The New York

FOREST OWNERA publication of the New York Forest Owners Association

July/August 1995

JOHN C. MARCHANT

THE NEW YORK

FOREST OWNERVOL. 33, NO.4

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

Bill Minerd, President

1123 Cold Springs Road

Liverpool, NY 13088; (315) 451-3712

Peter Levatich, Vice President

158 Bailor Road

Brooktondale, NY 14817; (607) 539-7049

Robert M. Sand, Recording Secretary300 Church Street

Odessa, NY 14869-9703; (607) 594-2130

Clara Minerd, Treasurer

1123 Cold Springs Road

Liverpool, NY 13088; (315)451-3712

Deborah Gill, Administrative Secretary

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

1996Albert Brown, Stow; (716) 763-9067

Verner Hudson, Elbridge; (315) 689-3314

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

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John T. Hastings, Queensbury; (518) 798-0248

Charles Mowatt, Savona; (607) 583-7006

Norman Richards, Syracuse; (315) 472-3696

Elizabeth Wagner, Utica; (315) 733-7391

1998Jill Cornell, Johnsonville; (518) 753-4336

Elizabeth Densmore, Machias; (716) 942-6600

Robert Sand, Odessa; (607) 594-2130

Bob Sykes, Elbridge; (315) 673-3691

AFFILIA TE REPRESENTATIVES

Dick Mark, THRIFT; (315) 623-9476

Donna Rogler, Catskill Forest Assoc.; (914) 586-3054

CHAPTER REPRESENT ATIVES

Mark & Joann Kurtis, Allegheny Foothills; (716)945·6012

Tom Hewitt, Cayuga; (315) 497-1266

Buzz Gosch, Capital District; (518) 797-3623

Bob Sykes, Central New York; (315) 673-3691

Jeff Wiegert, Lower Hudson; (914) 831-3109Bob Howard, Northern Adirondack West; (315)262-2692

Herb Boyce, Northern Adirondack East; (518) 946-7040

Bob Colligan, Niagara Frontier; (716) 655-4995

Ernst Spencer, SE Adirondack; (518) 792-1726

Larry Lepak, Southern Tier; (607) 656-8504

Don Schaufler, Tioga, (607) 589-6095Eileen VanWie, Western Finger Lakes; (716)367-2849

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OWNERFORESTA publication of the New York Forest Owners Association

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Table of ContentsPresident's Message, Don Wagner 3The Forest Behind the Trees, Paul Manion 4Taxes, Taxes, Taxes, Henry Kernan 7Northern Forest, A Book Review 11Chapter/Affiliates 12Awards 14John Marchant, Betty Densmore 16Stream Corridors, Homer Stennett 18Ambrosia Beetles, Douglas Allen 20Guys & Dolls, Jane Sorensen Lord 22

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGEThis being my first president's message,

I would like to introduce myself and fam-ily. I am currently serving as the AssistantDean, College of Medicine at the SUNYHealth Science Center in Syracuse. I havebeen with the College of Medicine for 34years and been involved in basic scienceresearch, clinical research, administration,Family Medicine, and Continuing MedicalEducation for health care professionals. In1991 I was fortunate to be selected to re-ceive one of nine Governor's ProductivityAwards, presented by past governor, MarioCuomo. I have also served as Chairman ofthe Central New York Chapter, NYFOAand representative to NYFOA's Board ofDirectors and attended the Master ForestOwner Workshop (Class of 1992).

I have two children, Todd and April.Todd is with the Onondaga County FloodControl and April is about to enter the Uni-versity of North Carolina Graduate Pro-gram in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Soil Science.

My wife, Clara, is a third grade teacherin the Baldwinsville School System. Shehas been teaching for over 25 years, with athree year experience in a three roomschool house in Wisdom, Montana. Clarais currently the treasurer ofNYFOA, a postshe has held for the past two years.

THANK YOUA special note of thanks to Harold

Petrie of the THRIFT Affiliate, a char-ter member of NYFOA. Harold has do-nated the earliest of his files on NYFOAto the Achives. We are still looking forissues of the FOREST OWNER fromthe seventies. - Editor

I consider myself fortunate to follow inthe wake of Stuart McCarty and DonWagner, our two past presidents, who'sleadership has moved NYFOA toward amore clearly defined mission of how wemight better serve you, the members ofNYFOA. During their presidencies, theyboth managed to assemble a cadre of out-standing individuals to serve on the Boardof Directors. This very diversified and cre-ative Board has before it a challenge whichwill shape how we define ourselves and setgoals that will have a lasting effect for yearsto come.

Two of the most pressing issues facingNYFOA is our not-for-profit status and ourfiscal future. At the June, 1995 Board Meet-ing, we will address the issue related to thetype of not-for-profit organization wewould like to become. Linked to this deci-sion are financial alternatives that wouldallow us to seek non-traditional (other thanmembership fees) sources of funding insupport of this organization. We are poisedto take that first step into the future.

I would also like you to know that myfirst charge will always be the care and fos-tering of our statewide chapters. Our chap-ters and affiliates are the heart ofNYFOA.If you have questions and/or suggestions,please pass them along ...1 look forward tohearing from you.

As a footnote, I would like to send mycongratulations to the CNY Chapter ontheir success with the 2nd Annual FamilyForest Fair. Attendance was up over lastyear and the educational programs werevery well received. Nearly two hundredtickets were sold for the "NYFOA Quilt

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The AngelusBy Dorothy S. Darling

When the soaring sound of bellsreaches deep into the forest,

their melodies are held and hushedby the rising wells of gentle air

until they have conversedwith every bough and leaf,

with every reed and sunrayed stream,and with slow, consoling tolls

where there is grief.

Compelling comes the song of bellswhere tall trees rise to screen

the melody and import the softerspirals of sound into the woodland,

moved by wind, as fingers upon a harp,across the outstretched branch, fleet

and trembling the bright needles of Pines,wrapt in a pastoral symphony,

and when the bells cease their tolling,night will bring sleep.

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THE FOREST BEHIND THE TREES:Regulators, Terminators,And Resource Recovery Agents

By Paul D. Manion, SUNYIESFBehind every mature tree there is ap-

proximately a million seeds, one hundredthousand viable seed, ten thousandgermlings, one thousand seedings, one hun-dred saplings, and ten pole sized trees.What happened to this large complex for-est? What happened to the previous gen-eration of mature trees and the forest be-hind them that occupied the site two to threecenturies ago? What happened to the gen-erations of forests that have occupied thesites in New York for ten to twelve thou-sand years since the last ice age? And, whathappened to the forests that have occupiedthe planet since trees evolved three hun-dred million years ago?

You may say these are nonsense ques-tions. They have no relevance to decisionsthat I make today. If pressed further, youmay suggest that wind and fire destroyedthe trees and that birds and animals ate theseeds and seedlings. If this is your under-standing of the forest behind the trees thenyou cannot recognize the forest for thetrees.

The dominate forces that regulate, ter-minate, and recover resources from the for-est behind the trees are the wood decayfungi. Understanding their evolutionarysignificance and present roles will give youa better appreciation of the forest, a betterunderstanding of what to expect from theforest, and a better foundation for makingforest stewardship decisions.

As an aside, I use the term stewardshiprather than management to emphasize theproper role for forest owners. Can we trulymanage aforest system that took three hun-dred million years to develop? We can ex-ploit or destroy the forest under the guiseof management. Stewardship more prop-erly identifies our short term tenuous,ephemeral position in a sustainable forestecosystem.

Returning to the topic of the forest be-hind the trees, let me outline my objectives:i) to first consider what the world wouldbe like without the wood decay fungi, ii)to describe briefly what wood decay fungiare doing as they convert a black cherryworth $500.00 stumpage value, to bird andsmall animal dens worth $? and to humusof the forest floor worth $?, iii) to illustrateone very common group of wood decayfungi that regulate, terminate, and partici-pate in resource recovery in the forest, and

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Figure I - Young Armillaria mushrooms.

iv) to provide some practical suggestionsfor dealing with the forest behind the trees.Specifically I will highlight the shoestringfungi (Armillaria spp.), that put on a spec-tacular show, that many of you may havenoticed in the fall of 1994.

