The New York

FOREST OWNERA publication of the New York Forest Owners Association

Marchi April 1995

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THE NEW YORK

FOREST OWNERVOL. 33, NO.2

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Don Wagner, President

RD #1, Box 203CUtica, NY 13502; (315) 733-7391

Bill Minerd, 1st Vice President

1123'c6ld Springs Road

Liverpool, NY 13088; (315) 451-3712

Robert M. Sand, Recording Secretary

300 Church StreetOdessa, NY 14869-9703; (607) 594-2130

Clara Minerd, Treasurer1123 Cold Springs Road

Liverpool, NY 13088; (315) 451-3712

John C. Marchant, Executive Director

45 Cambridge Court

Fairport, NY 14450; (716) 377-7906

Deborah Gill, Administrative Secretary

P.O. Box 180Fairport, NY 14450; (716) 377-6060

1995Elizabeth Densmore, Machias; (716) 942-6600

Richard J. Fox, Moravia; (315) 497-1078

John W. Krebs, Honeoye Falls; (716) 624-1793Tom Ellison, Manlius; (315) 682-9376

1996Albert Brown, Stow; (716)763-9067Verner Hudson, Elbridge; (315) 689-3314

Peter Levatich, Brooktondale; (607) 539-7049Don Wagner, Utica; (315) 733-7391

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John T. Hastings, Queensbury; (518) 798-0248Charles Mowatt, Savona; (607) 583-7006

Norman Richards, Syracuse; (315) 472-3696Elizabeth Wagner, Utica; (315) 733-7391

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Bob Howard, Northern Adirondack West; (315)265·7560

Herb Boyce,Northern AdirondackEast; (518) 946-7040Bob Colligan, Niagara Frontier; (716) 655·4995

Gregg Mackey, SE Adirondack; (518) 893·2236

Larry Lepak, Southern Tier; (607) 656·8504Don Schaufler, Tioga, (607) 589·6095

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COVER: Robert Smolka sam-pl~ng for sugar concentration insap at Uihlein Field Station, LakePlacid, NY.

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Processing sap in the Sugar House at Uihlein Station in Lake Placid, Essex Co.

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Table of ContentsPresident's Message, Don Wagner 3Watda Owanogi, Henry Kernan 4Sugarin' Research, Lewis J. Staats 5Grass Carp, Emilio Rende 7Wanted - MFOs, Gary Goff ' 8Eco-System Management, John Marchant.. 9Chapter! Affiliates 10EDITORIAL, Dick Fox 11The Tao of Woodstacking, Patricia Kay 13The Oak Twig Pruner, Douglas Allen 14Ask A Forester, Bruce Robinson 17Rockin' And Ridin', Jane Sorensen Lord 18Director Ballot & Meeting Agenda Insert

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE,By Don Wagner

As I sit at my computer trying to keepwarm during this extremely frigid period,while my muscles still ache from all theshoveling, snowblowing, and plowing withOLD BLUE, I can't help reminiscing backto last summer and the beautiful warmweather. One of the most pleasant experi-ences I had was boating on Piseco Lake,one of the many lakes in the Adirondacks,with some very dear friends of mine, Kenand Ruth Eberley. As you can see in thephoto, Ken, Ruth, and my dog Samanthaseem to be enjoying themselves. As muchas I enjoy the winter months, this currentdeep freeze makes me wish for warmerweather.

As I promised in my last President'smessage, I did make a valid attempt to par-ticipate in several Chapter/Affiliate Christ-mas events. I was able to get to three; APC'sChristmas party in Ellicottville (by the way,you can't get there from here), Central NewYork's Christmas dinner in Tully, and

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''jf'he, chilly coffers of winter empty O:9tand the fragile gems sink deeply,

DO more tQ. sparkle for the timid sunor match the cold white moon.

put the year will embrace its springas earth" long wrapped in fields white

from all the day-storms and zero nightsstirs.

The sun slides in quick celebrationfrom behind drifting, sullen clouds,

casting down its boldest beamsupon the thinning shafts of ice

that cling thickly to sagging roofsand glisten to their melting point

into silvery beads plummeting downto the darkening rise of ground.

The adveatot the greeningbarely visible,

pushing tprough dead leavesbut risih& up, ,

and gray limbs drinltdeeplyfrom roots awakening

to spring green with buds.Easter

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Long time NYFOA stalwarts, Ruth and Ken Eberley with mooching Samantha.

THRIFT's Christmas covered dish event inRemsen. All of these events were wonder-ful. I met many new members of our Asso-ciation and had an opportunity to partici-pate in pleasant fellowship. By the way I'mnow about the same size as the bear yousaw me hugging in the last magazine.

My wife, Betty, displayed the completedquilt-top at January's Board of Directorsmeeting. In addition, raffle tickets werepassed out to each Chapter/Affiliate Chairpresent. If you haven't gotten tickets yet,simply ask your Chair for some. Let's getbehind this fund raising effort that will bebeneficial to both the NYFOA's and theChapter's or Affiliate's budgets. It's an ex-cellent, relatively easy way to earn somemoney with the possibility of winning akeepsake quilt.

The USDA survey, which I discussedin the last President's message, was metwith mixed reaction. Some Chapters/Affili-ates worked diligently to get as much sur-vey information as possible. Others werenot able to support the effort for a varietyof reasons. I want to take this opportunityto thank everyone involved in this effort.

Debbie Gill reported at the JanuaryBoard meeting that our membership is cur-rently 1,914. Many of you are doing anexcellent job in recruiting new members.Our Association, like most others, also hassignificant attrition; therefore, it is crucialto continue to recruit members and deter-mine what the Association can do to lower

its attrition rate. I welcome any ideas orthougbts you may have in this regard. Inany event, we must be doing somethingright to be continually growing in mem-bership.

I just wanted to take this opportunity toexpress my appreciation to our Editor, DickFox, our Editorial Committee Chair, BettyDensmore, and all the members of thatCommittee for the excellent job they aredoing in continually improving and upgrad-ing our fine magazine. It seems every edi-tion is better than the previous one. Thankyou all for your bard work and dedication.

As a reminder, it's that time of the yearto clean and repair your Blue Bird boxes.Also, the Spring meeting is scheduled forApril 29. I haven't seen the agenda yet, butI know it will be outstanding. I hope to seeas many of you as possible at this meeting.

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WATDA OWANOGIBy Henry Kernan

Like so much else regarding the maplesugar tree, the Indian's use of sap has con-tinued to stir interest and controversy -controversy that much research into theirpre-European food habits has not resolved.Those habits were not squeamish. Theyincluded all parts of nearly everything thatwalked, crawled, swam, burrowed, or flew.During the millenia of existence in theirnorthern hardwood forests, the Iroquois andtheir ancestors must also have discoveredthe edible parts of plants, including maplesap. They had a word for the sap flow ofwarm, early spring days, oganot, and knewof the pleasant taste while the flow is freshand the buds are closed. Northeastern In-dians roasted their meat and boiled theirfood in round-based gourd-like pottery.They must have understood evaporation.

Nevertheless, itis not the lack of know l-edge that might bar the production of maplesugar or even syrup; it is the prodigious taskof assembling sap, firewood, clay pot-ca-pacity and energy which was never ob-served by early writers ofIndian ways. Af-ter exhaustive research, an authority quotedin the Smithsonian's Handbook of Ameri-can Indians (Vol 15, Pg 298) concludes,".. not one of the very early observers notedthat the Indians made maple syrup."

Such a conclusion can hardly surpriseanyone who has boiled sap to sugar. TheIndian's way oflife was accompanied withextreme physical stress, often on the edgeof starvation. However skillful the wielder,weapons of wood and axes of stone requirepatience and stamina almost inconcei vablein this age of rifles and chainsaws. White-tails were not as plentiful then as now. TheHandbook, quoted above, estimates that theIroquois may have taken 20,000 deer in aseason, a small number compared to thestate's 1993 take of 220,288 by legal hunt-ers and the 10,332 reported killed by auto-mobiles. Indians avoided activities callingfor energy excessive to the nutritional re-sult. Surely, with only stone, bark, and clay,boiling sap to sugar is in that category ofexcess!

