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Forest Stewardship Notes for Small Forest Landowners DNR e-news: Forest Stewardship Notes for Small Forest Landowners Forest Stewardship Notes is a quarterly e-newsletter published by Washington Winter 2014 State University Extension and Washington State Department of Natural Capitol Christmas Resources. We hope you enjoy our updates and share them with your friends. Tree A Capitol Christmas Tree Landowner's Voice Caution with Wild The selection of a majestic 88-foot tall Edibles Engelmann spruce from the Newport- Sullivan Lake Ranger District of Colville Deer in Winter National Forest for this year's national Deciduous Trees in Capitol Christmas Tree was just the Winter beginning of the story. The Stand Read more... Economic Forecast Lamnated Root Rot Announcements & Landowner's Voice: Chronicles of Sub-Nivea Events Pend Oreille County landowner John Stuart describes the role of the sub-nivea, the New narrow little elf quarters between earth and Publications snow that helps a host of species, big and small, make it through the winter. 2013 PNW Weed Management Read more... Handbook Sources for Forestry Stewardship Supplies and Materials Words of Caution on Wild Edibles Subscribe WSU Extension Forest Products Specialist Jim Freed has more tips for those who Subscribe to Forest want to harvest and use wild fruits, berries Stewardship Notes and other edibles. Find WSU Extension Read more... online publications Deer in Winter: A Survival Story http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs121/1103464106731/archive/1116617658491.html[3/12/2014 10:00:25 AM] DNR e-news: Forest Stewardship Notes for Small Forest Landowners Ken Bevis, DNR Stewardship Forester, describes the many strategies deer use to make it through the winter. Read more... Identifying Deciduous Trees in Winter Identifying woody deciduous plants isn't always easy when leaves have dropped off for winter, but Jim Freed, WSU Extension Forest Products Specialist, has some helpful tips to share. Read more... The Stand: Is This Basic Management Unit Still Relevant in Variable Density Prescriptions? There's no need to rewrite the entire management plan just because stand boundaries can change over time with the use of variable density harvests and other prescriptions, says Donald Hanley, WSU Extension Forester Emeritus. Read more... DNR Economic and Revenue Forecast Highlights Forecasts of lumber, log, and timber sales prices from DNR's latest quarterly economic forecast. Read more... Laminated Root Rot Research Recommended http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs121/1103464106731/archive/1116617658491.html[3/12/2014 10:00:25 AM] DNR e-news: Forest Stewardship Notes for Small Forest Landowners DNR's Forest Health Program Manager, Karen Ripley, explains the processes behind the threat of laminated root rot, a forest disease already causing the loss of millions of board feet of Douglas-fir each year. Read more... Announcements, Events and other News Mark your calendar for new classes, seminars and other events this spring. Meet technical experts and other forestland owners while building your skills and knowledge about forestry. Learn more... http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs121/1103464106731/archive/1116617658491.html[3/12/2014 10:00:25 AM] A Capitol Christmas Tree | Forest Stewardship Notes HOME ABOUT WSU FORESTRY DNR ← Landowners Voice: Chronicles of Sub-Nivea RECENT POSTS A Capitol Christmas Tree A Capitol Christmas Tree Posted on February 17, 2014 | Leave a comment Landowners Voice: Chronicles Since 1964, a special tree has of Sub-Nivea been placed on the US Capitol Words of Caution on Wild Edibles lawn to mark the holidays. The Deer in Winter USDA Forest Service has Identifying Deciduous Trees provided this “Peoples Tree” in Winter since 1969. The name is The Stand – Is This Basic especially fitting, since the Management Unit Still Relevant in USDA was originally called Variable Density Prescriptions? “The Peoples’ Department.” February 2014 DNR Economic and Revenue Forecast Highlights This year’s Capitol Christmas Laminated Root Rot Research Recommended Tree was harvested from the Colville National Forest. A Announcements, Events and Other News majestic 88-foot tall Engelmann spruce growing on Download a PDF of Forest Stewardship the Newport-Sullivan Lake Notes, Winter 2014. Ranger District in Pend Oreille County was selected. Sixty Subscribe to Forest Stewardship Notes smaller, indoor trees were also HELPFUL PUBLICATIONS shipped from Washington The Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting State. Twenty of those indoor A Land Manager’s Guide for Ceremony, November 2013, Washington, Creating Fire-Resistant Forests D.C. Photo: USFS. trees came from Alan and Ruby Walker’s tree farm in Ferry FREE download Forest Soil Data County. The Walkers have for Your Forest Stewardship Plan participated with Natural Resources Conservation Service for several years in the Environmental New FREE download Diversifying Forest Structure to Promote http://foreststewardshipnotes.