A World Without Wood Decay FungiIt is not too difficult to visualize a world

without wood decay fungi. Right? Thestems and branches of dead trees, that ac-count for approximately three quarters ofthe total biomass of the forest, would justaccumulate over millions of years. Picturethe depth of the litter layer of such a forest.In dryer areas fires would recycle the mas-sive accumulations of litter at various in-tervals. In wetter areas the litter would be-come so deep that trees would no longerbe rooted in the soil but would survive andpropagate through roots produced frombranches buried in the surface duff. Theduff would be made up of non-decompos-ing woody material and the compo stingsucculent material. Over millions of yearsthe accumulating litter, some of whichwould become buried between silt and ash,would become coal. Dramatic changes inthe temperature and other features of theplanet would occur as the carbon dioxide,slowly locked up over time in the litter,would eventually strangle plant life. Ani-

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mal life, dependant on the plants, wouldbe starved and reduced to those that couldsurvive on the decomposing material. Mas-sive world wide fires on a dying planetcould then quickly release the carbon di-oxide and allow unique survivors to evolve.

What Are Wood Decay Fungi Doing?Do you believe any of this description

of a world without wood decay fungi? Whynot? Regardless of your acceptance or re-jection of the ideas, there is a three hun-dred million year successful foundationbehind the trees and the forest ecosystem.It is the organization of cellulose, the mostabundant organic material on the planet,with lignin, the second most abundant or-ganic material on the planet, into woodycells; and the aggregation and organizationof these and a few other molecules into longconducting tubes, structural elements, andstorage cells, that has allowed trees to be-come, what some suggest are, the largestand longest lived things on the planet. Ac-tually, this organization has allowed a wooddecay fungus, Armillaria, (Fig. I and Fig.2) to become the largest and longest livedthing on the planet.

There are many microorganisms that candigest cellulose; but only a limited numberof organisms that can digest wood - cellu-lose in the presence of lignin. The wood

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decay fungi utilize a fine thread like growthform called hyphae to tunnel deep into thewood tissue. The hyphae can branch andsubbranch indefinitely. Digestive enzymesproduced near the tips of the growing hy-phae break the long chain cellulose mol-ecule into shorter soluble fragments that areabsorbed by the fungus and utilized as anutrient source. Some wood decay fungi,called brown rotters, digest primarily cel-lulose. Other wood decay fungi, calledwhite rotters, have the enzymes to digestboth cellulose and lignin.

Hyphae are microscopic in size. Thedigestive enzymes for cellulose and ligninare below a size that can be visualized; butmodels can be produced based on our un-derstanding of the chemical structures. Butbefore we lose sight of reality, we had bet-ter get back to the $500 black cherry.

The tree may already be worthless as aquality sawlog. Why? When the logger iscutting your cherry trees he looks at thecolor of the chips coming from the chainsaw. If the chips are a deep red color, hemay move up or down the log a bit to findan area where the chips are not red; but theportion of the tree with red chips will notbe hauled to the mill and converted intodollars in your pocket.

The red color indicates that heart rotwood decay fungi are well established inyour prize tree; and they are doing whatthey were programmed, two hundred mil-lion years ago, to do. They are functioningas a resource recovery agent - to recyclethe carbon and other elements that arelocked up in your tree. In addition the de-cay fungi are regulating the abundance ofcavity nesting birds and small animals in

Professor Manion is currently work-ing on the development of a correspon-dence course entitled, "The Forest Be-hind The Trees: Regulators, Termina-tors, and Resource Recovery Agents".The course will utilize the book, "TreeDisease Concepts" second edition(authored by P. Manion and publishedby Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ).A study guide and videos from the for-est and laboratory will attempt to focusthe topic of regulators, terminators, andresource recovery agents on New Yorkforests. The course should be availablefor the general public in 1996. For in-formation contact Robert Koepper,Dean of Continuing Education and Pub-lic Service. State University of NewYork, College of Environmental Scienceand Forestry, IForestry Drive, Syracuse,NY 13210(phone 315/470-6891)

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Figure 2 - Older Armillaria mushrooms.

your forest. The decay fungi also functionas terminators by eventually causing thestructurally weakened tree to collapse un-der its own weight. Other saprobic decayfungi, resource recovery agents, will thencontinue the recycling process by turningyour valuable tree into more carbon diox-ide and water and mineral holding organicmatter in the soil that will support futuregenerations of trees.

The heart rot decay fungus first becameestablished in your tree decades to a cen-tury before you were involved. an icestorm, not unlike the type experienced inthe Rochester area a couple of years ago,caused breakage of branches in the uppercrown. Strong winds could also have initi-ated breakage of branches. Any type ofwound through the bark is an infection sitefor the microscopic spores of wood decayfungi. These spores were produced in fruitbodies or conks that are all too familiar inNew York forests.

Interestingly enough, one finds very fewobvious conks on black cherry. The spe-cific decay fungi that invade black cherryapparently produce less conspicuous conks.There has been very little research in thepast fifty years on the decay problems ofcherry; although the problem is very com-mon, we have a limited understanding ofthe specific fungi involved. We likewisehave little understanding of the decay fungithat invade wounds produced in blackcherry during thinnings and selection har-vesting activities.

Someone experienced in timber mark-ing may have been able to recognize theindicators of heart rot decay in the tree be-

fore it is felled. Things to look for in blackcherry are large decayed branch stubs andthe openings used by cavity nesting birdsand small animals. The woodpeckers andother cavity nesting birds have long agodetermined that it is much easier to exca-vate a cavity by removing decayed woodrather than sound wood.

Armillaria Species, Very SignificantRegulators, Terminators, And Re-

source Recovery Agents Of The ForestNow that you are thinking on a grand

scale and while considering your economicobjectives as they are affected by and sub-sequently affect the grand scheme of things,let us move down to the "root of the mat-ter" and briefly comment on a very impor-tant group of decay fungi, Amillaria, spp.,commonly called the shoe string fungi.Armillaria mushrooms were very com-monly seen last fall throughout New Yorkwoodlands. Spores produced in the creamto light tan colored mushrooms may infectthrough the roots and lower stem. For somereason, the mushrooms of Armillaria werevery common in the fall of 1994. I only re-call one other year in the past twenty-fivein which Armillaria fruiting was so abun-dant. Usually only a few to no fruit bodiesare seen each year. The mushrooms grow-ing abundantly from stumps, dying trees,and from presumably healthy trees are onlythe tip of the iceberg for this fungus. Theyshould remind you of the massive amountsof fungus hyphae involved in degrading thewood and recycling the carbon of livingand dead trees.

But actually, infection of trees by sporesof Armillaria is a very infrequent event.Most infections occur through contacts ofblack shoe string like rhizomorphs of thefungus with roots of stressed trees (Fig. 3).The rhizomorphs are aggregations of fun-gus hyphae that, protected by a black outercovering, grow out from a colonized baseof woody material in search of other woodymaterial to colonize. Single rhizomorphsmay grow thirty feet or more in length.Rhizomorphs of one individual fungusgrowing out in different direction may colo-nize roots and other woody debris over alarge area, over time spans that exceedmultiple generations of trees. Those thathave worked with this fungus have specu-lated that the aggregate mass of fungusmaterial from a single infection in the for-est makes this the largest living organism.Understanding the rate of growth of thefungus also suggests that some of thesecolonies are older than any other livingorgamsm.

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Practical SuggestionsOne should not necessarily become

overly alarmed when Armillaria is seenfruiting in the forest. In fact, one shouldinitially be thankful that such organismsregulate, terminate, and provide for re-source recovery for the forest system.

This type of fatalistic thinking may seemacceptable for those whose stewardship ob-jectives lean toward undisturbed "natural"forests where dying and dead trees are notviewed as lost income, but the forest stew-ard of a commercial wood enterprise shouldbe stimulated by the observation of the de-cay fungi to remember that the decay fungiare regulating and terminating individualtrees in the forest that could be used forforest products.

The forest steward should avoid wound-ing trees and selectively remove damagedand decayed trees during thinning opera-tions. These activities will concentrategrowth on quality sawlog trees rather thanthose destined by the decay regulators tobecome cavity trees. These damaged and/or decayed trees have been programmedby the regulators for natural termination.

If you really understand the forest be-hind the trees you recognize that to go froma fully stocked stand of 11 inch diametertrees to a stand of 16 inch diameter trees,about half of the 11 inch trees must die.Likewise approximately two thirds of the

Figure 3 - Black Armillaria rhizomorphson the surface of a root.

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to expand to 6 inch diameter trees. An as-tute forest steward has the foresight to iden-tify which trees are programmed for ter-mination by the regulators. These trees canbe left for the natural resource recoveryagents or can be utilized for economic re-turn.