However, early colonists may well havecome across Indians making maple sugarand may have learned from them to do like-wise. Well before face-to-face encounters,Indians had articles of trade, iron pots,

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knives, axes and other means to carry andcut. Their making sugar from maple sapwhile still living in long houses does notmean they did so in pre-European times.With metal tools and containers they couldhave taken on the otherwise arduous andtedious tasks of gathering, storing, and boil-ing down forty gallons of sap to one ofsyrup and then on to sugar.

The Iroquois language has one word forsap and syrup, owanogi; sugar is owano;and maple is watda. The last word neverbecame part of our speech nor did most In-dian words for trees. Europe and northeast-

ern United States have trees so similar theirnames were readily transferred to the newworld, An exception is hickory which hasno counterpart in Europe.

But, ifwatda has not survived as a name,it certainly has, as a tree. Watda colors ourfall landscapes, warms our hearths, andsweetens our palates with what the Iroquoiscalled owanogi prior to colonization.

Henry Kernan is a retired consultant toWorld Forestry, an MFO, and a frequentcontributor to the NY FOREST OWNER.

SQUIRRELL Y SAPBy R. J. Fox

Bernd Heinrich, zoology professor atthe University of Vermont, in an article("Nutcracker Sweets", NATURAL RIS-TO RY 2- 91) exp osed the red squirrel asthe progenitor of the maple-sugaring in-dustry. From records cited in the article,as early as 1903, red squirrels were ob-served tapping trees for the sweet sapflow.

Professor Heinrich calculated that ared squirrel could not drink enough sap,2% sugar by volume, to maintain mini-mum daily energy requirements, 117, 000calories (Christopher Smith, University ofKansas). Since Heinrich had observedthree red squirrels expending much en-ergy tapping many trees and "lapping thesap" (which reminded him" of a kid gonewild in a candy store"); he embarked ona project of systematic observations to ex-plain their behavior.

After measuring sugar concentrationsat 60 taps, he found them uniformly above6% and sometimes as much as 55%, themaximum reading of his pocket refracto-meter. The red squirrel taps, when themost successful, created 16 inch streaksdown the bark, the surface tension ofwhich promoted rapid evaporation, Thered squirrels apparently eat the sugarglaze with a film of bark rather than lapsap! At one site Heinrich observed fivesquirrels working 100s of taps. Eachpuncture bite is made in less than a see-

ond by opposing teeth making a singledeep 2mm groove and leaving a curl ofbark. The red squirrel then goes to anolder tap (often 3 or 4 days old) for sugaror makes another fresh tap, rarely takingsap. Heinrich found identical bite marksat 19 out of 32 sites in Maine and Ver-mont.

At one site in late January, 15 youngsugar maples revealed 158 bite markswhile 73 other non-sugar maple trees in-cluding 25 red maple trees showed no tapsat all; a month later the number of sugarmaple taps had trebled.

Professor Heinrich acknowledged thateach tap could provide 300 calories ofthered squirrel's daily energy requirementand could be harvested in about a minute.Sugar maple taps may not be adequate asa sole source for red squirrel energy butthey are obviously worth the effort. Also,Heinrich suggests the taps may be a foodsource for winter-active moths, theCuculiinae.

[Grey squirrels may not use the sugarmaple sap as a food source because ofan inefficiency in size.]

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Sugarin' Research in the AdirondacksBy Lewis J. Staats

Over 60 percent of New York State iscovered with forests, a total of 18.5 mil-lion acres, more forest land than any othernortheastern state. New York's forest landis comprised of83 percent commercial for-est. Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) contin-ues to be the number one species in NewYork's forest. Maple syrup, a pure naturalfood derived from the sap of the sugarmaple, is produced only in a small part ofthe North American continent providing acash crop at a key period to farmers andrural landowners. New York, in the heartof the natural geographic range of sugarmaple, ranks high in maple syrup produc-tion in the United States second only toneighboring Vermont. Maple syrup pro-duction in New York for the last 1° yearshas averaged over 300,000 gallons valuedconservatively at over 10 million dollars.

The Uihlein Sugar Maple Research -Extension Field Station, located near LakePlacid in the Adirondack Mountains, isadministered by the Department of Natu-ral Resources of the New York State Col-lege of Agriculture and Life Sciences atCornell University. The field station wasestablished in 1965 with the aid of gener-ous gifts and support from Mr. and Mrs.Henry Uiblein II of Lake Placid, New York.The mission of the field station is to servethe maple syrup industry through researchand extension programs. Over 200 acresprovide for the study of the management,health, and genetic improvement of sugarmaple and research in maple sap produc-tion and syrup processing. Along with pub-lished papers, results of research andprojects are disseminated through statewideextension programs and seminars at thefield station.

Sugar bush in winter.Upon establishment of the Uiblein Field

Station and continuing for several years,research emphasis centered on sap produc-tion under the direction of Professor Rob-ert R. Morrow. As a result of this work,much greater volume yields with increasedprofit can be expected using plastic tubingsap collection systems combined with theproper use of the forest resource, termedsugarbush management. The field station'ssugarbush of approximately 4,000 taps andits increasing annual production illustrateswell to visiting producers and landownersthe merits of new technology .and properforest stewardship.

After the retirement of Morrow in 1983,research continued under the direction ofProfessor John W. Kelley. A major projectwas the development and evaluation of theprototype vapor compression evaporator.This process greatly increases efficiencyand profitability in converting raw maplesap to syrup.

In recent years, research has focused onthe genetic improvement of sugar maple

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Sap collection tube system, Uihlein Field Station.

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for increased sap sugar concentration. Aprogeny test and clonal orchard were es-tablished at the field station in 1983 on landgifted to Cornell from the Uihleins. In co-operation with the U.S. Forest Service, sev-eral years of testing sugar maple progenyfor sap sugar concentration have identifieddesirable genotypes that can ultimatelyform the seed orchards for producing fu-ture improved growing stock. A green-house, installed in 1993 at the field stationand in full operation in early 1994, will fa-cilitate the propagation of genetically char-acterized stock by both asexual and sexualreproduction. Additional land located near.the field station acquired in 1994 will pro-vide a protected site for seed orchard es-tablishment and sugar maple cultural study.Beginning in 1993, the tree improvementprogram was enhanced with collaborativeresearch into the physiology of sugar mapledirected by Dr. Todd Dawson at CornellUniversity.

The Uihlein Field Station has served asthe host of New York Maple Tours for 1968and 1983 with over 300 attending eachevent. Several field seminars and/or toursfor maple producers, landowners, and for-esters have helped to fulfill the extensionrole of the facility. Two educational vid-eos have been produced at the field station;Sugarbush Management in 1992 and MapleSap Production in 1993. A third in the se-ries is in preparation and will be completedin 1995.

The facility is managed by Lewis 1.Staats, Extension Associate who also servesas state-wide maple specialist. ChristopherMoquin serves as afield assistant. Severaltemporary/seasonal employees assist inresearch or seasonal production. Bothgraduate and undergraduate students haveserved as interns or had research projectsat the fie ld station.

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For Higher Stumpage, Sell the StumpBy George Gagnon

Stop before you cut that "Hack" (Tama-rack, Larch, Juniper) at ground level, andlook at the roots. Yes, the roots - youmight be leaving at least $50.00 worth ofwood in the ground.

After returning to Central Maine in the

late 1980s, I started to develop a marketfor Hack ship knees. Being a boatbuilderby trade, I knew there had to be a healthymarket for the once commonly used natu-ral crook of the Hackmatack root, which ishigh in rot resistance and extremely strong.I do have a market, and I'm interested intalking to you about your roots.

