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The New Yorl( Forest Owner A PUBLICATION OF THE NEW YORK FOREST OWNERS ASSOCIATION July/August 2003 VOlume41 Number 4 FOUNDED 1963 THE NEW YORK In This Issue • • • FOREST OWNERS FROM THE PRESIDENT Gar yANCEy 3 ASSOCIATION Volume 41, Number 4 ANSWERS TO THE STATE'S TOUGHEST TREE TEST DAN ANDERSON 4 Officers & Directors Geff Yancey, President THE KNOTS OF TIMBER TAX 32 Oliver Street LLOYD R. CASEY 5 Rochester, NY 14607; (585) 271-4567 Peter Smallidge, Vice President NYS LEGISLATURE ENACTS TIMBER THEFT BILL Cornell University, Fernow Hall Ithaca, NY 14853; (607) 255-4696 ROBERT MALMSHEIMER 6 John Druke, Secretary WHY AR:E THEY PUTTING GOATS IN THE "rOOD 6341 Kirkville Road ? Kirkville, NY 13082; (315) 656-2313 CHARLIE MOWATT 8 Jerry Michael, Treasurer 4 Leonard Lane MANAGING A PRIVATE FOREST: PROFILE OF A Binghamton, NY 13901; (607) 648-2941 LANDOWNER/LOGGER PARTNERSHIP Debbie Gill, Administrative Secretary DOUGLAS R. ALLEN ;~•................................. 10 P.O. Box lOSS Penfield, NY 14526; (585) 377-6060 THE SWALLOW-WORTS Joan Kappel, Chair Editorial Committee FRAN LAWLOR 14 P.O. Box 646 Altamont, NY 12009-0646; (518) 861-8753 THE PITTED AMBROSIA BEETLE 2004 DOUGLAS C. ALLEN 16 Keith Hedgecock, Pleasant Valley, (845) 635-1279 Bob Malmsheimer, Cazenovia, (315) 470-6909 HOW TO: TREAT REACTIONS TOPOISO IVY 17 Geff Yancey, Rochester, (585) 271-4567 Paul Yarbrough, Ithaca, (607) 277-3011 2003 SPRING PLANTING 2005 WANDA AND EDWARD PIESTRAK 18 Jim Beil, Schenectady, (518) 355-4471 Jack Hamilton, Wayland, (585) 728-5769 Billy Morris, Bath, (607) 776-4992 WOODLOT CALENDAR 20 Sharon Wieder, Machias, (716) 942-3006 2006 POSTED SIGN ORDER FORM 20 Harry Dieter, Honeoye Falls, (585) 533-2085 Jerry Michael, Binghamton, (607) 648-2941 Peter Smallidge, Ithaca, (607) 255-4696 Alan White, Jeffersonville, (845) 482-3719 The New Yorl( Chapter-Designated Directors Charlie Mowatt, Allegheny Foothills; (716) 676-3617 Joan & Hans Kappel, Capital District; (518) 861-8753 Thomas Conklin, Cayuga; (315) 638-1765 John Druke, Central New York; (315) 656-2313 Forest Owner PUBLICATION OF THE NEW YORK FOREST OWNERS AssOCHTIO~ Anne Osboru, Lower Hudson; (845) 424-3683 A Pat Ward, Northern Adirondack; (315) 268-0902 Dave & Jean Preston, Niagara Frontier; (716) 688-4921 The New York Forest Owner is a bi-monthly publication of nil' Sell' York Forest Christine Wiley, SE Adirondack; (518) 692-9292 Owners Association, P. O. Box 1055, Penfield, N. Y. 14 -_6.. \/merials submitted Charlotte Baxter, Southern Tier; (607) 967-8516 Editor, Bob O'Brien, Southern Finger Lakes, (607) 594-4600 for publication should be sent to: Mary Beth Malmsheimer. TIle ew Ray Cavallaro, Western Finger Lakes; (585) 288-3411 York Forest Owner, 134 Lincklaen Street, Cazenovia, Self York 13035. Materi- als may also be e-mailed to [email protected]. Articles, artwork and photos Dan Palm, Executive Director are invited and if requested, are returned after use. The deadline for submission 645 Decker Rd. Stamford, NY 12167; 607-538-1305 for the September/October issue is August 1, 2003. Please address all membership fees and change of address requests to P.O. Box The New York Woodland Stewards, Inc. 1055, Penfield, N.Y. 14526. 1-800-836-3566. Cost of family membership/ (NYWS) is a 501(c)3 foundation of NYFOA subscription is $30. and tax deductible donations to this organization will advance NYFOA's educational mission. www.nyfoa.org All rights reserved. Contents may not be reproduced without prior written permission from the publisher. Jim Winter, logger, is building the first road into the landing on "The NYFOA does not necessarily support or approve pro- COVER: Kingdom" - the property he manages with owner Jon Schor in Canaan, cedures, products, or opinions presented by authors NY - on a John Deere 450G. For complete article see page 10. Photo- or advertisers. graph courtesy of Douglas R. Allen. © 2003 New York Forest Owners Association 2 The New York Forest Owner 41:4 • July/August 2003 · ,NYFOA is a not-for- profit group of NY State . FT~President om• landowners promoting Jstewardship of private forests for the generally in the early stages of thinking Volunteers benefit of current and future generations. about a more active management of their Over a decade ago, then President Through local chapters and statewide George H.W. Bush gave an important properties. activities, NYFOA helps woodland MFO's do not give professional advice or address which highlighted much of what is owners to become responsible stewards perform management activities but they do right about America. He spent the majority and interested publics to appreciate the provide information, encouragement, and of his speech describing "the thousand importance of New York's forests. points of light" which was his descriptor for general direction toward managing forests in all the volunteer groups, organizations and a manner that enhances owner satisfaction. Join NYFOA today and