SummaryIf you consider what the world was like

before the evolution of wood decay fungi,you are in a better position to properly rec-ognize what wood decay fungi are doingand why. The massive amounts of carbonthat are tied up in the cellulose and lignin_molecules, that make up wood, need to beefficiently recycled. The spectacular mush-room bloom in the fall of 1994 is just asmall part of a large complex system wheregrowth of individual trees is intimately tiedto the death and recycling of others. Thecompetent forest steward uses his or herunderstanding of the forest behind the trees,regulators, terminators, and resource recov-ery agents to effectively maximize growthand quality of forest products without up-setting the sustainability of the forest eco-system.

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TAXES, TAXES TAXESBy Henry S. Kernan

As befits our numbering over eight mil-lion, we small non-industrial private forestowners (NIPF) are a diverse group; yet wehave a grievance in common. We see realproperty taxes as hindrances to our stew-ardship of over 274 million acres, morethan half the country's wooded total, themost productive half, and the nearest towhere people live.

Anyone can state with truth to beingbetter off paying less tax. So what? 'Ihe"what" in this case are the environmentalnon-marketable values which have re-placed timber in views of what is mostlyimportant about wooded land. Privatelyowned, yet publicly shared and cherished,those non-timber values are not related tomarkets and potential income; but are taxedas such. Herein lies a paradox which evenpreferential tax treatments have not re-solved.

We small forest owners have much sup-port in our contention that we are overlyand inequitably taxed. The Northern For-est Lands Council has called the real prop-erty tax a threat and an impediment, anoutdated and inequitable form of raisingpublic revenue. Forest stewards, meetingin Nebraska City, put the real property taxin the forefront of their problems. A pollby the National Woodland Owners Asso-ciation has done so year after year.

The problems of taxing forest lands andtree crops fairly are an old story , havingappeared in the literature of forestry as earlyas 1788, in Austria. In this country statesbegan to give preferential tax treatment toforest lands more than a century ago, andnow number at least forty; yet, the griev-ances and impediments remain. Evidentlywoodlands and their crops have problemsof valuation and payment to which the realproperty tax is not well suited.

The tax has roots in a rural past of dirtroads and one room schoolhouses, ofwealth still mostly in buildings and farms.Their relation to the welfare state is lessclear; yet the tax hangs on. Easy to calcu-late and collect, the revenues give viabilityto local governments and schools. Legis-lators like a tax that allows exemptions andmandates to favored groups, to be paid forby the minority of juristic persons who ownreal property.

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Spring 1947, new owner, Henry Kernan, looks for the first time at the old growthhemlock in his woodlands. Taxes, then, were $200 per year; they are now $10,443.

Occasional timber sales do not easilypay annual taxes. Even that income is atrisk because of natural catastrophes: wind,fire, insects, and disease. To an extent theycan be controlled; but they can not be elimi-nated from the forest. They are too muchpart of the long term health and renewal.Moreover small forests attract taxes highrelative to the public services they receive.Contributing may be absentee ownerships,frequent sales, and their being perceivedas desultory distractions of the well offrather than as sources of income. Valuesother than income must account for will-ingness to own forest land. New York has13.5 million acres of private forest whoseowners pay far more in property taxes thanthey receive from timber sales.

For such reasons assessments basedupon real property markets are thought todiscourage investments that enhance for-est values sought by the public, and to bringabout conversions to uses that precludethose values.

To correct so flawed a system, so illadapted to forests, the most widely recom-mended and accepted alternative has been"current use" instead of highest and bestuse (market value). The concept has wideappeal and support. Nevertheless current

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use assessments have not ended complaintsand controversies; they may also be flawedand for several reasons.

A joint report of the New York StateDepartment of Environmental Conserva-tion and the Board of Equalization andAssessment, dated December 1993, con-tains the following judgement:

"We do not see the "current use" ap-proach as a reliable means of determiningforest values and fear that it would resultin both considerable controversy and ad-ditional administrative costs. Experiencewith assessments of forest land indicatesthat although several states claim to havecurrent use tax programs, these programsare no less arbitrary than New York's atarriving at a value for property tax pur-poses. Moreover New York has had expe-rience with the problems associated withcalculating "use values" for agriculturallands since 1971.Notwithstanding the factthat there is a basis for the concept in eco-nomic and valuation theory, finding a prac-tical methodology has proven to be impos-sible. As a result the procedure used hasbeen substantially revised on two occa-sions, and it has been the subject of muchcontroversy over the past two decades.Thus, there appears to be no real advan-

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tages and several serious drawbacks to the"use value" approach."

Current use assessments do raise theopportunity costs of sales to the owner, andto that extent head off developers. Never-theless, to developers the cost ofland is notoften the decisive cost of conversion. Per-haps a tax on the transaction can bring withit the deterrence needed.

The certainty of current use assessmentson forest lands raises their value so thatupon sale the present owners receive a one-time windfall. As fast as ownershipschange, the effects of the preferential as-sessment work themselves out in the highercost of their forest land to the new owners.Having paid more, they are not always bet-ter off; because of current use, and publicrevenues are less.

At least assessments at highest and bestuse have market sales to back them. Forcurrent use, such evidence is more diffi-cult to came by. Inevitably a use value mustbe sought. Since timber is the only mar-ketable product of forest land, use valuemeans potential income from timber. Rec-ommendations for potential income fromtimber as the basis of assessment appearfrequently. Nevertheless, to calculate po-tential income from a given piece of forestland is, practically speaking, impossiblewithout unacceptable controversy and con-fusion. Too much uncertainty and too manyvariables must enter the calculations. With-out a practical methodology, the resultsbecome assessments stalemated at whateach side will accept.

Furthermore, timber income does notmoti vate most forest ownerships as perhapsit was once thought to do when timber fam-ine was perceived as a threat. The valuesnow in fashion are non-marketable andnon-consumptive. Our reserves are nolonger for timber; but for owls, woodpeck-

ASSEMBLY CONSIDERINGREAL PROPERTY TAXES

Comments directed at revision of480, 480A, and design of real propertytax of forest lands may be addressed toAssemblyman Peter J. Abbate Jr., Chair-man of the Real Property Tax Commit-tee, Room 538; Legislative OfficeBuilding; Albany, NY 12248 or Assem-blyman Will Stephens Jr., Room 433;LOB; Albany, NY 12248.

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ers, and backpackers. To base preferentialtax treatments of forest land upon the woodproducts resource alone appears unrealis-tic.

Trees are the dominant, distinguishingcomponents of the forest, whose values wecherish. All trees withdraw carbon dioxidefrom the atmosphere, intercept precipita-tion, and pump moisture out off the soil.They also enrich and aerate the soil, onwhich they grow, with decay oftheirleavesand roots. Wild creatures and humans lookto forests for food, shelter, and the environ-mental conditions that make life possible.

Trees and forests carryon those life al-lowing functions regardless of the detailsof ownership, place, age, species, density,site quality, and extent of the property. Ayellow birch deep in the Adirondack For-est Preserve functions much like an Ailan-thus in the Bronx. The one has the attributesof wilderness, while the other brings shadeand greenery where needed most.

Those thoughts suggest that because allforests are similar in their most importantattributes and functions; their taxes shouldbe uniform. Besides producing results thatare uncomplicated and stable, a uniform taxdoes away with the uncertainties and ineq-uities of assessments based upon marketvalues, current use, income potential, bar-gaining, and privilege. Low taxes uni-formly applied recognize a forest as a pub-lic asset that makes few demands uponpublic services and generates indispensableenvironmental values. A rate that consid-ers those values will diffuse the grievanceand threat of an outdated and inequitableway to raise revenue. An inducement totrust and stewardship will ensue withinwhich programs of education, incentives,and demonstration become more effective.

The proposal is innovative, even shock-ing to entrenched concepts of market anduse value as bases for real property assess-ment, perhaps because the process of ad-justment is so uneven. A uniform tax ratedoes give more relief to valuable, highlytaxed forest lands near the suburban fringe,but lands also of high environmental valueand most at risk.

A complicating issue has been the ex-tent to which public agencies are to usepreferential laws to influence management.The purpose of the laws should be equitiesfor the owners and retention of the forestsfor their environmental values. Productiv-ity of the private property is the owner'sbusiness.

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As forest management encompassesbroader values, standards become moredifficult to define and enforce, with evermore confusion and expense. If the casefor preferential tax treatments of forestlands is valid and does bring benefits tothe public as well as the owner, theyshould apply to all forests and all own-ers.