Here are a few basic facts about Hackship knees: 1) The tree should be cut off atfour feet above ground level and the treeshould be at least ten inches in diameter atthat point. The root lengths can vary inlength, but generally, the longer they are,the better; 2) The trees usually have one ormore roots coming off of the trunk whichare usable; 3) The wetter the ground is, thebetter. In wet ground (bogs), the trees setdown a heavier root which has little or norot because of the constant moisture. Theroots can also be cut out of bog areas with-out any serious damage done to your sawor chain. Mostly, the chain only gets "wooddull" and lacks proper lubrication becauseof the water; 4) High ground Hack hasmost, if not all, of the problems - root rot,rocks, dirt, etc. However, they are moreaccessible and well worth checking out; and5) Bog Hack can be felled with the rootson simply by removing the undesired rootsand cutting the keepers to length! Or youcan cut the tree at the four foot length anddeal with the stump in that way.

Fall/Winter is a good season for thisoperation. You can do a lot of cutting andthen freeze down your road to make re-moval easier. I have cut knees in sub-zeroweather. It can be done, and the return isgreat!

There is a market for hack roots prop-erly harvested, and I hate to see the prod-uct wasted just because land owners andwood cutters don't know what they haveand what to do with them. You still end upwith your logs and/or pulp and only leavefour feet on the stump. So, if you do have abog with Hack in it and are interested in

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discussing this further, give me a call. Re-

member, if you want a good return on yourstumpage, think about the stump!

George Gagnon has been in the boat build-ing and repair business since the late1970s. He presently has orders to fill for

Hack ship knees. Contact him at Spring HillIndustries, P.O. Box 139, St. Albans, ME04971 - (207) 938-2252.

From Small Woodland Owners Associationof Maine Newsletter December '94.

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Grass Carp - A New Option For Aquatic Plant ControlBy Emilio Rende

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What Are Grass Carp?Grass carp are members of the minnow

family native to eastern China and theformer Soviet Union. A relative of both thecarp and goldfish. grass carp lack barbelsand spiny dorsal and anal fin rays They feedby grazing on aquatic vegetation and donot share the bottom feeding habits typicalof the common carp and goldfish. Grass

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Types of Grass CarpThere are two forms of grass carp: dip-

loid (or fertile) grass carp and triploid (orsterile) grass carp

Triploids are the only grass carp legalin New York State. While fertile grass carphave been used abroad and in some otherstates, New York prohibits these fish; be-cause of concerns about the potential im-pact they could have on aquatic habitats, ifuncontrolled reproducing populations be-came established.

Triploid grass carp are created by shock-ing grass carp eggs immediately after fer-tilization with either hot or cold water. Thetemperature shock results in the retentionof an extra set of chromosomes that makesthe fish incapable of producing young.

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development of severe algal blooms andan overall decline in water clarity.

Plant control with triploid grass carp isa slow process so you may not see imme-diate results. However, once control isachieved it will last several years.

Emilio Rende is a Fisheries Biologist inNYS DECRegion 9. This article is reprintedfrom NYS DEC publication WIW IN NEWYORK VOL. 2 NO.3 1994. For a 52 pagebooklet, "Triploid Grass Carpfor New YorkPonds," send $3.00 to Cayuga CountySWCD, 7413 County House Road, Auburn,NY 13021 (315) 252-4171.

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lem of mil foil in our pond, due to nutri-ent runoff from a neighboring farm. Wespoke to several different, people atNYFOA meetings about it, and weregenerally discouraged from trying to geta permit from DEC to use grass carp tocontrol it. However, we decided to giveit a try, and called the DEC Division ofFish and Wildlife - Bureau of Fisheriesin Stamford, for an application. The onepage application and information ongrass carp came quickly. We filledit out(there is no application fee), were vis-ited by a fisheries agent, and within '11

mouth received a permit for ten fish forour 1 acre pond. We contacted the near-est DEC approved fish supplier, and hadour ten fish two weeks later. They areexpensive, $12. each for 12 inch fish,but easily transported in 30 gallonscrubbed garbage cans. If the otterdoesn't feast on them this winter, weshould have a good start on curbing themilfoil.-Jill and Barry Cornell,Johnson ville

RequirementsIn order to stock grass carp into any

pond in New York State. the owner mustfirst obtain a permit from DEe. Waters thatmay be stocked must meet several require-ments including: ponds must be five acresor less in size: ponds cannot be impound-ments or natural ponds within a permanentstream course or the source of a permanentstream; and ponds cannot be contiguous to,or part of, a New York State regulatedfreshwater wetland.

Stocking permit applications and addi-tional information can be obtained fromany DEC Regional Fisheries Office.

The grass carp stocking program is foraquatic plant control and not plant eradi-cation. Rooted aquatic vegetation is part ofa healthy aquatic system, providing coverfor fish and substrate for invertebrates. To-tal devegetation of a pond can result in the

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Wanted! MFOs to Help NeighborsBy Gary R. Goff

If you are reading this article, chancesare that you've got what it takes to be aMaster Forest Owner/COVERTS (MFO)volunteer! I'll bet that you: (1) are a mem-ber of the NY Forest Owners Association,(2) have experience in owning and manag-ing forest land, and (3) are dedicated to wiseforest stewardship. All of those attributesnot-with-standing, the single, most impor-tant quality needed by MFOs is a sincereinterest in assuring the long-term produc-tivity of NY's forests.

Since the fall of 1991, a corps of dedi-cated volunteers has been involved in thisinnovative and successful program that hasthe goal "to provide NY forest owners withthe information and encouragement nec-essary to manage their forest holdings toenhance ownership satisfaction. " Over thepast three years, MFOs have reportednearly 300 personal visits to neighboringforest owners involving a total of just over27,000 acres of forests! In addition to thevisits, they have also reported nearly 400other separate educational activities in justthe past 2 years!

Typically, MFOs arrange to meet inter-ested neighbors in the neighbor's woodlotfor a 1/2-day visit. There, landowner ob-jectives are discussed and the MFOs pro-vide some insight based on their experi-ences, and suggest sources of further in-formation and means by which to obtaintechnical advice or services. A survey ofvisited forest owners in 1993 showed thatthis "information transfer" technique using"peer counselling" really works! For ex-ample, within 2 years of the MFO visit,60% of the contacted forest owners had metwith a professional forester, and another20% planned to do so. Similarly, 42% hadsought out more information on forest man-agement and another 7% planned to do so.Many forest owners specifically reportedthat they were very pleased with the pro-gram and the visit of the MFO.Similarly, the vast majority of the MFOsstay active in the program beyond their ini-tial first year commitment. The most com-mon regret expressed by MFOs is that theydon't have more time to devote to the pro-gram. As an indicator of the continuinginterest on the part of MFOs, over a thirdof the 103 MFOs certified over the past 3years attended last year's 3-day "refresher"course.

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Frank Rose, (right)Forester with CoastalLumber Co., explainingthe importance of loggrades to 1992 MFOclass.

Next year's 3-day training workshop forup to 40 MFO candidates will be held atCornell's Arnot Forest (south of Ithaca) onSeptember 14-17, 1995. Topics covered atthe workshop include tree ID, wildlife andsawtimber management, forest economics,finding boundaries, education techniques,and sources offorestry information in NY.These topics are presented by a wide-arrayof forestry experts including experiencedMFOs, professional foresters, and collegeprofessors. The workshop format is a blendof classroom lectures, field trips and hands-on training. The most common word usedon workshop evaluations is "outstand-ing!"

The NY MFO/COVERTS Program issponsored by the NY Forest StewardshipProgram and the Ruffed Grouse Society,with cooperation from Cornell CooperativeExtension, NYS DEC's Div. of Lands andForests, and the NY Forest Owners Asso-ciation. The term "coverts" (pronouncedlike cover) refers to good grouse habitat,and as such, is symbolic of the importanceof habitat management for all wildlife.

If you, or someone you know is inter-estedin becoming aMFO volunteer, I urgeyou to contact a current MFO to get theirimpression of the program. For the nameand address of the MFO nearest you, con-tact your regional NYS DEC or Cornell Co-operative Extension County Office. Formore information on the program or to ap-

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Eco-System Management & Non-Industrial Private Land OwnersBy John Marchant

To the question, "How can we involveprivate forest land owners in the Eco-Sys-tem Management concept?", consider thattarget audience as three distinct and iden-tifiable entities. You may disagree with thegroupings and even the number; but Non-Industrial Private Forest Owners (NIPFs)exhibit a wide diversity of characteristicsand, as we think of the most effective utili-zation of our financial and human re-sources, it may be wise to approach differ-ent segments of that overall population indifferent ways.

