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2021 Trained Logger Certification (TLC) Trained Logger Certification (TLC) 2021 Class Schedule for the New York City Watershed Region January 2021 Photo: Heather Hilson, WAC Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 New Year’s Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DECEMBER 2020 Ted Baker, Warrensburg, NY FEBRUARY 2021 S M T W T F S 3rd generation logger, Ted Baker, got his first taste of the logging industry S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 at the log yard his grandfather owned in Thurman, NY. Ted has been 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 logging now for 20+ years in the Adirondack Region of New York State 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 and is sometimes joined by his wife and forester Callee. This 800 acre 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 property, located in Warren County, is owned by a large landowner 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 association. Ted’s family has been managing the timber on this property 28 for 43 years. trainedloggercertified.com February 2021 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Lincoln’s Birthday 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Valentine’s Day Presidents’ Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Adult First Aid & CPR (Delhi, NY) 28 JANUARY 2021 NOTES MARCH 2021 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 31 Want to be in next year’s calendar? Call (607) 865-7790 x 119 March 2021 Photo: Heather Hilson, WAC Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Daylight Saving Time Begins St. Patrick’s Day First Day of Spring 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Passover Palm Sunday FEBRUARY 2021 APRIL 2021 Top Notch Timber Harvesting LLC, Nineveh, NY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 Keith Clark, owner of Top Notch Timber Harvesting LLC, has been 1 2 3 logging since 2002 and went into business for himself in 2007. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Currently, Keith has two full time employees and a large inventory of 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 equipment including, a bulldozer, grapple skidder, cable skidder, feller 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 buncher, landing loader and log truck with trailer. Keith has maintained 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 his TLC certification since 2005. trainedloggercertified.com April 2021 Photo: Heather Hilson, WAC Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Good Friday 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Game of Logging: Forest Ecology Level 1 & Silviculture (Walton, NY) (Location TBD) Easter Sunday 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Tax Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Earth Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 Chainsaw Maintenance (Acra, NY) Arbor Day MARCH 2021 MAY 2021 TLC Continuing Education Classes - Game of Logging: Level 4 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tompkins, NY 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Watershed Agricultural Council’s Forestry Program hosts a minimum 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 of four TLC Continuing Education classes each year. This Game of 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Logging: Level 4 class in 2020 taught participants how to maximize 16 7 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 31 efficiency using trail marking techniques and layout, safe bucking 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 methods, hazard tree removal. Trees were cut at working speed. 30 31 Want to be in next year’s calendar? Call (607) 865-7790 x 119 May 2021 Photo: Heather Hilson, WAC Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mother’s Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Game of Logging: Level 2 (Location TBD) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day (31st) APRIL 2021 JUNE 2021 DCS Logging, Nicholson, PA S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 3rd generation and lifelong logger Dave Sienko started DCS Logging 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 nine years ago with his business partner Matt Cottrell. Their 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 equiment inventory includes a bulldozer, feller buncher, landing 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 loader and grapple skidder. BMPs on this job located in Walton, NY, 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 were cost-shared by the WAC Forestry Program and this was Dave’s 27 28 29 30 first time participating in the WAC BMP Program. trainedloggercertified.com June 2021 Photo: Heather Hilson, WAC Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Flag Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 First Day of Summer Father’s Day 27 28 29 30 MAY 2021 JULY 2021 Gardner Brothers Logging, DeLancey, NY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 Harry Gardner started logging 25 years ago immediatelly after high 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 school. He went into business for himself five years later and was 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 shortly joined by his brother Erick. Together they harvest timber with a 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 7 18 19 20 21 22 bulldozer, cable skidder and a handy skidsteer to move things around on 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 the landing. Harry received cost share funding from the WAC Forestry 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 31 Program for BMPs installed on this timber harvest in Kortright, NY. Want to be in next year’s calendar? Call (607) 865-7790 x 119 July 2021 Photo: Heather Hilson, WAC Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independence Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Deposit Lumberjack 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Festival 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Catskill Forest Festival (Margaretville, NY) JUNE 2021 Finnerty Logging, Deposit, NY AUGUST 2021 S M T W T F S Owner/operator of Finnerty Logging, Mike Finnerty, has been logging for 25+ S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 years after following in his father Pat’s footsteps. Mike first took a Game of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Logging (GOL) class in 1998 and began competing in GOL competitions ten 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 years later, winning the GOL National competition in 2019. Mike attributes his 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 skills and safety in the woods to his father Pat and GOL instructor Bill Lindloff. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 In this picture Mike is using WAC Forestry Program skidder bridge panels for a 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 stream crossing on a timber harvest in Tompkins, NY. trainedloggercertified.com August 2021 Photo: Heather Hilson, WAC Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 NYS Woodsmen’s 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Wetlands in the Woods Workshop Field Days (Acra, NY) 29 30 31 JULY 2021 TLC Core Class - Game of Logging: Level 1 SEPTEMBER 2021 S M T W T F S The Game of Logging (GOL) is widely acknowledged as the premier S M T W T F S 1 2 3 chainsaw safety training program in the country. GOL is one of three 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 trainings required to become TLC certified. The other trainings include a 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Forest Ecology & Silviculture class and an Adult First Aid & CPR class.
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