Country wide, the real property tax isunder review, for funding local govern-ment, welfare, and schools. The review andconclusions should consider the specialproblems and values of forest land withinthe overall tax structures. Such a strategy,that encompasses more taxpayers and haswider targets, wins most friends for usNIPFs and may be the best one to follow.

Henry Kernan is a consulting forester inWorld Forestry, a Master Forest Owner,and afrequent contributor to the NY FOR-EST OWNER.

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JULIAUG 1995

NYFOA's Fall Meeting ScheduleSeptember 30-0ctober 1, 1995

Hosted by WFL ChapterLakeville, NY (North end of Conesus Lake.)

The field trips will encompass Canadice & Hemlock Lakes,water sources for the City of Rochester.

SATURDAY, September 30, 1995

8-9:30 AM Registration (at 1.1. Leasure Restaurant & Motor Inn.)10-12:30 PM Field trip including: conifer thinning, forest litter importance to

watersheds,storm damage, & tree defense systems.12:30-1: 15 PM Box Lunch at boat launch.1:15-4:30 PM Field trip combining a timber sale; developing a hiking trail, and forest

aesthetics.6PM7:30 PM

Dinner.Slide Presentation by Bruce Robinson, Private Consulting Forester. Draw-ing for door prizes & the beautiful quilt crafted by Betty Wagner.

SUNDAY, October 1, 1995

8:00 AM10-12 PM

Optional breakfast buffet, $4.95 per person.Hike to look at wetlands project; some completed, some under construc-tion.

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REGISTRATION FORM

Please complete and mail this form (or copy) before Sept. 11, with your checkpayable to NYFOA to: Eileen Van Wie, 6017 County Rd #37, Springwater, NY14560. For questions, call (716)367-2849.

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TIMBER THIEVES BEWAREBy Ron Pedersen

This exchange of letters followed Attor-ney General Vacco's 3/14/95 motion be-fore the state supreme court charging thatDavid M. Subic of Johnstown has contin-ued to cut timber despite a 1994 court or-der that permanently barred him from thelumber business. That court orderstemmed from a suit brought by the Attor-ney General's office in February 1994 con-tending that Subic routinely failed to payfor lumber and firewood that he removedfrom customers' land, that he cut more tim-ber than authorized, including removingtimber from lands adjoining that of his cus-tomers, and that his logging practicescaused excessive environmental damage.

The state learned that Subic continuedhis logging business despite the court or-der and also has failed to pay the $650,000restitution and penalties ordered by thecourt. Hence, the Attorney General is nowseeking criminal and civil contempt

'charges against Subic.

Dear Attorney General Vacco:

The New York Forest Owners Associa-

tion notes with great interest and support

your criminal and civil contempt proceed-

ings against an Albany area logger who has

ignored the 1994 court order barring him

from the lumber business.With the increase in value of New

York's prized hardwoods, incidents of tim-

ber theft are becoming increasingly com-

mon. While our 2000 members believe that

dishonest Joggers are a very small minor-

ity in the forest products industry, the huge

environmental damage and monetary loss

they can cause in a short period of time can

be devastating to a land owner.

Effective enforcement and timely pros-

ecution of timber theft assures punishment

of the guilty and provides an essential de-

terrent for others who may be tempted to

steal timber. Our association stands ready

to assist you, district attorneys, and state

and local enforcement agencies in any way

we can to further prosecution of timber

thieves.

Sincerely,

isl Don LWagner

President, NYFOA

Input on timberihCjtcindtre5passmay be directed to NYFOA, c/oRonald W. Pedersen, 22Vandenburg Lane, Latham, NY12110~J189. .

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Dear Mr. Wagner,

Our forest products industry plays an

important role in preserving and enhanc-

ing New York's pristine environment,

while also helping our state's economy to

grow.

Unfortunately, a small minority of dis-

honest loggers has helped tarnish the

industry's reputation of concern and carefor our environment.

My office is committed to preserving

our environment -- and to restoring the

public's confidence in the timber owners'

and workers' commitment to being respon-

sible stewards of our precious natural re-

sources.

By working together to combat illicit

timber practices by unscrupulous loggers

and others, we can accomplish that and also

ensure that New York's forest products in-

dustry remains strong, and our environment

remains pure.

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BOOK REVIEW

THE NORTHERN FORESTBy David Dobbs and Richard Ober

368 pages with maps, a glossary, index,and a short bibliography, THE NORTH-ERN FOREST deals with the 26 millionacres located in Maine, New Hampshire,Vermont, and New York; the same regioncontemporaneously examined in the com-prehensive study by the Northern ForestLands Council (NFLC,see NY FORESTOWNER, MIJ 95). This book, however, isnot a government publication; but a sensi-tive personal account drawn from namedindividuals with lives intimately linked tothe past and future of the four state area.

The authors have chosen residents asrepresentatives of the different stakehold-ers; such as, sportsmen, birders, owners,professional managers, and political lead-ers. They are quoted with suitable back-ground in the fashion of a journalist whileinterspersing observations of both naturaland cultural content. This approach de-scribes the conflicts which accompany landuse with a reality not captured in the gov-ernment report.

Although the opinions and commentsgenerated by the special grass roots effortsof the NFLC, represent a remarkable re-sult by government to detail traditional useand future stewardship of this great forest,Dobbs and Ober avoid the ponderous, re-tain the required objectivity, entertain, and,most importantly, convey heart.

To read a book which pointedly endeav-ors to contribute to the debates, to be use-ful in its contribution, and to be accurateand evenhanded in its representation is cer-tainly worth the time. To also feel the sen-timents and passions of the people who liveon the land, is to share and be comforted inthe difficulties of forestry with which allof us are familiar. As a typical example,Dobbs and Ober acknowledge the brown-headed cowbird parasitism and the scien-tific uncertainties associated with the de-crease in northern nesting of migratorysongbirds; and with equal balance theydescribe the pros and cons of clearcuts, bothlarge and small. This is done not by essayand impersonal conclusions; but with in-

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terviews of people while they are workingin the respective environment.

With respect to the final report of theNFLC the Chairman, New York's BobBendick said, " ...these recommendationsshould not just apply to the north coun-try, but should be relevant and helpfulto forest land owners throughout thefour states ..." This is true because of theextraordinary effort expended by the NFLCto obtain local input. I think this book byDobbs and Ober has a comparable valuewith a similar message and to quote them,"To make further progress in solvingcomplicated land-use problems, environ-mentalists must develop new solutions inthe same way that good foresters man-age woodlands: from the ground up, andin response to local conditions. And noone knows these conditions better thanthe locals."

Published by Chelsea Green PublishingCompany of White River Junction,Vermont,THE NORTHERN FOREST isavailable at book stores or by calling 1-800-639-4099. $23.00. - R.J. Fox

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JULIAUG 1995 • 11

CHAPTER! AFFILIA TESCayuga

April 21-28 the chapter participated withdisplays in the Cayuga County celebrationof the 25th anniversary of the first EarthDay at several locations.

Members of the chapter were involvedwith other organizations in the planting ofAmerican Chestnut trees from four differ-ent genetic strains at four institutional sitesand at numerous private properties. The in-stitutional sites were: two sportsmen'sclubs, the county community college, and,significantly, Fillmore Glen State Park;over 100 trees were planted with morepledged!

May 20th, the Cayuga Chapter with par-ticipation of the Central NY and TiogaChapters, the county Environmental Man-agement Council, and the Cornell Coop-erative Extension sponsored the downlinksite for the Oklahoma Extension Service'sNational Video Conference, "ManagingForest Ecosystems".

CatskillForest Association

As reported in the last issue of THEFOREST OWNER, the Catskill region hadbeen nominated for Biosphere Reserve des-ignation. The honor is granted by theUnited Nations Man and the Biosphere pro-gram to help address conservation and sus-tainable development issues on a largescale. The designation is honorary and par-ticipation is voluntary. There is no regu-latory component to the designation.However, announcement of the proposeddesignation drew unexpected criticism andopposition. Letters of agreement from thecounties included in the designation mustaccompany the nomination; but several ofthe counties have already voted against theproposal. Most county officials agree thatit is because the Biosphere Reserve pro-gram is something that they don't knowenough about. The nomination has beentabled indefinitely.

Despite the chilly weather approxi-mately 40 people viewed Dale Schaefer'swoods two years after a timber sale.

Arbor Day, WFL members and the fam-ily and friends of Bruce Byington planted

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Arbor Day 1995, scouts and their leaders plant American Chestnut seedlingson property of the Cayuga County Sportsmen's Club.

