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Eastern Hemlock The Ohio oodland Volume 24 • Number 1 • WINTER 2017 WA PUBLICATION OF THE OHIO TREE FARM COMMITTEE Journal ♦ Eastern Hemlock ♦ Winter Adaptations ♦ OSU Library Display www.ohioforest.org/mpage/OhioTreeFarmHome Winter 2017 • Volume 24 • Number 1 The Ohio ALPHAALPHA NURSERIESNURSERIES EDITORS Greg Smith Species Size Type Price per 1000 ODNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY oodland [email protected] Spicebush 12-18" Seedlings $590.00 Dave Schatz Journal American Arborvitae 8-15" Seedlings $270.00 OHIO TREE FARMER Eastern Wahoo 12-18" Seedlings $910.00 Alice Glaser W Black Walnut 18-24" Seedlings $660.00 ODNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY INSIDE THIS ISSUE Silky Dogwood 12-18" Seedlings $430.00 EDITORIAL BOARD 4 Perspective from the Tree Farm River Birch 18-24" Seedlings $670.00 Alan Walter Committee Chair by Joe Puperi Swamp White Oak 12-18" Seedlings $570.00 OHIO TREE FARM COMMITTEE 5 Perspective from ODNR Forestry 8 Speckled Alder 12-18" Seedlings $880.00 David Apsley OHIO STATE UNIV. EXTENSION by Robert Boyles White Pine 7-10" Seedlings $235.00 Mike Besonen Norway Spruce 16-24" Transplants $800.00 8 Calendar GLATFELTER 12 John Dorka 8 Duckworth Tree Farm Tour Contact us today for complete seedling list! OHIO FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 3737 65th St. • Holland, MI 49423 Bob Mulligan 12 European Tree Farm Tour Made 269-857-7804 • Fax 269-857-8162 • Email: [email protected] ODNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY by Ohio Tree Farmers www.alphanurseries.com Joe Puperi 14 Leafing Out: Eastern Hemlock ODNR DIVISION OF FORESTRY 14 by Don Karas ADVERTISING MANAGER Tom Mills 18 Focus on Forest Health: Ohio Hemlock OHIO TREE FARM COMMITTEE Happenings by Tom Macy 18 [email protected] 20 Building Ohio State: From Forest to the Preserving the Heritage To learn more about becoming an Renovation of the Thompson Library Ohio Tree Farmer, visit ohiotreefarm.org by Kathy Smith and Florian Diekmann 20 for Future Generations. or call 888-388-7337 26 2017 Ohio Forestry Association’s Designed and Printed by Protecting the environment through sustainable forest management. Janis Nein Annual Meeting & Events Alliance Printing & Mailing Service 29 Connecting Kids to Nature 2520 Atco Avenue 30 Middletown, Ohio 45042 by Sue Wintering Why Choose Yoder Lumber? 1-800-837-7768 30 Wild Wonders in the Woods: · Committed to protecting the environment for future generations. The Ohio Woodland Journal is a Winter Adaptations by Marne Titchenell quarterly publication of the Ohio · An Ohio Master Logging Company. Tree Farm System. It is mailed at · Professional foresters throughout NE, Central, and SE Ohio. no charge to Certified Tree Farmers and at no charge for one year to all On the Cover forest landowners receiving a Forest Stewardship Plan. It is available Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is a foundation to all others by mailing an annual species, regulating ecosystem processes by creating subscription fee of fifteen dollars to microclimates and unique habitat in eastern Ohio Find out how your Located in the heart of Holmes County, OH the Ohio Tree Farm Committee, forest drainages. Hemlock is of ecological, aesthetic, timber can provide P:330-674-1435 · [email protected] 1100-H Brandywine Boulevard, and even spiritual importance, as well as a significant www.yoderlumber.com income for you. Zanesville, Ohio 43701. draw for tourism. Please enjoy reading about the importance of this graceful species in this issue of For subscriptions, school The Ohio Woodland Journal. Hemlock at Hocking Hills sponsorships, and moving, State Park cover photo by Greg Smith. Let Us Know! 888-388-7337 Winter 2017 | 3 Joe Puperi Robert Boyles ODNR Division of Forestry ODNR Deputy Director and Perspectives Ohio Tree Farm Committee, Chair State Forester In the Winter 2011 Ohio Woodland Journal, there was an article by Adam Conway highlighting I hope you had the chance to enjoy some of Ohio’s the use of wood in the Ohio State University’s Thompson Library renovation project. Not long woodlands during the recent holiday season and after this article was printed, Ohio Tree Farm Committee member Jim Pry said, “We need to these winter months. Here are a few updates about make sure more people know about this! Can we get a display about the wood in the library?” some of the ODNR Division of Forestry’s programs: Armintrout Fire Lookout Tower As we move into 2017, the American Tree Farm System has Thinking back on the warmer months last summer, did you wrapped up a year of 75th anniversary celebrations. I got a glimpse visit the Ohio State Fairgrounds? If so, I hope you saw one of perspective on that time in history this morning as the local radio of the new additions to the Division of Forestry’s area in the station was also celebrating its 75th year on the air. For many years ODNR Natural Resources