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/a-capitol-christmas-tree/[3/12/2014 10:01:05 AM] A Capitol Christmas Tree | Forest Stewardship Notes Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Stewardship Program. Wildlife Biodiversity in Western Washington Forests More than five thousand ornaments are needed to decorate these trees. Starting in April, Patrice Beckwith, resource conservationist in the NRCS Identifying and Managing Mountain Beaver Damage to Forest Republic field office, and Mary Rourke, ornament coordinator from Republic Resources Forest Service Ranger District, started brainstorming ornament-making opportunities. Natural Insecticides Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for This year’s ornaments were the 2013 Tax Year Published by the designed to reflect the theme U.S. Forest Service. “Sharing Washington’s Good Nature,” which highlights the HELPFUL LINKS natural resources, scenic beauty American Tree Farm System and people in the state of Family Forest Foundation Washington. The use of recycled and natural materials that Ties to the Land represented our state was Washington Farm Forestry encouraged. Washington Tree Farm Program WSU Cooperative Extension Mary and Patrice began the project by working with school children at their usual local conservation Patrice Beckwith, volunteering to package education venues. They made ornaments for the tree at the NRCS ornaments by stenciling Mount St. Washington office. Photo: NRCS-WA Helen’s ash on scrap wood cedar Employee Newsletter. shingles. The two also worked with children at the Colville Tribes’ Earth Day celebration, at Ferry County Conservation Day and fairs, and at the Washington State University Teen Conference in Pullman, Washington. In addition, handcrafted ornaments from youth across the state of Washington were shipped to Republic to be re-packaged. These ornaments were used on both the outdoor tree and the indoor trees that grace the halls and offices across Washington, DC, including the offices of the Chief of the NRCS, our US Senators Cantwell and Murray, and all 10 of the US State Representatives serving Washington State. Mary and Patrice worked with several volunteer groups such as the local 4-H clubs, the High School National Honor Society and the Republic Business and Professional Women. http://foreststewardshipnotes.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/a-capitol-christmas-tree/[3/12/2014 10:01:05 AM] A Capitol Christmas Tree | Forest Stewardship Notes Jim Beckwith and Curlew Job Corps Forestry Students preparing the Capitol Christmas tree for a safe harvest. Photo: NRCS-WA Employee Newsletter. Blessing the Tree On November 1, a ceremony took place at the site of the Capitol Tree. The Kalispel and the Snoqualmie Tribes blessed the forest site of the tree and celebrated with a drum circle. State and local officials, tribal leaders and event organizers expressed the pride they felt at the honor of being chosen to provide this tree. Jim Beckwith and his Curlew Job Corps forestry students climbed the tree to secure strapping that two cranes used to gingerly lift the massive tree and place it gently into the bed of a semi-truck. From there, the tree was prepared and packaged for travel around Washington State, visiting several local towns before making the cross country trek to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Lighting Ceremony Six-year-old Giovanni Gaynor from Colville, Washington, was the child whose name was drawn lottery-style to light the US Capitol Christmas Tree with Speaker of the House, John Boehner. The ceremony took place on the lawn of the Capitol on December 3, 2013. By Patrice Beckwith, NRCS Resource Conservationist, Republic SHARE THIS: Print Email Facebook Twitter This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. http://foreststewardshipnotes.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/a-capitol-christmas-tree/[3/12/2014 10:01:05 AM] A Capitol Christmas Tree | Forest Stewardship Notes Comments are closed. Blog at WordPress.com. The Coraline Theme. http://foreststewardshipnotes.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/a-capitol-christmas-tree/[3/12/2014 10:01:05 AM] Landowners Voice: Chronicles of Sub-Nivea | Forest Stewardship Notes HOME ABOUT WSU FORESTRY DNR ← Words of Caution on Wild Edibles A Capitol Christmas Tree ← Landowners Voice: Chronicles of Sub- RECENT POSTS Nivea A Capitol Christmas Tree Posted on February 17, 2014 | Leave a comment Landowners Voice: Chronicles When we first moved on to our forestland, we knew little or nothing about of Sub-Nivea how the forest worked with wildlife. New to us was the sight of a four-foot Words of Caution on Wild Edibles tall snow pile completely littered with conifer cone scales. Of course, it didn’t Deer in Winter take long to figure out that the snow was propped up on a pile of slash which Identifying Deciduous Trees the red squirrel was using for a food cache and shelter. in Winter The Stand – Is This Basic Management Unit Still Relevant in Variable Density Prescriptions? February 2014 DNR Economic and Revenue Forecast Highlights Laminated Root Rot Research Recommended Announcements, Events and Other News Download a PDF of Forest Stewardship Notes, Winter 2014. Subscribe to Forest Stewardship Notes HELPFUL PUBLICATIONS A Land Manager’s Guide for Creating Fire-Resistant Forests A squirrel’s food cache. Photo: John Stuart.
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