At the first National Forest StewardshipConference held at the Arbor Day Foun-dation Conference Center in Nebraska City,approximately 150 landowners were in-vited to attend from all 50 states, The con-ference was specifically designed to ask fortheir advice and ideas about how to greatlyincrease the number of landownersthroughout the country practicing steward-ship at their level of achievement. This isthe group of landowners you certainlywouldn't have to sell the Eco-System Ap-proach to Management; they have beenpracticing it in various forms for manyyears. In fact there is mounting evidencethat the most effective way to convinceuninvolved forest owners to practice stew-ardship is through a peer-peer relationshipwith knowledgeable experienced owners.[MFOs facing page] I refer to these practi-tioners and vocal advocates as Group I.

The second group I would form arethose landowners who already have a man-agement plan of various sorts and are prac-ticing to some degree. In New York Statethat would be some 5% of 500,000 or about25,000 management plans. Group II wouldinclude all the people in the American TreeFarm System minus an estimated 15%which clearly fit in Group I.

The last group, Group III, consists ofthe remaining 400, 000 forest landownersthroughout the state. Dr. John Bliss at Au-burn University has done some excellentattitude surveys of Non-Industrial ForestOwners and the general public in the Ten-nessee Valley region. His paper is titled,"UFO's - UNIDENTIFIED FORESTOWNERS". Although the play on wordsis coincidental, our ability to find GroupIII and educate them has frightening simi-larities.

The principal finding from this surveywas that the attitudes ofNIPF's toward tra-

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ditional forest practices closely mirroredthose attitudes of the general public. Al-though there ia a strong feeling about pre-serving our present ecological position,there is great misinformation and misun-derstanding about what is required toachieve that. Many of us would be happyjust to get people in Group III to accept thefact that leaving forested lands alone isn'tthe best way to sustain healthy forest re-sources.

It may not be the most effective use ofour total resources to try and involveNlPFsin an Eco-System Approach to Manage-ment as a single group treated with a singleprocess. People in Group I and II are readilyidentifiable while those in Group III canonly be found with considerable effort.Once found, the approach to capture theirattention and interest them in participatingwill be very different from the others.

For most owners andthe public the value of

Eco-System Managmentrequires success on

state forests.There is an opportunity for the profes-

sionals in the public sector and those 400,000 in Group III. Nothing could be moreeffective in convincing this group of thevalue ofEco-System Management than itspublicized success on our state forests.Most of the attitude they now hold, rightlyor wrongly, has come from the publicized'failures' of our publicly held forests. Thisis an opportunity to get those perceptionspositive for our side. Just imagine some ofthose people saying, "Gee, I wonder ifECO-SYSTEM MANAGEMENT wouldwork well on my land?"

I am totally in support of an Eco-Sys-temApproach to the Management ofNatu-ral Resources, However, I do have severereservations about the term Eco-SystemManagement. I had initially accepted theconcept of Eco-System Management asbeing motherhood, apple pie, and theAmerican Flag. The more I thought aboutthe practice of "Eco-System Management"the more concerned I have become. As aprivate land owner I feel very comfortablewith concepts like "Multiple Use" and a"Sustainable Environment". I have all theconfidence that I can manage my propertyto produce useful wood products of allqualities, improve wildlife habitat and sus-

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tain and encourage species, protect all man-ner of rare classes of flora and fauna andwetlands, and in general leave the propertyin better condition than when I acquired it.In short I can manage what I understand.

When it is suggested that I manage theentire Eco-System of my 160 acres, I be-come very concerned, I can't possiblyknow the millions of elements involved inthe biological strata comprising that natu-ral environment. I can not determine thestatus of forest floor elements exceptthrough gross changes above the soil level.I will have moved from not being able tosee the forest for the trees, to not being ableto see the trees for the molecules.

Perhaps this is just a case of semanticsbut Eco-System implies an all encompass-ing concept to me, Great emphasis has beenplaced on the"above ground" consider-ations and the use of a scale without con-ventional boundaries for managing wild-life, watershed and general forest health.Many of us have learned what to do tomanage and sustain the principal elementsof the natural environments for which weare personally responsible. Let's call thatwhat it is, and be wary of that which is po-litically more acceptable, but practicallyimpossible to achieve.

John Marchant, WFL Chapter NYFOA,is Northeastern Vice-President of the Na-tional Woodiand Owners Association. Thisarticle was excerpted from a speech of thesame title given to resource professionalsat the Eco-System Symposium, Universityof Vermont, July 16, 1994. More on theEco-System Approach to Management inComing Issues of the NY FOREST OWNER.

COMING ISSUESNY FOREST OWNER

May/JunNorthern Forest Lands Council

Robert Bendick, ChairmanPark Management

Ted Koslowsky, County Foreste

JullAugThe Forest Behind The Trees

Paul Manion, SUNY-ESFForest Soils

Ed White, SUNY-ESF

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CHAPTER! AFFILIA TESCATSKILL FOREST . CA YUGA CHAPTER

ASSOCIA TIONCFA has cooperated in an UNESCO

application to declare the Catskill regionas a Biosphere Reserve. The Catskill Cen-ter for Conservation and Development willbe the initial coordinator within the Bio-sphere Reserve. Details and progress oftheapplication will be described in the May/June issue of THE FOREST OWNER

WESTERN FINGER LAKES42 people at the January meeting heard

Bruce Robinson, a private consulting for-ester from Jamestown discuss tree biologyand the importance of the tree's root sys-tem.

The next meeting is scheduled forMarch 21st, 7:30 PM at Cornell Extensionon Highland Ave. subject to be announcedor call Dale Schaefer evenings (716)367-2849. Saturday, April 22, 10:00 AM, wewill have a woodswalk scheduled on DaleSchaefer's woodlot to observe the changessince the timber sale two years ago.

CENTRAL NEW YORKWe had a great turn-out for the Wildlife

Rehabilitation presentation January 19th inManlius. Cynthia Page gave an excellenttalk and slide show, accompanied with alive owl and hawk.

Plans for the Family Forest Fair '95 aremoving along with many vendors and ex-hibitors responding. This year's theme is"Forest Finished Products". A mini-semi-nar on lumber drying will be includedamong the anticipated new events. Be sureto reserve June 3rd for a great family ex-perience.

NFCOn March 18 the NFC will hold a pan-

cake brunch fundraiser in David Colligan'ssugar shack in Glenwood. A golden oppor-tunity to have delicious pancakes andwaffles right where (and while) the syrupis being made. Come and have lunch in thewoods. Bring the kids, grandkids andneighbors to enjoy a unique dining experi-ence and watch how maple sap is turnedinto maple syrup. We also need volunteersto cook and serve! Call Dave Colligan at716-832-3611 for more information. Agreat way to get out in the woods and towatch an age old process while participat-ing in a gourmet treat!

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President Don Wagner with quilt raffle ticket buyers at Cabin Fever Festival.

This year's Cabin Fever Festival wasanother success with 500 cars parked on abalmy Feb. 11th and a smaller number fora blustery 12th. NYFOA's President DonWagner sold dozens of raffle tickets forwife Betty's magnificen t quilt,"Adirondack Beauty". If you wish to par-ticipate, send one dollar (or more) toDebbie Gill, P.O. Box 180, Fairport,14450, who will provide appropriate num-bers.

The building built on site was auctioned

off and brought $900. 00, a steal at thatprice! A very special demonstration wasprovided by the construction on site of amodel stream bank improvement cribbingby the use of red pine logs planted by USCCC s in the thirties. The project was com-pleted by AMERlCORPS Enlistees andsupervised by the Cayuga County Soil andWater Conservation District. Forest man-agement - and technical services were of-fered by NYS DEC Service Forester SteveDavison.

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The AFC co-hosted, with theCattaraugus County Extension, a programon Forestry for Landowners on January 28in Ellicottville. It was attended by 150 10-callandowners. The AFC was in charge ofregistration and providing lunch for the at-tendees. We put slightly over $100.00 inour treasury. Lots of members contributedmuch time to help make this seminar runsmoothly. It was a great success with over2/3 of the attendees returning a question-naire, judging from content of same theseminar was greatly enjoyed.

