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The Ohio Journal The Ohio oodland Volume 25 • Number 4 • FALL 2018 WA publicAtion of the ohio tree fArm committee Journal ♦ Oak Management/Monroe ♦ History with Tree Rings ♦ For You and Your Woods ♦ 400 to 40 ♦ Woodland Interest Groups ♦ Staying Active ALPHAALPHA NURSERIESNURSERIES Species Size Type Price per 1000 Sycamore 12-18" Seedlings $520.00 American Arborvitae 18-24" Transplants $1150.00 Allegheny Serviceberry 12-18" Seedlings $650.00 Black Walnut 18-24" Seedlings $700.00 Silky Dogwood 12-18" Seedlings $470.00 River Birch 18-24" Seedlings $670.00 Swamp White Oak 12-18" Seedlings $590.00 Speckled Alder 12-18" Seedlings $880.00 White Pine 8-12" Seedlings $270.00 Norway Spruce 16-24" Transplants $825.00 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 2018 • volume 25 • 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 6 David Apsley 4 Perspective from the Tree Farm OHIO STATE UNIV. EXTENSION Committee Chair by Tom Mills Mike Besonen GLATFELTER 6 Perspective from ODNR Forestry John Dorka by Robert Boyles OHIO FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 8 Tom Mills 8 Calendar OHIO TREE FARMER Bob Mulligan 8 For You and Your Woods: Staying Active ODNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY by Cassie Ridenour Joe Puperi Advanced TREE Health 12 Ohio Forestry Association Outreach Alan Walter OHIO TREE FARMER by Brad Perkins 16 advErtising ManagEr 16 Ohio Tree Farm Committee – Tom Mills OHIO TREE FARMER USDA Delaware Lab by Cassie Ridenour [email protected] 18 Dating Ohio’s History with Tree Rings To learn more about becoming an by Greg Wiles and Nick Wiesenberg Ohio Tree Farmer, visit ohiotreefarm.org 18 or call (888) 388-7337 23 Connecting Kids to Nature by Sue Wintering Designed and Printed by Janis Nein 24 Wild Wonders in the Woods: Alliance Printing & Mailing Service 2520 Atco Avenue The Red Squirrel by Marne Titchenell 28 Middletown, Ohio 45042 (800) 837-7768 28 400 to 40 by Casey Burdick The Ohio Woodland Journal is a quarterly publication of the Ohio 32 Regional Woodland Interest Group Updates Tree Farm System. It is mailed at no charge to Certified Tree Farmers and at no charge for one year to all forest landowners receiving a Forest 32 Stewardship Plan. It is available to all others by mailing an annual subscription fee of fifteen dollars to the Ohio Tree Farm Committee, On the Cover 507 Main Street, Suite 200, Zanesville, Fall color is at its best on the back roads of Ohio’s state forest lands. This Ohio 43701. scene at Scioto Trail State Forest in Ross County is just one place where we can enjoy a drive, casual walk, or hunting opportunity in a managed For subscriptions, school oak-hickory woodland. There are 21 state forests of mostly hardwoods sponsorships, and moving, covering more than 200,000 acres, producing valuable environmental let Us Know! (888) 388-7337 and economic benefits we all enjoy. Photo by ODNR Fall 2018 | 3 Perspective Out In the Woods t’s fall, with all of its activities, including woodland finishing our TSI project, Service Forester Adam Komar management. Wildlife stewardship practices are reviewed our 2019 TSI project with us. We looked over Iimportant to your tree farm. a 14-acre stand with the thought of doing some oak regeneration management. This may not work though Folks like to watch birds and other critters. Hunting if there is not enough understory oak. We will see once is a popular pastime. You can put extra emphasis in we get the application turned in for EQIP. To top it all managing your woods for wildlife. Woodlands attract off, Alex Kinder was in our woods to do our Tree Farm different kinds of wildlife depending upon how they are inspection. I learned a lot from this walk through. It’s managed. In addition to a forester, a wildlife biologist great to be out in the woods! is an important person to involve in determining what needs to be done to your woods for it to produce the The Ohio Tree Farm Committee has had a great fall as wildlife you desire. The Ohio Department of Natural well. We have learned that Randy and Koral Clum have Resources Division of Wildlife is a good place to start. been selected as the National Tree Farmers of the Year for 2018! This is so exciting. It has been 29 years since We’ve been busy at the farm. One thing about trees is John and Mary Schmidt represented Ohio as National that they occasionally fall down. We recently spent some Tree Farmers of the Year. time cutting up a big red oak. There’s a lot of wood in a 30-inch diameter oak! Jeremy Scherf held a training course for Tree Farm Inspectors, with six