Jack & Nancy McShane havebeen named 1995 New York StateOutstanding Tree Farmers

Jack McShaneNYS Outstanding Tree Farmer for 1995.

Western Finger Lakesan English Oak on the Honeoye Schoolgrounds in Bruce's memory.

A successful woodswalk was accom-plished on Don & Suzie Grosz's property.

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Jack, President of CFA,is a retired NYCpoliceman and Nancy is an airline atten-dant for American Airline. They purchasedtheir 254 acre parcel on Bussey HollowRoad in Andes (Delaware County) in1986. Their 185 forested acres became NYTree Farm #2949 in July 1993; the inspect-ing forester was Dinnie Sloman. The pri-mary objectives of the McShane TreeFarm are wildlife management and habi-tat improvement and enjoyment of theproperty (hunting, fishing, and hiking).Timber production is a secondary, butimportant goal. The farm has an extensiveroad system, over 75 bird houses, andStewardship Incentives Program practices;such as, Timber Stand Improvement (TSI),seep development, and trail improvement.

Jack is a graduate of the NYS RangerSchool and a very active Master ForestOwner. As a MFO, Jack is involved at thecommunity, regional, state, and even na-tionallevels (The National Conference onForest Stewardship in Nebraska).

We had a perfect day with another largegroup of 40 people. Their ideas and for-estry practices have created a beautifulplace to commune with nature.

JUL/AUG 1995

Southeastern AdirondackOver 60 persons attended our April 15th

spring woodwalks; guests included MattPenrod, current vice-chair of the NYS TreeFarm Committee and Wayne Underwood,SIP contractor.

At Richard Glasser's property, we sawhow goldenrod and sumac can be turnedinto a field of clover; how Japanese larch,spruce, and apple trees were planted to en-hance and restore habitat. Long held ideaswere compared to current practices in re-gard to the forest stewardship program,using bluebird houses, importance of soilsamples in site preparation, etc.

As Ron Cadieux, NYS DEC Sr. For-ester, stated, "The trails are the finest I'veseen." We all saw and walked some of themat the David Schoenbrod and Jan Selbyproperty. We appreciated the leaf blower' s

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Ron Cadieux explains how to establish a permanent wildlife food plot (SIP #8)on the SchoenbrodiSelby property. Photo by Patricia Kay

use which made it easier to walk. ... We sawhow the 125 acres are managed for view-ing, recreation, and conservation. Welearned that it's important to make the

curves of trails wider to accommodate anyneeded fire equipment and that conserva-tion seed mixture with a 30% shady mixvariety works good on a shady trail.

NYFOA 1995 Spring Meeting. - Photo courtesy of Keith Argow.

binations of maps and details heretofore un-available or uncommon.

Daniel McGough with thenyforestsONLINE program showed us howto tap into a huge fund of informationthrough our computers. It's easy, fun, in-expensive, and puts you on the cutting edgeof forestry ideas and innovations. It doeslook fairly simple for anyone with the mostbasic computer skills. This offers woodlotowners an enormous menu of facts andavenues to further information on the ques-tions and concerns that keep us awake atnight.

Robin Hoffman, Landscape Architect,gave a slide presentation of timber harvest-ing with an eye to improving the visualquality of property. Her program graphi-cally illustrated simple things that we can

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do to make property look more attractiveafter a harvest.

We were all given a program evalua-tion form to complete and were asked topropose ideas for future annual meetings.These evaluation forms contributed to thelast few meetings ...after all, NYFOA wantsto offer its membership a program of last-ing value. If future meetings are as good asthis past one; I hope more of you will takethe time to travel to Syracuse for them;these programs are one of the great perksof belonging to NYFOA. It is always a treatto talk with people from different parts ofNew York State and see how NYFOA hasaffected their approach to stewardship.

Betty Densmore is Chairperson ofNYFOA's Editorial Committee.

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33RD ANNUAL SPRING MEETING~B~D~~re .. ... .. -

Spring meetings just keep getting bet-ter and more interesting. Again, this year,many of us had the opportunity to welcomea new president: Bill Minerd, for the nextwatch. We got all the reports, how we didlast year, how we fare financially, and wegot our last report from retiring ExecutiveDirector, John Marchant. NYFOA isgrowing and getting bigger and better ev-ery year.

Keith Argow, President of the NationalWoodland Owners Association, travelledfrom Virginia to share his views on theNational Forestry Perspective. Keith waseloquent and informative and amusing.Forestry is getting lots of attention ....somegood, some not so good. The really goodnews is that many competent people are atwork in each state and nationally to try tokeep a good balance of conservation andstewardship. Educating legislators is highon the agenda; and the interests of all for-est owners are being served.

Neil Lampson of the U.S. Forest Ser-vice gave an excellent talk on Crop TreeManagement with lots of slides to help usunderstand the concepts involved.

Lunch (and a goodone) was followedby the awards ceremony. It is always funto see deserving people honored by theirpeers.

The afternoon's program was a romp incyberspace and high technology with JeffNugent of the Northern Forest Lands In-ventory who showed us how GIS (Geo-graphic Information System), GPS (Glo-bal Positioning System), and Remote Sens-ing can provide woodlot owners with com-

Betty & Don Wagner Win NYFOA AwardThe New York Forest Owners

Association's Outstanding Service Awardwas presented to Betty and Don Wagner atthe 33rd Annual Meeting and Awards Ban-quet held April 29 at Marshall Hall, SUNY /ESF.

Betty Wagner has designed and craftedtwo beautiful quilts and donated them tobenefit NYFOA. The first quilt providedthe Central New York Chapter with a tre-mendous boost to their treasury; receiptsfrom the raffle of the second quilt will en-rich both the general NYFOA treasury anda proportional fraction to each chapter oraffiliate according to their donations. Thesequilts represent the "labor of love" typicalof NYFOA Awardees.

Don is serving his second term as Di-rector and just finished two years as Presi-dent. His energy and leadership have pro-duced outstanding results. Membership hasincreased by over 23% during this time.Don worked very hard to get more peopleinvolved and liked committees to be active.

Bob Sand (I), Don and Betty Wagnerwith NYFOA Award.

He gave freely of his time and energy tomeet and know a great many members per-sonally; and attended chapter and affiliatemeetings in every corner of the state.

Bob Sand (I), Don and Betty Wagner withNYFOA award.

Wes Suhr Receives Special Award

Bob Sand and Wes Suhr

Wesley E. Suhr has been a member ofNYFOA for ten years, serving two termsas a Board Director and seven years as THEFOREST OWNER's Ask A Forester Edi-tor. Wes organized the NorthernAdirondack Chapter, served three years aschapter chair, and four years as publisherofNAC News. He published THE WOOD-LAND STEWARD for three years and is amember of the DEC Region 6 Forest Prac-tice Board. Wes received the 1993 NYFOAOutstanding Service Award.

Wes was recognized by the NY Societyof American Foresters with the 1994 For-estry Education Award. He started teach-ing here in NY at the Wanakena RangerSchool in 1974; 1982-1985 he served as theDirector; and in 1988 he retired.

The HeibergMemorial Award

A renowned Professor of Silviculture,Svend O. Heiberg devoted much of his ca-reer here at the N.Y. College of Forestry.

Dr. Heiberg first proposed the establish-ment of an association of Forest Landown-ers in N. Y. State. He enlisted the efforts ofDean Shirley and together they initiated themeetings that eventually organized this suc-cessful Forest Owners Association. Thisaward is presented in Dr. Heiberg'smemory.