Park – the Armintrout Fire Lookout they were the only radio station covering northwest Ohio. I can Tower. hardly imagine…76 years ago, there were no radio stations in this In 1934, William L. and Harriet B. Armintrout of Union quarter of the state – then there was a choice of one station. A lot has Township, in Pike County, Ohio, sold .35 acres to the State of changed. Ohio for the sum of $1 for the express purpose of erecting a Just as the radio world has changed, so has the forestry world, and forest fire lookout tower. In 1933, the Civilian Conservation much of that is based on information and communication. We have Corps (CCC) camps in Ohio were placed under the direction a much stronger understanding of forest management science and of Ohio’s State Forester, and in 1934, Armintrout Fire Lookout techniques, known as silviculture, and Best Management Practices Tower was one of 11 steel fire lookout towers constructed by (BMPs) for water quality. Resources for getting that information to CCC crews over the course of 18 months. It was erected on landowners to make wise decisions are readily available from private Armintrout Road overlooking Pike County near Piketon, consulting foresters, industry foresters, and ODNR service foresters. Ohio. This once 80-foot tower stood at its original location from 1934 to 2016. The Pike County Public Service Trust Another difference is that somebody can host a Tree Farm Tour in maintained ownership of the tower for civil defense purposes southwest Ohio and every part of Ohio is represented in attendance. If from 1978 to 2016, when the ODNR re-acquired the tower for you missed the Duckworth Tree Farm of the Year Tour, you missed a display on the Ohio State Fairgrounds. beautiful day in the woods with an excellent tour of a fascinating farm. Refurbishment of the tower included sandblasting, acid In the forestry world, a lot has also stayed the same. Many of the dipping, and re-galvanization of the metal legs, as well as trees you are growing are the same trees that were growing 75 years replacement of the wooden landing and stair treads utilizing ago. Oak and walnut remain the most sought after species. Invasive wood grown and sawn on Ohio’s “green certified” state forests. pests were threatening or wiping out entire species of trees, like Dutch The cab was completely refinished and new glass was installed elm disease and chestnut blight then, and emerald ash borer now. by state forest craftsmen at Scioto Trail State Forest. The height Many landowner goals for their woodlands remain very similar to hat simple idea launched a multi-year effort led by John was shortened to 60 feet. those of 75 years ago. And finally, the American Tree Farm System This tower stands as a testament to the young men of the Dorka. The Ohio Tree Farm Committee offered $2500 toward is still encouraging, educating, and recognizing exceptional forest Ohio CCC and the hard work they accomplished during their the project, and the Ohio Society of American Foresters T management. You are part of a nationwide network that has grown service. Citizens of Ohio can use this opportunity to learn obtained a grant from the national SAF Forester’s Fund. As John and to 92,000 other tree farmers managing a total of 20.5 million Certified about, remember, and pay respect to these individuals, without the others on his committee continued to work with the library, it Tree Farm acres. ♦ whom Ohio’s natural resources would not be the beautiful, came to be that the library itself would fund the display. The grants natural wonders they are today. This fire lookout tower is in and contributions were used to hire an OSU Forestry student intern The Armintrout Fire Lookout Ohio Tree Farm Committee Chair and ODNR Service Forester remembrance to all former CCC members everywhere. Thank with a background in archiving to help organize the display materials. Tower stands behind the Joe Puperi can be contacted by phone at (419) 424-5004, or by email at you for all your hard work! Please take time this winter to visit the library display and witness animatronic Smokey Bear [email protected]. at the ODNR Park on the the beautiful use of wood from Ohio’s forests there for millions to Trees to Textbooks To see Adam Conway’s Thompson Library renovation article, visit Ohio State Fairgrounds. see. The special display is featured from now until May 14, 2017 (see Last November, 16 rural Ohio school districts and their www.ohioforest.org/resource/resmgr/pdf/owj_thompson_library.pdf. Photos by ODNR corresponding counties and townships shared $2,038,898 page 20 for more details about the display). Continued on page 6 Continued on page 6 Winter 2017 | 4 Winter 2017 | 5 Continued from page 5 from the sale of timber from Ohio’s state forests, through RegionalRegional WoodlandWoodland AssociationsAssociations inin OhioOhio the ODNR Division of OPPORTUNITIES: Forestry’s Trees to Textbooks program.
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