- the voice of 255,000 forest owners in New York- representing an ownership of 11 million acres'

Want to give some bright eyed conservation minded youngster you know a real lift inhis interest? How about sending him an NYFOA Gift Membership?

And how about your neighbor down the road--the one with an interest in trees? Youcould introduce him to a whole new field of adventure by asking him to join NYFOA.

November is NYFOA membership month. Let's give it some meaning!

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nythe cut-out section on the underof strip flooring? we wrote.ANSWER" -Floyd-

3.!any thanks for your kind letterding the NYFOA tour at Cayuta.

were happy to have such a fine

Regarding the cut-out section on::.nder side of our strip flooring;is there for two reasons:

_. It makes the flooring lay flatter._. It takes out some of the uneven-

sends his regards.

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•News Re Leas e USDA9/ 19/67)

FOREST - A SOURCE OF PLEASUREReport on Weinheimer Woods Walk

It was a pleasure to have 14 NYFOAmembers and non-members on ourWoods Walk July 15, at our RockyKnoll Woods. Seven came through anannouncement in the local paper. Wewere happy to welcome everyone andshow them around.

Ifind that people interested in woodsand the outdoors are fascinating.There are always so many things totalk about.

TALL STRAIGHT TIMBER!WALKERS ADMIRE WEINHEIMERWOODS.

To get more personal, I purchasedmy first piece of land (97 acres) in1941 because of an urge to have wood-land of my own to practice forestryon, particularly so I could followthrough over the years to see what theresults of my efforts would be.

Because of a growing convictionthat woodland presents a wonderfulform of investment, I have since add-ed parcels bringing the present totalto 212 acres. (continued on next page).

OUR FORESTS ARE VITALMEMBERSHIP ADDS ZEST

Forests are indispensable to ourpresent standard of living. In the book-let Treasure of the Timberlands byJim Breetveld published by ScholasticMagazine in cooperation with Weyer-haeuser Timber Co., - appears thestatement "Sometime today you prob-ably put wood on your face, brush yourteeth with it, wore it or ate it. Woodis a stabilizer in shaving cream, coldcream and toothpaste. Rayon you knowabout. What you ate is wood used asan extender in ice cream or as a ba-sic part of artificial vanilla flavoring. "

Every hour of the day we depend up-on forests in one or many ways. Re-newing and rebuilding the forests ofNew York State is one of oUJ;majorobjectives. We cannot get along with-out forests any more than we can getalong without food.

Getting new members brings zestto an organization. New membersbring new interests, new opportunitiesfor helping to build the forest wealthneeded for tomorrow. It's a big jobthat requires vision, tenacity of pur-pose, but one that brings great satis-faction to those who are working at it.

You can be pr oud to offer member-ship in NYFOA to a neighbor, a friend,orarelative. Andasfor ajunior mem-bership, do you know of any placewhere one dollar will bring a juniormember as many new friends, as muchadventure, as much inspiration?

Give a gift rnem ber ship! Help your-self and others to some happiness andin so doing bring new life and newzest to back NYFOA's forest buildingprogram.

(continued fr om page 1)Most of the land had relatively

small quantitites of merchantable tim-ber initially, but a consistent programof improvement work has been follow-ed. Most of this involved fuelwoodcuttings with no government subsidiesinvolved, and some harvest cuttings.

I was lucky in that all my hardwoodar eas were originally clear - cut andcontained very few culls that couldn'tat least be used for fuelwood. Somethinning and pruning has been done un-der the ACP program.

The totals cut have graduallymounted up to fairly impressive fig-ures, i.e. 115,000 bd. ft. and 620cords, with the current cut around15,000 bd. ft. and 70 cords per year.Along with the gradually increasedvolumes cut has corne an increase insize and quality, particularly in thehardwoods.

"I CAN REALISTICALLY CLAIM THEWOODSAS MY OLD AGE SECURITY"

Aside from the satisfaction of see-ing the mounting yield of the forest,it has been a source of pleasure tobuild a maj or addition to our hous eus ing our own lumber, and to us e itwhere feasible for many alterations,sheds, playhouses, etc.

Inaverytrue sense the whole 200-plus acres is our "horne." All mem-bers of the family are interested init. Periodically we have to go to seethe "first" arbutus, the ladyslippers,the "ice falls," the North Woods (s 0named in a mid-1300 deed and the siteof a number of my wife's Girl Scoutcampouts). Or topick ferns or leavesfor floral arrangements or perhaps amess of mushrooms (we eat quite afew and admire the variety and beautyof many others.)

Wildlife and birds corne infor theirshare of the attention and I have leftseveral old den trees that racoons,squirrels and pileated woodpeckersseem to appreciate.

With over half the acreage in goodquality 50 to 30 year hardwood I canrealistically claim the woods as myold age security, or at least a goodpart of it.

