWNER and to fa- our Executive Secretary, and will only be NOTICE cilitate access and subsequent reproduction. available to the NYFOA Board of Direc- A number of members have advised To increase exposure of our message to tors and Chapter Chairs. The questionnaire me that there were instances of mari- the general public and potential members has not been finalized yet; it is still in Com- juana-growing on their property. I am it has been suggested that members might mittee. But it has two focuses: the first is collecting all information regarding such take their copies of the magazine no longer aimed at producing a NYFOA directory of instances for study as to how NYFOA to be retained and leave them (with or with- all the members and how to reach them by can help its members when help is out the name and address label) at the local phone, regular mail, e-mail and faxes; and sought. barber shop, beauty salon, doctor's, the second contains questions about you To that end I am soliciting details dentist's or lawyer's office, and any other and your special skills and interests, and from personal information or accounts similar place where people are obliged to the knowledge you have about the Dora and in the media which will aid in defininz wait. Should that particular destination be fauna inhabitants of your property, streams <=> the extent and nature of the problem. well received, the Board of Directors & ponds, insect and/or disease problems, Please assist in this survey by send- agreed to fund an increase in printing in timber sales, and timber thefts, etc. I hope ing details, who, what, when, and where, order to provide complimentary subscrip- that you will fill it all out, but I respect your to me at 703 Johnsonville Road; tions for that purpose. Such an increase will right to privacy if any of the questions are Johnsonville, NY 12094. commence with this issue.Please contact uncomfortable for you to answer. -Jill Cornell Debbie or me, if you have a prospect. We need to get together in our chapters, NY FORESTOWNER Vol. 35 No.4 NYFOA· 1·800·836·3566· INFO JULY/AUG 1997 • 3 FOREST SNAKES OF NEW YORK pents in color and striping pattern and are often mistaken for another species. Most show three light stripes running from head to tail, although the central stripe may be lacking.Garter snakes feed upon earth- worms, some insects, frogs, nestling birds and small mammals.
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