1966 Hardy Shirley1967 David B. Cook1968 Floyd Carlson1969 Mike Demeree1970 No Award1971 Fred Winch, Jr.1972 John Stock1973 Robert M. Ford1974 C. Eugene Farnsworth1975 Alex Dickson1976 Edw. W. Littlefield1977 Maurice Postley1978 Ralph Nyland1979 Fred C. Simmons

1980 William Harlow1981 Curtis H. Bauer1982 Neil B. Gutchess1983 David W. Taber1984 John W. Kelley1985 Robert G. Potter1986 Karyn B. Richards1987 Henry G. Williams1988 Robert M.Sand1989 Willard G. Ives1990 Ross S Whaley1991 Robt. S. Stegemann1992 Bonnie & Don Colton1993 Michael C. Greason1994 Douglas C. Allen1995 John C. Marchant

(see page 16)

New York Forest Owners Outstanding Service Award1978 Emiel Palmer 1984 Dorothy Wertheimer 1990 Earl Pfarner1979 Ken Eberley 1985 David H. Hanaburgh 1991 Helen & John Marchant1980 Helen Varian 1986 A.W.Roberts, Jr. 1992 Richard J. Fox1981 J. Lewis Dumond 1987 Howard O. Ward 1993 Wesley E. Suhr .1982 Lloyd Strombeck 1988 Mary & Stuart McCarty 1994 Alfred B. Signor1983 Evelyn Stock 1989 Alan R. Knight 1995 Betty & Don Wagner

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"Watersheds are Essential to Our Lives"48th New York State Woodsmen's Field Days

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* Politics, Forest-Industry Image, and Trade Associations - Robert G. Potter, Presi-dent, Potter Lumber Co., Inc., Allegany, NY,

* Watersheds, Forestry, and Politics - Richard 1. Coombe, Chair, Watershed Agricul-tural Council, Inc. of the 5 county Catskill and 3 county Croton watersheds for the 9million inhabitants of the Metropolitan New York City area,

* Timber Theft and Growing and Harvesting Forests - David W. Taber, Senior Exten-sion Associate, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University

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JOHN C. MARCHANTBy Betty Densmore

John Marchant retired in April of thisyear as NYFOA's Executive Director; apost he has held since October of 1989.During this time he has won (with his wife,Helen) the 1991 NYFOA Outstanding Ser-vice Award and the NY Society of Ameri-can Foresters Communication Award; hebecame an Honorary Member of the Soci-ety of American Foresters (the first in over20 years for the NYSAF); and this year theHeiberg Award and a special award fromthe National Woodland Owners Associa-tion.

John has given much time, effort, andtalent to NYFOA in his years as ExecutiveDirector; he has helped almost double ourmembership and has brought NYFOA na-tional recognition. In mulling over how toconvey John's accomplishments I thoughtof listing all the things he has done onNYFOA's behalf and we would have pagesof copy; and this somehow missed themark. I have chosen to ask various peoplewho have worked with John for their words,therefore:

Helen Marchant: "I have to say I amdelighted to have John retired again; andit has been great. Now we are doing all thethings we had planned eight years ago. ButI have no regrets of his involvement withNYFOA, for we have met so many won-derful people and I know he feels that hasbeen the greatest benefit for him. NaturallyI am very proud of him and always havebeen."

Don Wagner, Past President NYFOA:"John is the most sincere man I have evermet. In the years I have worked with himhe showed nothing but total devotion toNYFOA, even when it interfered withthings he would rather have been doing;he never lost focus on NYFOA. He is bril-liant with a very analytical mind and a verygenerous person. He gave so much beyondhis time to NYFOA. I wish he'd smilemore."

Mike Greason,NYS DEC AssociateForester: "For me, John has been an inspi-ration. At a time when I was becoming frus-trated with my career, John came along toprovide extremely effective leadership forforestry and thus rebuilt my energy and pur-pose. John is a man of great vision whoalso possesses the ability to conceiveprojects and the ability to network peopleto work towards that vision. He developspuzzle parts which make the big pictureachievable. He provides this leadership insuch a quiet, generous manner that people

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John and Boy Scout Troop on woodswalk.

are drawn to support whatever he is lead-ing. In my career, I've been fortunate tomeet many, many wonderful landownerswho love our state's "treernendous" renew-able forest resource. Without a doubt, Johnleads the pack."

Marian Mowatt, Secretary AFCNYFOA, "I know most humans aren't in-terested but John likes sauted parsnips!"

Bob Sand, Awards Committee Chair-man: "In 1989 John volunteered to act asNYFOA's Ex. Dir. His unique talentscoupled with boundless energy found in-stant challenges to pique a sincere desireto expand his personal interest in forestry.Soon after membership, in 1986, he helpedfound the WFL chapter, which today is thelargest chapter in NYFOA. With untiringenthusiasm he began to make changes thatgreatly enhanced the exposure of NYFOA.He traveled widely and often, developinggood relationships with other organiza-tions, associations, governmental agencies,and academia. His expertise in computerdata base management was of significantvalue to NYFOA. His leadership has vastlybroadened NYFOA's horizons and in-creased membership dramatically. Herewas a dynamo of ideas, enthusiasm, vision,and great ability. Eloquent, determined,and knowledgeable, he has been success-ful from day one in advancing NYFOA'sinfluence and involvement in educationand stewardship. It has been a true plea-sure to have been associated with bothMarchants these past 5 112 years."

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Dan McGough, nyforestsONLINE:"John is a tremendous guy. One wordcomes to mind instantly when I think ofJohn, "selflessness". He extends himselffully to anyone who needs a hand. He's avery competent, very professional repre-sentative for any cause, with the ability toimmerse himself totally in any project. Afriend, a true friend. Someone I am veryhappy and proud to call my friend."

Eileen Van Wie, WFL Chapter Chair:"John, your thoughtfulness has been moreappreciated than you know. When I agreedto be the WFL chairperson, I had no ideawhat was involved with the position, therehad not been a chair for 7 months, whichmeant there was no predecessor to ask whatwas expected of me. I received a phone callfrom you inviting me to have coffee withyou. You offered me direction, informa-tion, and ideas for the chapter. I'm still un-organized after two years; but have alwaysremembered your help when you spentthose four hours with me,(1t was really onlyone hour, Helen!). Thank you, John."

Keith Argow, National WoodlandOwners Association President: "When Ithink of John, he's the only person I knowwho has a paper roof on his bam. Becausehe's a working woodland owner, he: growshis own timber, mills his own timber, buildswith his own timber and looks for innova-tive products made from wood. He foundthe paper roofing and gave it a try. Thatsets the tone in dealing with this retired re-searcher and able administrator with a life

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time of accomplishments. He is a "can-do"organizer. Thinking of John always bringsa smile to me because you know with Johnyou will always get a thoughtful and posi-tive response. He is a delight to work with;I feel proud and privileged to have his coun-sel as Northeastern Regional VicePresidentfor NWO."

Stuart McCarty, NYFOA past Presi-dent, "John is a genius to my way of think-ing. He is effective, gets things done. He isarticulate, speaks and writes clearly. He isdedicated, a hard worker. He was too valu-able as our Ex. Dir. even to consider "let-ting" him retire to putter in his woodlot,his dream of what to do after leaving a de-manding job at Kodak. Consequently, Imade it one of my priorities, the most im-portant one, to do all I could to retain Johnand to relieve him of the duties that eitherbored or distracted him from more inter-esting NYFOA related activities. Both DonWagner and I succeeded and must nowgrant that John has more than earned theright to devote more time to his woods.Good Luck, John!"

Mary McCarty, NYFOA past Presi-dent: "First a letter from a recently retiredKodak-person asking about forming achapter - a questionnaire, number of acres,commitment, meeting-date possibilities.Then a phone call. Could we meet him atthe mall to take him to the annual meetingin Syracuse? Make of car? How do we rec-ognize each other? Off we went. How doyou pronounce Marchant? The rest is his-tory. We met numerous times and the WFLwas off and running. Meanwhile we got toknow each other; our lifestyles and patterns.That's what makes friendships. A 7:45 AMcall is either the kids or John, who has beenup since 4:30 patiently waiting to share thelatest developments of the chapter or thebig picture of the needs of NYFOA. Stuartand John became a team; and I was a happypart of the conversations in our breakfastroom. We got to know Helen and Debbiewith visits to the Marchants. Friends - yes.One of the reasons to be thankful forNYFOA. Helen and John, enjoy the newfreedom!"

Charlie Mowatt,NYS DEe AssociateForester, retired: "Last winter I was suffer-ing from a severe case of cabin fever com-plicated by a compound fracture of somelong term forestry relationships and furtherdebilitation from a rash of hateful rhetoricin the news. John recognized the symptomsand made a house call; rather, a phone call.I shall be forever grateful for the care Johnexhibited by calling. He listened while Ibabbled on about my disenchantment withsome of the forestry players and my con-cern for the rise in hate in this country. I

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Bob Sand (r) presents Heiberg Award toJohn accompanied by standing ovation.

wish I could find some meaningful way tooppose the hate. Here, I had to pause forbreath. John took the opportunity to offerjust six words that immediately broke thefever and offered a prescription for eradi-cation of many maladies. Softly, and mostearnestly, he said, "You have to follow yourheart."

Bill Minerd, NYFOA President, "He'sso gracious, ready to listen to ideas, im-parts enthusiasm in people, motivates them.His warmth; what a friend! Like you'veknown him forever even though youhaven't. His great leadership; the personalskills for working with people. I'm sorryhe won't be with us, his work would havecontinued to carry us forward."