WHY IT PAYS TO BEA TREE FARMER

ASouth Carolina tree farmer findsthat "my Tree Farm is definitely pay-ing off. I have sold fuel wood, cedarposts, cedar logs, hickory blocks,veneer blocks, sawtimber and pulp-wood."

A Washington State tree farmersees abig advantage in growing treesas a crop. "1£ the market is down youdon't have to harve st as you would withsome crops and take your chances onlow payment--you just let the treesadd a little more fat and wait for themarket to rise."

"I got my money's worth out of thetaxes I've paid just seeing the treesgrow," a New York tree farmer says,"but now the pendulum is swinging theother way. I'm now getting moremoney out of the woods. "

These are quotes from a new foldercalled How You Can Become a TreeFarmer.

Would you like to become a TreeFarmer?

New York State has more than 300Tree Farmers. The NYFOA wouldlike to see several thousand TreeFarmers in New York State.

The new folder has an applicationform; it tells you what you must do toqualify as a Tree Farmer and becomea part of the American Tree FarmSystem.

1£you want a copy of the late st fold-er write the Secretary, NYFOA.

45,000 miles of new power lineswill take almost one million acres ofland in immediate future.

One of the strongest national chan-gesinrecentyearshasbeenthe emer-gence of conservationas a significantpolitical and social force, accordingto the Wildlife Management Institute.People now are concer ned about waterpollution, good forestry practices,national parks, wildlife, and all theother resource areas and activitiesthat figure in the conservation scene.(Source: Outdoor News Bulletin9/29/67)

Meanwhile we are enjoying someincome (I forgot to mention our year-ly greens and Christmas tree opera-tions) as well as the amenities of theforest environment. Wherever har-vest cuttings have been made vigor-ous young growth of good quality hasbeen encouraged, thus assuring thecontinuance of all these good things.

Arthur J. WeinheimerOld Chatham, N. Y.

PAPER CLOTHES FOR MENU. S. buyers spent $3.5 million on

paper clothes last year. This year'sales are bigger than ever anddouble breasted men's suits at $12.(Source: Canadian Pulp & Paper AssNews Bulletin, Aug. 1967)

United States produces about 55percent of world plywood.

A CONSERVATION BILL OF RIGHTS-New York's Constitutional

tion unanimously approved a "conser-vation bill of rights" declaring the prtection of natural resources and scebeauty to be state policy.

As part of the State Constitution itwould require the Legislature to pro-vide for the abatement of water and airpollution and "excessive and unneces-sarynoise," and for the protection ofagricultural lands ,wetlands and shorlines.

In addition the state could eS'd.U~.L"'.a "nature and historical preserve"side the existing forest preservesthe Adir ondack and Catskill Mounta.iby acquiring lands and waters "becausof their natural beauty, wildernesscharacter or geological, ecologicalor historical significance." Two suc -ces sive s es sions of the LeJ<.L;o~'1.\.'Lwould have to approve the disposof any land after it had been acquire

"The conservation bill of rightsunanimously approved by the Consti-tutional Convention is a triumph forconstructive bipartisanship.

"Senator Earl Brydges and otherRepublican delegates working withkey Democrats - Charles Stockmeistechairman of the Convention's naturresources committee, and ArthurLevitt·Jr. ,author ofthe bill of rights-agreed upon small but worthwhilechanges in the draft.

"The phrase 'natural beauty'changed to 'scenic beauty' to makeplain that man-made structures aralso deserving of protection. Thebatement of noise was added to thecleaning of polluted air and watera specific goal. Another arn eridrnspecifically directs the Legislatureto 'make adequate provisions' forcarrying out the intent of the new section.

"The bill of rightsstatement of purpose;meaningful as the public andLegislature make it. But by kethe 'forever wild' section intactadding this new language, thevention has provided a clear manto protect the state's resources. ".(Source: New York Times, BureauOutdoor Recreation. )

matUla, Fla. 32784

It is interesting how different, butthe same time, similar forestryoblems are in Florida. Umatilla isthe edge of the Ocala National For-

est, which is being intensively man-aged by the Forest Service. They

im it is America's lar gest Nation-Forest. Vast areas are set aside

as wildlife refuges. Pine is the prin-pal pulpwood. A stumpage sale is

~ertised at the local post office. Itspecifies minimum bid $6.90 per cord.

Gladys and I were invited to a re-iona l district meeting of the Florida

Forestry Assn. The Association isided into 12 districts with a direc-in each. In addition there are 24

They have about

The dues for landowners are 2-1/2¢r acre (minimum $10.00), wooding industries under 50 employees00; 50-100 employees $200; overemployees $300. Then wood sup-

-ers $25 and related industries $50.is allows them an executive direc-and a public relations director at

Both seemed very' cap-

Their problem: with 90,000 foresters (53% of the land is forest) own-19 million acres, they complainonly the large companies and own-practice forest management,

ich is very profitable because .ofshortrotation(15 to 20 years) andstumpage values.