On April 20 the AFC will co-host againwith the County Extension, a program with

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the Northeastern Loggers Association:"Logging Doesn't have to be Ugly". Pre-registration is required. Geoff Jones, LandManager for the Society for Protection ofNew Hampshire Forests, will lead the semi-nar and field trip. The field trip will be toAFC member: Betty Densmore's propertyto discuss logging esthetics. The programbegins at 9 a.m. at Ellicottville Extensionand goes to 3:30 p.m .. A $10.00 fee coversregistration, lunch and refreshments. Thoseinterested in attending should contact: JeffWorrall at Northeastern Loggers Associa-tion, P.O. Box 69, Old Forge, New York13420 before April 13 (315) 369-3078.

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FORESTRY IN CRISISBy R. J. Fox, Editor

100 years ago when our forest had beenreduced to 25% of the pre-colonial canopy,New Yorkers adopted a program of gov-ernment directed management of the state'snatural resource. It started with regulatedharvests in the Adirondacks and a few yearslater became constitutional protection bar-ring timber harvest of much larger areasacquired by the state in both the Catskilland Adirondack Mountains (today, 3 mil-lion acres or 10% of the total land area).Then further acquisitions by the state forparks (today, 260, 000 acres), by local mu-nicipalities, and by land trusts (60 are cur-rently registered in N. Y.) represent addi-tional very tightly managed acreage. Mostsignificantly the Hewitt Amendment of thethirties provided for land acquisition for re-forestation and forest management for oureconomic future (today, 800, 000 acres).And finally, the 1946 Forest Practice Actenabled state service foresters to assist the500,000 non-industrial privateforestowners (NlPFs) who own 83% of thecommercial timberland and the forest re-lated industries to better manage and uti-lize New York's natural bounty, both pub-lic and private.

Most of New York's millions mightconsider our current lush 60% of the origi-nal canopy, a job well done; but done it isnot!! Only a few thousand of NY NIPFsand perhaps 10% of the public lands havemanagement plans. Selling our high qual-ity logs to an overseas market has greatlyadvanced the price of stumpage: however,(1) without management plans for highquality wood products and multiple use,and (2) with a lack of added-value marketsfor competitive end products, there will bean inevitable downgrading of the naturalresource and New York's future.

Concern for the lack of NlPF manage-ment planning prompted the recent 1991Stewardship Incentive Program (SIP), anational cost share program administered

and supervised by state service foresters.SIP, overwhelmingly supported and over-subscribed in New york, was purposely de-signed to reach out to NlPFs and directedat sustaining increased multiple use valuesin the resource.

Furthermore, unregulated or undirectedmanagement has been and will be a failurewherever it persists. The free and uninhib-ited exploitation ofnatural resources is notsustainable!

Here, then, is the case for government.The New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation Division ofLands and Forests will lose over 20 ser-vice foresters if the Governor's proposedbudget is not changed. These cuts are notjust paper shufflers and bureaucratic fat.These are the foresters that walked with youon your land, in your woods; these are theprofessionals that mark the state land treesto be harvested and then supervise theirremoval; these are the resource people thatconduct NYFOA workshops, write FOR-EST OWNER articles, and speak atNYFOA meetings; and these are the for-esters that stimulate new uses and indus-tries for the resource and that carry the tra-dition of a 100 years of constant improve-ment. If anything we need to increase theservice capabilities ofNYS DEC Divisionof Lands and Forests in order to reach the475,000 non-industrial forest owners with-out plans, to finish management plans forall the public lands, and to develop added-value to the timber markets by employingmore state service foresters, not less. Thequestions of ecological systems manage-ment and biological diversity will rest ontheir shoulders-if they are there.

There are many lobbying groups in thestate of New York competent to representtheir constituencies. There is only onegroup that will lobby for NYS DEC Divi-sion of Lands and Forests and that'sNYFOA, that's you.

WRITE (Use copies of this editorial, if you like) or PHONE or BOTH:

Governor George E. PatakiExecutive ChamberState CapitalAlbany, NY 12224(518)457 -8390

Assemblyman Richard BrodskyChairman, Assembly En. Con. Committee625 Legislative Office BuildingAlbany, NY 12248(518)455-5753FAX(518)455-5920

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Senator Michael J. Tully, Jr.Chairman, Sen. En. Con. CommitteeRm 307 Legislative Office BuildingAlbany, NY 12247(518)455-2471 ;FAX(518)432-9868

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nated handmade "Adirondack Beauty" toNYFOA, a $1500 value. Proceeds for the1 dollar ticket to go to NYFOA Chapter/Affiliates.

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Wisconsin Company Patents TreeForgene, Inc., a forest biotechnology

company in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, re-cently announced that it has received apatent on a spruce tree that it claims cangrow at twice the normal rate. Accordingto Dr. Neil Nelson, president of Forgene,the United States Patent and TrademarkOffice has issued the company a patent on"The Super Tree," a genetically-improvedwhite spruce sold under the trade name,"Forgene Elite" White Spruce Hybrids.

Nelson, inventor of the high-tech tree,said the patent marks a first in U.S. patenthistory. The patent is the first general patentever granted by the U.S. Patent Office fora tree. Other trees have been granted spe-cial patents called plant patents, but untilnow the Patent Office had not issued themore difficult to achieve general patentprotection to a tree. In addition to requir-ing an invention meet more stringent crite-ria than plant patents, a general patent pro-vides broader legal protection for an inven-tion. Some propagation processes for othertrees have received patents in the past, butnot the trees themselves, Nelson says.

"This patent was issued in recognition

of the milestone genetic improvementincorporated in these hybrid trees," henotes. "The 'Super Tree' was developedusing high technology genetics."

This means, according to Forgene, thattree farmers can grow their trees to harvestin as little as one half the time required forconventional white spruce. For example,the "Forgene Elite" White Spruce Hybridswill be ready for harvesting for pulpwoodfor paper production at 20 years, Forgenesays, compared to a wild white sprucewhich would take 40 years to reach mer-chantable pulpwood size.

For sawtimber the contrast is 40 yearsfor the hybrids versus 80 years for normalwhite spruce. This means that the samevolume of wood can be produced on one-half the land area required for regular whitespruce. "Now it is possible to grow moretrees using less space and in less time thanwas possible before," Nelson says addingthat "the environmental, financial, and eco-nomic implications of this breakthrough areobvious"

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White spruce is one of the most impor-tant tree species in North America. Ap-proximately 150 million seedlings of thisspecies are planted each year in the UnitedStates and Canada. In the Lake States ofWisconsin, Minnesota, and Michiganalone, almost 30,000 acres per year areplanted with white spruce. It is prized bythe paper industry as a pulpwood becauseits long fibers are desirable in higher qual-ity paper products. It is also a major lum-ber species and an important Christmastree.

Nelson said the hybrid spruce trees aresuitable for planting throughout the north-ern one-half of the United States, includ-ing Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa,Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyl-vania, New York, Vermont, New Hamp-shire, and Maine. They also are appropri-ate for most of Canada. Several major pa-per companies are planting them on theirlands in the northern U.S.

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The Tao of WoodstackingBy Patricia Kay

Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub;It is the center hole that makes it useful.Shape clay into a vessel;It is the space within that makes it useful.Cut doors and windows for a room;It is the holes which make it useful.Therefore profit comes from what is there;Usefulness from what is not there .

...Lao Tsu from the Tao Te Ching

I started stacking firewood for the firsttime when I moved to the Northeast tenyears ago. Since burning wood is the pri-mary source of heating that my husbandand I use during the winter, I have hadmuch practice and have committed manyhours to the Tao of woodstacking. Tao!You might be saying. What does Taoismhave to do with woodstacking? Isn't Taoan Eastern philosophy?