There are some of the things a fewpeople had to say about John. Helen saidJohn will kill me when he reads this. Hereally hates tributes. What would I sayabout John? Ditto to all of the above. Stillafter attending Board Meetings for a year Ibegan to expect all this of John. It is justwhat he does! The unexpected bonus forme was John's deep love and appreciationfor nature. He doesn't look at forests as justpotential profits. This man can look at adistant forest in the spring and see a thou-sand shades of green. He is as excited as achild at having bluebird fledglings in a nestbox on his property. He can wax poeticabout the flight of a Marsh Hawk. He notes,with total appreciation, a solitary paintedtrillium, the drifts of Dame's Rocket at ev-ery forest edge, the burgeoning life in hispond each spring. A sleet storm turns hisforest into acres of diamonds and John isas astonished as if they were real

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John receives Special Recognition Awardfrom Keith Argow, President of National

Woodland Owners Association.Photo by Eric Johnson

diamonds ...and as pleased. I didn't expectthis of this able administrator, this verycorrect Executive Director.

He gave NYFOA more than years of histime and effort. He motivated so many ofus by his kindness and enthusiasm. Simplyby listening to us. John really listens; hemakes you think you have the best idea inthe world. He makes us all strive to excel.Thank you, John.

My apologies to the legions of you whowould have liked to add to this tribute. Youcould drop him a line or phone him, or wecould do a whole issue on all that Johnmeans to each of us.

Maybe then I'd be at the head of a verylong line of folks that John has to kill I

Betty Densmore is Chairperson ofNYFOA's Editorial Committee.

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STREAM CORRIDORSBy Homer E. Stennett

Flowing StreamsAs Nature made them, flowing streams

are one of the most beautiful and reward-ing parts of our environment.

As men used them, flowing streams of-ten became ugly and damaging to the en-vironment.

Long ago we learned how to correct thedamage men had done to streams. Ex-amples tell the story .....

DAVIS BROOKDavis Brook flows westward In

Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties nearJamestown. The stream once meandereddown the valley but was straightened toaccommodate the road that runs beside it.The stream struck back and regularly un-

lent food near the water. They ate it offregularly. Then in 1955, William Shields,the farmer, and his son, Richard, built anew fence so that the cows could no longerenter the creek except for a 50 foot-widecrossing where the cows could also getwater. Basket Willow shrubs provided bythe Nursery Division of the NYS Conser-vation Department (currently NYS DEC)were planted.Picture D shows the condition of the creekas it was in 1955 and a troop of Boy Scoutsand their leader as they prepared to plantBasket Willow shrubs. At the same timeBill Shields and his son were building afence above the high bank, Mrs. Shieldswas preparing a lunch for the scouts and

dercut the road; and much work was doneby the highway department to protect it.The stream was part of the adjoining pas-ture and the cows found the most succu-

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other workers. Picture E was taken in 1994,39 years after the first picture with the cam-era pointed directly toward where the boyshad stood. All the area is fully vegetated.

Picture G taken in 1955 was a high bankthat regularly washed out at the toe caus-ing large amounts of soil to slide into thestream to be carried down stream to theMississippi River. After the stream wasprotected from grazing, some bulldozerwork was done to move the stream awayfrom the high bank and Basket Willowshrubs were planted. At that time CrownVetch now common on road banks was notknown in New York. A handful of CrownVetch seed was available; therefore, on thetop of the high bank at about 25 foot inter-vals, a small amount of sod was removedand a few seeds were planted. The idea was

that as the Vetch grew and hung over thebank, it would drop seeds, germinate, andprotect the bank. It worked and CrownVetch helped to stabilize the bank.

Picture H, taken in 1994, is looking di-rectly at the high bank, now completelyvegetated. The whole length of the streamis now fully protected. Many high watershave flowed down the stream in recentyears without causing any damage. It hasbeen many years since the highway depart-ment had to do any work to protect the road.

COLDSPRING CREEKColdspring Creek is in Cattaraugus

County, about ten miles south ofSalamanca. The stream is located on thereservation of the Seneca Indian Nation. Itflows through a terminal moraine made bythe Wisconsin Glacier. In it are manyrounded boulders, some of them granitewhich were brought from the Laurentide

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ture and the condition of the stream wascaused by cattle grazing off all protectivevegetation. Picture J was taken in 1994,39 years after the first picture. Pasturing ofthe stream was stopped about 1965. Thestream reestablished its own channel; andall of the vegetation is volunteer from plantsand seeds that came with the water andlodged on the banks. There was evidencethat shortly before the picture was taken,water five foot deep flowed. It caused nodamage.

Many miles of streams in New York,once terrible eyesores, are now beautifuland productive: lots of them because farmswere abandoned and no longer pastured;many others because the farm owners madea conscious effort to improve them. Every-body who loves the out of doors, benefits.

Mountains remote in Canada.Picture I was taken of the stream in

1955. This reach of the stream was in pas-

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Homer Stennett, a resident of Jamestown.isretired after 39 years employed by the USSoil Conservation Service.

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AMBROSIA BEETLES - a study in symbiosisBy Douglas Allen

These insects have garnered much at-tention from entomologists world wide be-cause of their economic significance andfascinating life style. They are a smallgroup within the "true" bark beetle family(see AprillMay, 1994 issue) but are char-acterized by a feeding behavior that dif-fers markedly from their relatives. Attacksby ambrosia beetles do no structural dam-age to logs or lumber, but their activity re-sults in significant degrade if thelandowner's goal is to produce a woodproduct.

Ecological RoleOrdinarily, ambrosia beetle activity goes

unnoticed in forests where it plays an im-portant biological role in the early stagesof nutrient cycling. Attacks usually are as-sociated with freshly cut or windblowntrees and standing trees that are severelystressed or that have been killed recentlyby other agents. Their galleries provideopenings for microorganisms and moisturethat, together, accelerate decomposition.Only a few species attack vigorous trees.

Signs and SymptomsThe reddish brown to black adults are

less than 3/16" long. Upon locating a suit-able host, they bore directly into the woodand produce very fine, dust-like wood chipsthat are swept out of the tunnel. Theseborings match the color of the sapwood,usually very light brown to bright white.The boring dust accumulates in bark crev-

ices (Fig. I) beneath the entrance hole, atthe base of an infested tree or under infestedlogs. The beetles excavate an intricate net-work of tunnels (Fig. 2) a few to severalinches into the sapwood, in some caseseven reaching the heartwood. Tunnel di-ameter varies from 1/32" to 1/8", depend-ing on the species of ambrosia beetle. Thesmall size of the tunnel is reflected in an-other common name for this group, "pin-worm". A black stain is associated with thetunnel wall and adjacent wood.

Many people encounter evidence of am-brosia beetles while splitting firewood. Thesmall holes, stain and network of galleriesare especially common in birch, maple andoak.

Fig. 1. Accumulations of white boring dust on a maple log infested by ambrosia beetles.

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Fig. 2 A block of woodwith ambrosia beetle

tunnels: A, outer bark;B, inner bark; "cradle"

indicated by arrow.

BiologyIn contrast to true bark beetles that live

and feed only in a narrow zone just underthe bark (Fig. 2,B) (hence, the commonnames "bark beetles" or "inner bark bor-ers"), ambrosia beetles do not eat woodymaterial and spend no time beneath bark.They provide for their own nutrition byfeeding on a fungus that flourishes withinthe galleries. These "fungus gardens" origi-nate from spores that female beetles carrywith them in special pocket-like structuresassociated with their exoskeleton or "skin".The inoculum is passed from one beetlegeneration to the next. Both larvae andadults feed on this "ambrosia". The fungusis responsible for the black stain that ac-companies each tunnel. Some ambrosiabeetles deposit eggs directly in the tunnel,others excavate short galleries, called"cradles" (Fig. 2), along the sides of themain gallery. Fungal spores are extrudedinto each cradle and (or) tunnel. By the timeeggs hatch there is plenty of mycelium(my-seal-ium), a mat of thread-like tubesthat constitute the vegetative structure ofthe fungus, to nourish both adults and de-veloping larvae.

Hosts and SusceptibilityMany species of conifers and

broad leaved trees are subject to infestationsby at least one species of ambrosia beetle.Host material is only susceptible as long asthe amount of moisture in the wood exceedsthe fiber saturation point; that is, a mois-ture content of approximately 30% or more.Below this point there is no free water inthe wood cells and any water that exists inthe wood is chemically bound to cell walls.