begin to receive people that do so much of the "good" and My own MFO visits usually consist of a its many benefits including: six issues of provide so much service in our great land. walk on the property, a discussion about the The New York Forest Owner, The value of all that volunteerism is priority goals of the forest owner (saw woodswalks, chapter meetings, and two incalculable and unending. Volunteer timber? wildlife? biodiversity? recreation? statewide meetings. Complete and mail firefighters, Big brothers and sisters, Meals hunting?), review of boundary markings and this form: on Wheels, Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lions access, and finally leaving the landowner I1We would like to support good for- clubs, tutors, blood donors, nursing home with a number of other potential resources to estry and stewardship of New York's entertainers, pursue (including information about NY- forest lands United Way FOA). campaigns, These motivated men and women are of ( ) I1We own acres of wood- Habitat for great benefit under any circumstances, but land. Humanity especially in these times when both state and ( ) I1We do not own woodland but builders ..... the federal resources are very tight. The impact support the Association's objectives. list could fill this that they have had since 1991 covers Name: _ entire magazine hundreds and hundreds of landowners and Address: and then some. thousands upon thousands of acres. It is ------------------- We have many impossible to gauge the benefits to the forest City: _ energetic and energized volunteers in our and to the satisfaction of the landowners State/ Zip: own NYFOA, Board members, standing who have been visited by the MFO's, but it Telephone: _ committee members, chapter steering is certainly very significant and important. County of Residence: _ committee members and officers to name This year's class of new candidates will County of Woodlot: some, and Master Forest Owner/Coverts gather at the Arnot from September 10-14. Referred by: _ Volunteers (MFO's). The training is free due to all of the "volun- This group of almost 200 strong is a great teers" who organize and speak at the event. Regular Annual Dues: asset to the future of private woodlands in The sponsors of the program are Cornell ( ) Student $10 New York State. Every year in the fall Cooperative Extension, and the Department (Please provide copy of student ID) since 1991, twenty to forty MFO candidates of Natural Resources at Cornell, NYFOA, ( ) Individual $25 have traveled to Cornell's Arnot Forest, the Ruffed Grouse Society, the Wentorf ( ) Family $30 Sustaining Memberships where they spend four days in a certification Foundation, the National Wild Turkey (Includes NYFOA annual dues) Federation and DEe. Gary Goff from training workshop. This training consists of ( ) Contributor $50-$99 classroom and outdoor experiences in many Cornell is the Program director who does a ( ) Sponsor $100-$249 areas including tree identification, finding superb job of organizing this program and ( ) Benefactor $250-$499 boundaries, forest ecology, wildlife energizing past graduates with refresher ( ) Steward $500 or more management, communication ideas, timber courses each year in locations throughout the For regular memberships, make check management and a great opportunity to state. payable to New York Forest Owners become familiar with the myriad resources Thanks to all who make this program Association. For sustaining NYFOA available to private woodland owners. work! As with most volunteer activities, the memberships, indicate if for individual or family and make check payable to Once the band of newly minted MFO's is volunteers benefit as much as the recipients. NYWS (New York Woodland Stewards, trained, they begin the task of informing If you are looking for a good place to Inc.) Contributions to NYWS in excess local resources (Cooperative Extension, volunteer, this is a good one! If this isn't the of NYFOA dues are normally tax DEC, NYFOA) of their availability and right time for you, consider contacting an deductible. Send the completed form to: start outreach activities through newspaper MFO to help you with your woods! For NYFOA P.O. Box 1055 and magazine articles, presentations and more information contact Gary Goff at Penfield, New York 14526 NYFOA meetings. The heart of what they (607) 255-2824 or [email protected]. •. 1-800-836-3566 do is in visits to private landowners who are -Geff Yancey, President www.nyfoa.org The New York Forest Owner 41:4 • July/August 2003 3 The State's Toughest Tree Test DAN ANDERSON ere are the answers to the 8. When I glance your way I might 18. This Southern tree could be useful State's Toughest Tree Test. see ! [Yew] if you drank too much coffee on a H Thank you for your patience 9. This tree is angry because it is fishing trip! [Pecan - pee can] and waiting for the answers of these always "burned up." [Ash] 19. Planting this tree could "clean up" riddles to appear in this issue.