Taoism teaches balance and harmonywithin one's entire self to the divine orderof all things. Everything has a place and apurpose, profit and usefulness, yin and yang- opposites that can harmonize together.Woodstacking, when done properly, is allof these things. While woodstacking I havehad the luxury of wandering thoughts; Ihave come to realize that the piecing to-getherof firewood is similar to the piecingtogether of humankind as related to thespirit - to Taoism.

Woodstacking needs to begin with asolid foundation. The base needs to bestrong and stable. Therefore it is best toplace big, precise, evenly shaped pieces,packed tightly together on the bottom. Thisground row needs to consist of hardwoodslike maple, cherry or oak-wood that istroublesome to start a fire with, but will coaland hold the heat once burning. The softerhardwoods like poplar or birch must nottouch the ground as they will rot over time,but they will be the wood you use to lightthe fire. All other rows need not have suchperfect pieces and any species of wood isacceptable.

As the stack rises upward use the pieceswith knobs and protruding branch knollsto even the stack, so it does not lean to oneside or the other. Small pieces, half piecesand the round unsplit branch pieces fitnicely into the gaps created by the big tri-angular pieces. Diversity is what makes astrong stack that will last through the tough,harsh winter and withstand the howling,forceful north winds. And when it comes

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time to burn the wood, a good mixture ofsize and kind will provide the best heat.

At last you will come to the top of thewoodstack. This is where all those piecesthat just did not seem to fit anywhere elsebelong. These are the craggy, misshapenoddball pieces. Although these pieces lackthe conformity of all the others they pro-vide heat as well as any piece in the pile.They are just as useful. They top off thepile and they will hold the plastic protec-tive covering. They are essential and im-portant.

Diversity in humankind is what will cre-ate a lasting and vital society upon theplanet. Finding harmony within the differ-ent dimensions of the human spirit will pro-duce a solid base and a strong upward de-velopment that will lead to simple happi-ness and a greater understanding of life.Acceptance of all aspects of the human racewill provide a complete life of deep spiri-tuality. Those people on the top of the pile,the people of our society who are not per-fect-the handicapped, the misfits, theslow, the retarded, the diseased, the abnor-mal-are also essential. They are impor-tant and have a place just like the people atthe base and everywhere in between. All

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are significant to our society. All are on thesame path reaching forthe same goals andvisions. A gap at any place would makesociety incomplete and render the stackunstable.

The sage, Chuang-Tzu, said regardingKindling a Fire: "When the fingers haveno more kindling to put in, the fire goes onburning, unaware that it' s gone. The physi-cal body is like fuel; fire is the spirit. Thosewho nurture the physical body are nurtur-ing life; this is keeping the fuel. Those whonurture the spirit are nurturing the masterof nurturing life; this is keeping the fire."

Both the fuel and the fire, the vessel andthe space within, the perfect and the im-perfect are essential to the totality of thewhole. Erecting a stack of wood or build-ing a healthy society requires discipline-a discipline of physical, mental and spiri-tual self-cultivation. This is the Tao ofwoodstacking and the things I think aboutwhile preparing for the winter to come.© 1994Patricia Kay is a professional photogra-pher. She and her husband own forest landin Galway and are active members of theSoutheastern Adirondack Chapter.

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THE OAK TWIG PRUNERBy Douglas C. Allen

This wood-boring insect is a chronicproblem in many areas of New York, andit seemed especially prevalent throughoutmuch of the state in 1993 and 1994.

DescriptionThe adult is a slender, grayish brown

beetle OS' to 0.8" long with antennae thatare the same length as or slightly longerthan its body. It is these unusually long"feelers" that give the family to which itbelongs the common name "longhornedbeetles". The dorsal surface or "back" ofthe beetle is clothed with irregular patchesof fine, grayish hairs.

Larvae (lar-vee), the worm-like imma-ture stages that actually do the damage, arelegless and distinctly segmented with welldeveloped mouthparts. When full grownthe larva (lar-vah) is the same length as theadult and has distinct long yellow hairs onthe large and slightly swollen body segmentimmediately behind the head. Its body iscreamy white (Fig. 1).

HostsThough considered mainly a problem of

oak throughout the eastern United States,oak twig pruner has been observed on atleast 15 other species of trees and shrubs.As a rule, however, open grown oaks ofparks, roadsides, hedgerows, or lawns aremost susceptible.Habits

Following emergence in spring andearly summer, beetles deposit eggs at the

Fig. 2. End view of an oak branch severed by the twig pruner. Arrow indicates chip plug.

tips of branches in the upper angles wherea leaf joins the twig (leafaxils). Initially,larvae are very small and bore only a shortdistance into the twig where they feed be-neath the bark. Eventually, each larva con-tinues boring to the center of the shoot andexcavates a longitudinal gallery (Fig. 1 )towards the base. As autumn approaches,the fully grown larva moves outward fromthe center of the shoot back to the regionimmediately beneath the bark. It does thisby making concentric circular cuts in thewood. Following this activity, the infestedbranch is held in place only by the barkand a thin layer of outer wood. Once this

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Fig. 1. Twig pruner larva in an oak twig.

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"pruning" is completed, the larva returnsto its gallery in the center of the twig. Theend of the gallery is exposed at the pointwhere the twig is "pruned". To protect it-self from the elements, and probably cer-tain natural enemies, the larva plugs this

American.Elm"By J.E., CoufalLike ants,you marched across the land-

scape; \,',stolid, towering, strength for ages:You found footholds in hedgerows,stood at attention along roadsides;and forth6se who Ventured tdl9ok,you mixed with ash and red maple inwetscapes,

In hamlets, villages, andyou lined the streetsides,posing as servantsbolding UJ:Q.brellashigh above the powerlines,,

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opening with fibrous wood chips (Fig. 2).Each larva overwinters in one of these gal-leries.

DamageThe first evidence of an infestation is

the appearance of branch tips with fadingor off-color foliage that eventually turnsbrown. Heavy damage may detract fromthe aesthetic appearance of oak, but thisinsect will not kill the tree.

A strong wind breaks most infestedbranches at the point where mature larvaechewed their way from the center of a twigoutwardly to beneath the bark. Some ofthese branches, along with their inhabitants,do not break off but merely droop and re-main attached. Most of them drop to theground, however, and a large number ofbranch tips one to three feet long with deadfoliage typically accumulate beneath an in-fested tree (Fig. 3). The base of each bro-ken twig has a smooth "cut", as if clippedor pruned (hence the common name); andthe fibrous plug placed at the end of theoverwintering tunnel may be visible (Fig.2). If you split open one of these twigs, youmay find the overwintering larva (Fig. 1).

ManagementPopulations on individual trees may be

eliminated, certainly substantially reduced,by picking up the broken twigs in the falland destroying them. Damage can reappearthe following year, if infested twigs remainon the tree or beetles invade from adjacentareas. Generally, however, repeated re-moval and destruction of infested tips will

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Fig. 3. Oak twigs that fell to the ground as a result of twig pruner damage.

keep beetle populations at tolerable levelson individual trees.

Often damaged twigs are empty becauselarvae become dislodged when the twigfalls or birds remove larvae before the twigsdrop. These are two important causes ofmortality.

This is the 19th in the series of articles con-tributed by Dr. Allen, Professor of ForestEntomology at SUNYIESF. Reprints of theseries may be obtained by request.

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FAMIL Y LIMITED PARTNERSHIPSBy David J. Colligan

In response to my article in the last is-sue of The Forest Owner "What'll You DoWith The Farm When You're Gone?",questions have been raised regarding fam-ily limited partnerships as an estate plan-ning tool. Since my last article outlined themany advantages, the possible disadvan-tages will be mentioned here.

The family limited partnership worksbest when an "income-producing" or "ac-tively managed" asset is transferred into alimited partnership by the grantor to be dis-tributed to the grantor's heirs without anydivision or sale of the underlying asset. TheIRS does not permit a personal residenceor a vacation home (together with a rea-sonable lot associated therewith) to be partofthe family limited partnership However,even if you live on your tree farm, the re-

mainder of the tree farm can be placed intoa limited partnership.