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Fig. 3. Ambrosia beetle damage to yellowbirch veneer. Actual dia. of each hole

is 1 mm (.04 inches).

Ambrosia beetle attacks are especiallycommon in freshly cut logs that are left inthe woods and (or) retained on a shadedlog deck for several weeks. Under theseconditions, damage is most severe to logscut in spring and early summer, a time whenadults are most active.

Economic SignificanceCommercial loss to ambrosia beetle ac-

tivity occurs in the form of degrade associ-ated with the presence of dark-stained pinholes in lumber or veneer processed frominfested logs (Fig. 3). This loss is especiallyimportant, because the damage occurs inthe sapwood where the most valuable clearlumber or veneer should be found.

PreventionThe best way to prevent damage is to

process logs quickly. Minimize the avail-ability of susceptible logs (i.e., freshly cut,above fiber saturation) during periods ofbeetle flight, usually in the spring and earlysummer. Even logs decked adjacent to awoodland may be invaded. So, most espe-cially in the spring, process logs quickly.As long as the moisture content of the woodremains high enough, the sap within willferment and emit chemical odors thatgreatly facilitates the insect's ability to lo-cate a suitable log. Any log that is produc-ing light colored "dust" should be suspectand quickly processed.

This is the 21st in the series of articles con-tributed by Dr. Allen, Professor of ForestEntomology at SUNY/ESF.NY FOREST OWNER

Firewood Was The AnswerBy Don Steger

Cutting firewood began at Cold BrookFarm in 1956 when we installed awoodburning furnace in our old farmhouse.I soon found a market for fireplace woodand produced about 100 face cord a year inspare time from work on our game farmand hunting preserve .

Our 1,100acre farm consists of approxi-mately 800 acres of woodland. Of that, 200acres had always been woodland and 600acres have since reverted to woodland af-ter cultivation. It soon became apparent tome that in our woodland were trees of poorform, some low quality species, and areaswhere the trees were just growing too thick.

Cutting firewood was the answer for me.Because of the demands of the gamefarm,time did not permit me to turn all theculls and thinning into firewood. Much wasleft in the woods where it was cut.

In 1981my wife and I retired, she fromteaching and I from operating the gamefarm. We purchased a wheel skidder andwoodsplitter; and I started working in thewoods full time. The energy crisis was hereand firewood was in demand. After cuttingand splitting all spring and early summer,in the fall of 1981I had 500 face cord allstacked, dry, and ready for marketing.

I cut only the harder woods for sale, nobasswood, poplar, or tulip. Rot is split outand larger knots are excluded. My splitwood is stacked off the ground in individualstacks and at least as far apart as the lengthof the wood, with the bark side facing up.Why? Bark holds the moisture in the wood,green and after it is cut. With the bark sideup the moisture will drain out faster. Thewood storage area should have good airmovement and as much direct sunlight aspossible. Our customers expect a dry uni-form product year after year and this is whatwe supply. If even drier wood is wanted, itshould be kept inside where the relativehumidity is usually lower and constant.

Trees can be cut when the leaves are outand can be left until the leaves are dry andbrittle. This removes about half of the mois-ture. This is a good plan for weekend cut-ters, saving them some drying time.

We now heat our 100-year-old homewith a woodburning boiler in an adjacentbuilding. In the boiler we burn odd-sizedpieces, knotty wood, some rot, and somesofter woods.

Everyone has something they do well. Ican stack wood. Neat stacks of firewooddrying in the summer sun gives me a feel-ing of unparalleled satisfaction, except per-haps for the sound of a tom turkey gob-bling in the spring woods. [see page 2]

The commercial firewood cutter shouldlive by a simple rule: make a good productand deal fairly with his customers.

Don served as chairman of the NYS Re-gion 7 Forest Practice Board for over tenyears; a past recipient of the NYS Outstand-ing Tree Farmer Award, his Tree Farm islocated in Cortland County.

(Graphic from "Wild in New York":vs: 2, No.3 1994)

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ON GUYS AND DOLLSBy Jane Sorensen Lord, PhD, OTR, ND

"Having a senior moment?", my momasked Gordon, my husband, when he for-got what he was talking about in mid-sen-tence.

"Didn't you take your Ginkgo?""There's a huge Ginkgo in the middle

of campus; should I collect the leaves andmake my own?", my brother wants toknow. The manager of information systemsat Indiana University, he takes it to keepsharp for his cyberspace work.

My mom started to take Ginkgo sixyears ago, when she was 75. She had startedgetting dizzy when she rose too fast and"spacey" at unexpected moments. After afull neurological work-up, including aCTscan, her doctor told her nothing waswrong; she was experiencing the normalaging process.

Ginkgo is widely used and has been wellresearched in Europe.

It is prescribed to increase blood flowto the brain and body, for macular degen-eration (the leading cause of adult blind-

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)

ness), Alzheimer's, high blood pressure, co-chlear deafness AND vertigo (chronic diz-ziness).

I gave mom her first bottle of extractand told her to look up Ginkgo the nexttime she went to the library. She went thenext day and immediately started taking 20drops in the morning and evening. Within6 weeks her dizziness cleared and she be-gan to feel a sense of "well-being, not upor higb, just good and comfortable". Shehas taken it ever since and has introducedfriends to it. She buys ginkgo by the dozen,but swears she's not pushing it.

When I learned as a child, that Ginkgowas the oldest surviving tree on earth, wefondly nicknamed the tree the "DinosaurTree". I can also remember picking theleaves to use as dolls' fans. They workedfresh or pressed.

Native to the Orient, it is described inthe oldest Chinese herbal, Pen Tsao Chin~.And in India's traditional Ayurvedic medi-cine, Ginkgo is used in a longevity elixir.The trees were introduced in the West in1730; but, according to MichaelCastleman's, The Healing Herbs, they wereignored by European herbalists. However,the trees grace streets and parks through-out Europe, indeed the whole temperateworld. The biggest I've ever seen is at theVanderbilt Manor in Hyde Park on theHudson. There is also an old one on thegrounds of the former Havemeyer Estatein Greenwich, CT.

There are a great many in New YorkCity, easily discernable from the Lindens,Sycamores, Kentucky Coffee Beans, andHoneysuckle Locusts, because of theGinkgo's nifty leaves; but also, becausetheir leaves seem to pop out, not graduallyemerge, in the spring. One day you walkby a bunch and they look like winter, then

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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)

Bingo!, a few days later, the leaves are fullout.

I planted ten on my Tree Farm so I couldmake my own tincture. (Fill a quart jar 3/4full of cut-up leaves that have just begunto turn yellow in the fall and cover with as-high-a proof Vodka you can buy. It turns adeep shade of green in a few weeks and isthen ready for 112 tablespoon doses.) Iprobably bought trees too young for rigor-ous Tree Farm life, because I had a 90%mortality after two years. This year I willfertilize and water the remaining survivor,in the hopes it will make it to 4 feet by theend of summer and grow enough.leaves tomake a quart.

About a month ago Dick Fox told methat someone asked him to ask me abouttaking Ginseng, a plant that is getting a lotof play by forest owners. It's a good tonic -herb that supports the immune system (andwhich is believed to be a sexual stimulantfor men - no research though). I felt likesaying, take Ginkgo, it's better for yourbrain.

Mom says to be sure to let you knowthat Ginkgo works slowly, not like an as-pirin for a headache. "Give it a chance towork and you'll soon notice that yourfuzziness goes away, that you will feelclearer, and you will have a sense of well-being."

And the leaves really do make greatdolls' fans.

Dr. Jane is a regular contributor to the NYFOREST OWNER, promotes the use of wildplants in our culture, and serves as Com-munications Liaisonfor the NYS Tree FarmCommittee.

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The MarketplaceATTENTION small woodlot owners/part time loggers - ForFARMI winches and VALBY chippers, write Hewitt's HillHaven, Locke, NY 13092 or call (315) 497 -1266 (Before 8AMor after 6PM).

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FOR SALE: 170 acres Allegany County; 80 acres pine andhardwoods; deer, turkey, grouse; call Henry Hansen, evenings(716) 334-3569; Good project for interested woodsman.

For Sale - A well-managed timberland tract in Ellenburg,NY consisting of 191 acres near Upper Chateauguy Lake.Asking $85,000. For more details contact Ben Hudson atWagner Woodlands and Co., P.O. Box 128, Lyme, NH 03768(603) 795-2165.

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