new inspectors trained. Cassie In reviewing our spring walnut planting project, we Ridenour is working to nominate four vacancies on the have learned that we will need to do some more crop tree Ohio Tree Farm Committee. We would like to maintain releasing. We have done some, but the walnut trees are and strengthen our relationships with the Regional going to need a bit more sunlight. It looks like we’ve lost Woodland Interest Groups throughout Ohio. We have about 60 of the young trees at this time. learned that some changes are coming to the American Tree Farm Program. We’ll have more on that subject later. Our timber stand improvement (TSI) vendor Raymond Yoder and his crew finished up a second go around in The Paul Bunyan Show came off very well. OFA’s Brad about 20 acres of our woods. The first day they focused Perkins, Gayla Fleming, and Denise Foster and their staff on foliar spraying honeysuckle, and on the second day did a great job. In addition to a great show, our Flap Jacks they focused on grapevines and Ailanthus that were for Lumber Jacks fundraiser was very popular. Thanks missed last fall. During the week that Raymond was to Gene Sipos and Alex Kindler for all their work with Spring 2018 walnut planting with tree tubes to encourage seedling growth and provide protection from browsing. Fall 2018 | 4 Tom Mills Ohio Tree Farm Committee Chair ODNR Division of Forestry Service Joe Gordy Forester Adam Komar marking a stem in preparation for timber We have learned of the passing of Joe Gordy on stand improvement work. August 29, 2018; his wife Phyllis (PJ) having recently passed away July 1 of this year. After a career that included serving his country in both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, Deputy Director of the B-52 Systems Program Office for the US Air Force, and as a realtor with PJ in the Dayton area, the couple retired to their Ross County tree farm. They became active in the Southern Ohio Forestland Association this project. They put together a great team and all their (SOFA), Ohio efforts were most appreciated. We also had a Tree Farm display at the show. Richard Rudy and Abby Kindler Woodland Owners pulled together a lot of support for the booth and thanks Association, and to one and all. Our Tree Farm of the Year Tour held at the Ohio Forestry John and Bess Lusk’s Whispering Ridge Tree Farm was Association. Joe a great success. Thanks to everyone for your support of was chair of the this tour. Ohio Tree Farm Thank you for all of your support of the Ohio Tree Committee in 2002 Farm Committee, and for all you do for woodlands here and served on in Ohio! ◆ many committees Contact Tom (419) 423-3422 or [email protected]. over the years. The Ohio Tree Farm website, as well as past issues of this magazine, can be found at https://www.ohioforest.org/ You two will be missed. mpage/OhioTreeFarmAboutUs. Subscription Form The Ohio Woodland Journal You may subscribe to The Ohio Woodland Journal for $15.00 per year. You can also sponsor a school (see page 34). Four issues per year are printed: February, May, August, November. Send a check for $15.00 made out to: The Ohio Woodland Journal c/o Ohio Forestry Association 507 Main Street, Suite 200, Zanesville, Ohio 43701 phone 888-388-7337 Name _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fall 2018 | 5 Perspective ODNR honored individuals and groups for forest stewardship and conservation with a tree planting at the ODNR Division of Forestry’s Forest of Honor ceremony at Zaleski State Forest on October 11. Pictured are (from left to right): Emmett Conway, Will Conway, and Adam Conway of Superior Hardwoods of Ohio; Brian Potts and Carolyn (Potts) Caron accepting the award posthumously for Dr. Richard “Dick” Potts; ODNR Director Jim Zehringer; Mark Banker of the Wildlife Management Institute; Forester Tom Berger; and Bob Boyles, Ohio’s state forester. Greetings! In October r. Richard (Dick) Potts was honored for his Dsignificant contribution to advancing private I was honored to land forest management practices in Ohio, appreciably raising public awareness about the benefits of well- induct outstanding managed forests, serving as a mentor to numerous Ohio tree farmers, and serving as a leader of the Ohio Tree individuals and Farm Program. Dick passed away on May 27, 2010 at organizations into the age of 70. the ODNR Division of The Wildlife Management Institute has been a strong supporter of the Division of Forestry’s mission over Forestry’s Forest the last ten years, and actively promotes sustainable forestry practices in Ohio.
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