Besides recordkeeping and other legalformalities previously mentioned, the ma-jor drawback of a family limited partner-ship is that the tax basis of the assets giftedprior to death is the donor's tax basis. Onthe other hand, if the property is held at thetime of death, it passes through the estate;and the tax basis in the property is "steppedup" to date of death values. This "step up"is particularly valuable if an immediatepost-death sale of the asset is contemplated.While obtaining a stepped up basis for capi-tal gains purposes, any asset passed throughan estate may be subject to estate taxes,which for taxable estates greater than$600,000.00 start at 37 percent (43 percentif state estate taxes are included.)

Most tree farmers can actually reducetheir taxable estates by utilizing the familylimited partnership to transfer gift tax freeup to $10,000.00 of discounted "units" tospecific beneficiaries each year or$20,000.00 to each beneficiary if a spousejoins in the gift. This phased-in transfer,including the transfer of the right to man-age a tree farm, over a period of years aspermitted by the family limited partnershipis often more valuable as an estate tax re-duction technique than the eventual incometax consequences if and when the asset issold. Feel free to call me at (716) 852-3540with your questions.

Dave Colligan is a practicing attorney witha Buffalo law firm and serves NYFOA asour legislative liaison.

UPDATE: Timber Theft and TrespassNYFOA has applied to the NY Stew-

ardship Committee for funding assistancefor a three part initiative on curtailing tim-ber trespass and timber theft. The initiati vespans all elements of timber trespass andtheft by involving the landowner, the woodproducts industry and the law enforcementcommunity. The three parts - "LandownerEducation", "Harvesting Professionalism",and "Law Enforcement and ProsecutionImprovement" - are programmatically in-tertwined and would be advanced simulta-neously.

We are hopeful that the Stewardshipfunds available to the State this Spring willbe adequate to help us along with this pro-gram, but at this writing, it's too soon toknow.

In the meantime, a few responses al-ready have been received from our requestfor comments in the Jan- Feb Forest Ownerand we are hoping for many more (see boxbelow).

Here's what a few of our readers have

experienced:EMcG, an absentee owner, writes that

several years ago a logger working on aneighboring property had cut some of hermaples and was even loading from herproperty because the neighbor's loadingarea was impassable from mud. An attor-ney who had had experience with thesesameloggers on an earlier occasion recov-ered damages out of court. EMcG's admo-nition: "Non-resident owners need to be onthe alert!".

HW was not as fortunate, as pointed outin the letter; " Even when I could provewho took it <the timber> I could do nomore than prevent a reoccurrence in mywoods (I hope) but by that time Ihad lostan enormous amount." In this case, the theftwas apparently for a specialized use: onlyone species was taken and the logs werecut to relatively short lengths. Thisprompted the writer to suggest that perhapsbetter information on markets would havehelped to track down the thief and that since

r------------ SURVEY -----------,* How serious do you think timber trespass and theft are? If you know of any ex-

amples, please share the circumstances and the amount of the loss with us.* Who are the interested parties in timber theft and trespass? Please send your sugges-

tions on individuals, groups, associations, businesses, industries, professions, publi-cations, and agencies that have an interest or might help.

* What are the most effective ways to reach as many landowners as possible with themessage - Be informed! Get advice! BEFORE you sell! What other steps should betaken?

* In what ways would you be willing to help?Please share your insights and ideas by writing today to: NYFOA, c/o Ronald W.Pedersen, 22 Vandenburg Lane, Latham, NY 12110-1189.

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prosecution is difficult, maybe marketscould be persuaded to obtain some kind ofproof that what they are buying is not sto-len. HW's reminder to us all: "In smallneighborhoods we may know who is nothonest, but further from home no oneknows who is a thidr'.

In preparing for a timber sale, JF and a.neighbor had a boundary disagreement,which was resolved after a professionalsurvey of JF's entire farm. The line wasblazed at close intervals and the markspainted orange. The sale went well. Subse-quently, a different neighbor had a timbersale and the logger helped himself to theblazed trees along that part of the bound-ary and a number of cherry trees 50 feetover the line. The state police (this was notin NY) talked to the thieves, who deniedeverything. The police said it was a civilmatter, not criminal, and closed the casewithout even fully checking it out. An ex-perienced attorney agreed with JF on thetimber theft, but didn't want to waste hismoney on what would be a "hopeless case"The local judge did send the thieves a let-ter saying "don't do it again". JM con-cludes: " Not a happy situation but prob-ably realistic".

Thanks to all of you who have written.Some of these contributors mentioned dol-lar amounts in their letters - staggering!And some comments on insurance andother aspects will be explored further andreported on in the future.

MAR/APR 1995

Ask A Forester: Tree Shelters?By Bruce E. Robinson

First experiments with tree shelters be-gan in Great Britain less than 15 years ago.Plastic wrapped around a wire tree guardshowed promise in curbing browsing bydeer. The shelter of today not only reducesdamage by deer, but accelerates diameterand height growth of most species as wellas reducing losses due to drought.

The microclimate within the shelter willbe several degrees warmer than air outsidethe shelter. At the same time, relative hu-midity remains significantly higher thanoutside the shelter during the entire day.When both of these factors are consideredwithin the tube where air movement isminimal, water loss is reduced and C02intake is increased. The result is increasedgrowth.

Planting hardwoods with tree sheltersrepresents a significant investment (shel-ter, seedling and labor will likely exceed$5.00). Their use may make the differencein establishing hardwoods, however, and Iencourage experimentation. Plant oak, for

Owners SpeakI planted almost 100 red oaks in the

spring of '92 and after qu'ee grownrg sea-sons more than half are above the 5 foottree shelters with less than 10% mortal-ity. They were started from sproutedacorns with mowing between rows andoccasional use of Round-Up around thebase. 200 two-year black walnut seedlingswere similarly planted but with mixedresults. Many tops died back due to thewalnut's susceptibility to hardening offproblems in tree shelters. Site and soilconditions may also be a factor. As I plantmorebardwoods, Iintend to plant "nurse"trees in between to train growth beyondshelters. -Bob Sykes, Skaneateles

***********In 1992 we planted 640 white oak

seedlings at our farm ili Springwater; re-sults have been mixed, A high percent-age of the trees are doing well; however,some tree shelters have been knockeddown by animals or blown over and someof the plastic straps have broken. Weedsgrow in some of the shelters and crowdthe tree, The shelters should be checkedonce per year. We have 12 tree sheltersin our yard these have produced outstand-ing results with regular inspection. -John Krebs, Honeoye Falls

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A SIP-cast-shared red oak 2-acre plantation interplantedwith black locust owned by R. Fox in Moravia.

example, with oak alternating with sprucein every other row. The eight foot spacingwithin the row and ten foot spacing be-tween rows makes possible a hardwoodplanting with spacing of 16 x 20 feet. Only136 oaks with shelters and 408 sprucewould complete the acre. The fast growingoak will outgrow the spruce whilebenefitting from the competition. Whatfood producing potential this has for wild-life! Tree shelters are easily used. Theymust be rigid tubes supported by stakes.White oak is generally used due to itsgreater durability. The stake should not riseabove the tube or friction damage to themoving top will result. A bird net is placedover the top to prevent attempted bird nest-ing (especially by bluebirds).

Weed control is essential. A three footweed-free circumference at the base willreduce rodent damage and, of course, re-duce competition,

Regular maintenance is desirable. Bro-ken stakes, missing nets and tipped tubesmust be given attention. Replacements maybe made or the tube transferred to anothertree in the event of mortality.

Some trees which normally have supergrowth (especially from sprouts) may notbenefit from shelters. Black walnut may beforced to grow very fast as a sprout andmay not survive - whether or not a shel-ter is used. Experimentation is needed todetermine if some benefit might result fromshort (1 month) use of a tube.

This author believes tree shelters to bewonderful tools for wildlife plantings. Theysurely beat the sign which reads "Do NotEat UnW Maturity". Scattered oak in shel-ters throughout a thorn apple pasture will

speed succession while feeding wildlife.Tree shelters make possible including hard-woods in our management programs. Wild-life benefit and economic investment isjustified.

Bruce Robinson is a private consulting for-ester who has volunteered his expertise tomany NYFOA Chapter events.

Bruce E.Robinson,

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ROCKIN' AND RIDIN'By Jane Sorensen Lord

Thirty-six inches at the withers madehim huge for his species. With a white flow-ing nylon unraveled rope mane and a grandtail, he was a burnished, shimmering oakpalomino. Long rockers with stops pre-vented accidents while allowing a smoothTennessee Walker rocking ride.

He was an especially designed adultrocking horse made to meet the challengeof stress.

When I am not doing things with treesI'm doing things with people. As an Occu-pational Therapist, I am trained to assistpeople to succeed mentally and physically.I prescribe activity that will enhance, healor rehabilitate body and soul. Unlike manyOTs, I also work with normal every-daypeople who are trying to expand their ho-rizons with greater insight, skill and con-trol.

In the late eighties stress and its controlbecame more and more of an issue andmany health care providers sought tech-niques that allowed people to diminish theirresponse to stress and all kinds of gimmicksflooded the market--squish balls, men-tal computers, undulating lights and thelike. People got more interested in activityand sports. What stimulated my thinkingwas a catalogue of items aimed at the ex-

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ecutive for his office which included row-ing machines and stationary bikes.

Wood. Wood, I kept thinking. Besidesbeing a Tree Farmer, as a therapist, I knowhow soothing the feel of wood is. It wouldrelieve stress faster than cold steel and plas-tic. But what?

I was musing my concerns to a friendwho makes rustic furniture as a profitablehobby. He enthusiastically joined my think-ing to create an executive something.

One time on a visit, when I saw his newworks, he had made a small rocking horsefor a two year old.

"Keeps them calm and out of trouble,"he said.

"Could you make one to carry 190pound forty year olds? It would do the samefor them."

"Far out!"A week later Rockin' was fondly and

good-humoredly delivered to his trainingcorral in my family room. Sturdy and stablewith raised foot bars and a fat seat he stoodon a thick carpet (to pad falls). He didn'ttip over sideways or frontwards when Ihoisted myself onto his back and rocked.It was fun and felt good.

A few hours later, when I came backinto the room, my husband, Gordon, wason the horse. He grinned sheepishly, whenhe saw me.

Rockin' was with us for about a month.There was not a soul who walked into theroom without asking to try riding. Andthere was not a soul who didn't grin,giggly,as they rocked away.

The horse was taken into NYC to ex-hibit his sturdiness and test theory. Hestayed for three years in the T-Shirt Gal-lery on Lexington Ave. The store was al-ways busy with hip Americans and Inter-national tourists who bought avant guardeT-shirts. And since The Gallery made lotsof custom shirts for businesses and groups,Rockin' was well exposed-and used! Ev-eryone was fascinated and wanted to ridehim. The varnish wore off his rockers. Butonly one person wanted and bought a horseof their own.

We were a clinical success, but a busi-ness failure. Although, we did find out fromthe one horse we sold, that we would nothave made as much profit as we had fig-ured. Rockin's were so large that they hadto be shipped individually crated by pri-vate truckers; because they were too bigfor usual commercial carriers like UPS ..Wethought about knocking them down for

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people to assemble; but I was afraid theywould follow directions improperly, andthat the horse would be unstable or un-safe.In addition, Rockin' would not have beenso handsome without plastic wood fillingson the joints to match the golden oak.

When the T-Shirt Gallery went whole-sale only and closed its retail store, Rockin'was put out to pasture. Now he lives at S.Kaufman and Sons Saddlery Company, at419 Park Ave. South. He doesn't get rid-den anymore, but passerbys can see him inthe window or inside proudly displayingfine tack and beautiful riding accessories.

He was such a fine steed, such a goodride that I felt badly when I heard of hisretirement from rocking. But he wouldn'tbe appreciated anymore than he is by hiscurrent owners, nor could he have a betteraddress!

Jane Sorensen Lord is a regular contribu-tor to the NY FOREST OWNER. Jane andher husband Gordon are Master ForestOwners and manange a Certified TreeFarm in Orange County.

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Nominations for Directors of the AssociationBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Jill Cornell, semi-retired psychotherapist, owns and manages with her husband Barry a 168 acre farm including50 acres of forest. NYFOA member since 1992, Jill is a Master Forest Owner and Vice-Chair of the CapitalDistrict Chapter. She successfully planted hardwoods (SIP) and had a timber sale contracting with a consultingforester. Jill is on her town planning board and takes a keen interest in wild flowers and perennial garden plants.RR 1 Box 38, Johnsville, NY 12094-9725 Phone: 518-753-4336

Elizabeth Densmore joined NYFOA in 1989 when the Allegheny Foothills Chapter was formed and served two yearsas its Chair. Started the APCINFC newsletter in 1990 and has continued as its editor. Won the APC Outstanding ServiceAward in 1993, and was elected director of NYFOA. She is serving on the NYFOA Editorial Committee as its Chairsince 1994 and co-chaired the leadership seminar for chapter leaders and editors. Betty owns 448 acres about half ofwhich is forested, and served on the Board of the Nannen Arboretum in Ellicottville, NY.8228 S. Canada Hill Road, Machias, NY 14101 Phone: 716-942-6600

Donna K. Rogier, is the Director of Education for the Catskill Forest Association (a NYFOA Affiliate), conduct-ing educational activities for members, landowners, teachers and school children. She worked in the forest indus-try, the Indiana Dept., of Natural Resources and at SUNY/ESF as Administrative Assistant, Faculty of Forestry.Donna has a long standing interest in the educational aspect of forest management, for her graduate project at ESFshe developed a newsletter for forest landowners. She also holds a masters degree in Instructional Development.P.O. Box 336, Arkville, NY 12406 Phone: 914-586-3054

Robert M. Sand retired after 41 years as Chief Forester for Cotton Hanlon, Inc. Presently serves NYFOA asrecording secretary as well as on several committees. Member and past chairman of the N.Y. Society Of AmericanForesters. Recipient of the 1988 Heiberg Award. Bob is a past president and director of NYFOA. He owns andactively manages forest property in New York State.300 Church Street, Odessa, NY 14869-9703 Phone: 607-594-2130

Robert A. Sykes retired from General Electric after a 36 year career in engineering. Bob and his wife Margemanage a 120 acre tree farm on which they live. The property is managed for wildlife, recreation and timber.Pasture land is planted with black walnut and red oak; timber is processed in a recently acquired saw mill. Bob is -a Master Forest Owner and is currently serving as Chair of the Central N.Y. Chapter of NYFOA.4786 Foster Road, Elbridge, NY 13060 Phone: 315-673-3691

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BALLOT: VOTE FOR FOUR (4) DIRECTORSTenn: 3 years 1995-1998

JILL CORNELL_ ELIZABETH DENSMORE_ DONNA K. ROGLER

ROBERT M. SAND_ ROBERT A. SYKES

Please Vote for FOUR Candidates ONLY. The runner-up will be a candidate should the Board have a vacancy.

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New York Forest Owners Association33rd Annual Spring Meeting

Saturday, April 29, 1995

Meeting Site: Marshall Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY

PROGRAM

8:30 Registration

9:30 Welcome Bill Minerd, VP-NYFOA

9:35 Annual Membership Business MeetingPresident's ReportExecutive Director's ReportTreasurers ReportChapter Report

10:30 Non-Industrial Private Forest Owners: A National PerspectiveKeith Argow, Ph. D.National Woodland Owners AssociationVienna, Virginia

11:15 Crop Tree ManagementNeil LampsonU.S. Forest ServiceDurham, New Hampshire

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Awards, Bob Sand

1:30 GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing: New Mapping Technologies for Forestry,Jeff NugentNorthern Forest Lands InventorySUNYESF

1:50 nyforestsONLINE*Daniel McGoughNYS Center for Forestry Research & DevelopmentSUNYESF

2:15 Visual Qualities: Perceptions of Timber Harvest*Robin HoffmanLandscape ArchitectureSUNYESF

2:35 Program Evaluation / Adjournment

* The afternoon speakers will have demonstrations / discussions immediately following the close of the program.

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Send registrations to: Debbie GillPO Box 180Fairport, NY 14450