The owners who want to work harde too impatient to wait 20 years soy plant citrus gr ove s, and the otherd feel the land is worth more forestate development. So the indus-that depend on timber, princi-the nine pulp and cellulos e millsuse 1,000 cords per day (each)that would like to expand - fare a

!-1D:::lllu:;ile d supply of raw materials.

ExecutivePublic Relationsaxationarkets & Researchdustrial Affairsildlife & Recreation

e purpose of the district meet-is to get support of a reform of

of forest land and oppose aed severance tax on timber.

Spencer (the executive director)_~u.u.",d timber to be a crop, grown

like vegetables but slower.

About 50 people attended the meet-ing which was held at the AgriculturalCenter with a chicken barbecue (onthe house) very much - at least I hopeso - like our Woods Walks might be.

One guest who talked t o me wantedto be remembered to Prof. Farns-worth. His name is Charles G. Geltz,Professor of Silviculture at the Uni-versity of Florida at Gainesville. Hetold me he taught once at Wanakena.

The Florida Forestry Associationalso have the problem to reach the90,000 forest owners. Many are mem-bers of a farmer forest associationthat has 1,700 members that own andoperatemorethan25 million acres oftimberland in 15 southern states.

Ifeelnow that we are really not do-ing so badly.

Fred NajerEditor's Note: The people of Floridaare naturally enthusiastic. They shouldmeet the people of Alaska. Alaskareally has the 2 largest National For-ests, the Chugach with 4,700, 000acres, the Tongass with 16,000,000acres.

The Ocala National Forest in 1960had 361,000 acres.

Wood is a time-tested material.Noah used gopher wood or cypress inthe construction of his ark.

Hassam RoadNiobeNew York 14758

Dear Dr. Car Is on:Could NYFOA be of service to new

non-farmer owner s of woodlands byexplaining in detail how to handle onincome tax reports the payments re-deived from ACP and/ or the Appala-chian Program and how to handle onincome tax reports the expendituresmade in carrying out the operationsmade possible by ACP and/or the Ap-palachian Program? I fear that insome areas the branch office of In-ternal Revenue Service may not becompletely familiar with such prob-lems of non-farmer owners of wood-lands.

Could NYFOA identify effectiveways to discourage assessors frompenalizing owners of woodlands whenimprovements are made, improve-ments which will mean no income formany years? To date no such prob-lem has aris en in my cas e, but it ismy understanding that in some otherareas there is a need not to discour-age owners of woodlands from improv-ing their woodlands.

Sincerely yours,(signed) Miles R. Jacobs

PROFESSOR EARL L. STONE, JR.DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY,CORNELL UNIVERSITY, POINTSOUT HOW SOILS AND MOISTUREAFFECT RED PINE GROWTHPhoto courtesy Douglas M. Payne,Dept. of Conservation, CornellUniversity.

PRIVATE INVESTMENTIN CONSERVATION

Because three-quarters of theland in the contiguous 48 states isprivately-owned, the voluntary ac-tions of individual citizens remaincrucial t o the establishment of con-servation and resource developmentmeasures. Encouragingly, the rec-ord shows that the two million land-owners and operators cooperating inDistrict programs finance mor:e ofthe costs of this work than all publicsources combined.

The last available estimates indi-cate that the combined sources of in-vestment in land treatment programsin Soil and Water Conservation Dis-tricts now exceed $920 million an-nually, of which nearly two-thirds isprovided from private, local, andstate sources. The approximate dis-tribution indicates a federal invest-ment of $338 million, state and localallocations of $50 million, and an in-vestment of $535 million by farmers,ranchers, and othe r local sources.

This is heartening, for the willingparticipation of millions of landown-ers is essential in meeting the con-servation challenges ahead. The na-tion's 18,000 District officials needto do everything possible to strength-en the unique partnership betweenprivate citizens and all levels of gov-ernment which they have helped toforge to fight resource waste andmisuse.(Source: Tuesday Letter NACD

COASTAL WETLANDS NEEDPROTECTION.

The imperative need for nationaland state policies to protect valuablecoastal marshes from unguided de-velopment was the major conclusionthat emerged from the Coastal Marshand Estuary- Management Sympos ium,held last month at Louisiana State Uni-versity, the Wildlife Management In-stitute reports. The policies shouldcover the activities of all governmentagencies, as well as those of privateindividuals and groups.

Purpose of the symposium, attend-ed by more than 300 representativesof federal, state, local, and privateagencies, was to focus attention onthe values of coastal wetlands, de-structive threats, management prac-tices, and research needs.

About 65 percent of the country'scommercial finfish and shellfish,most marine sport fish, and a pre-ponderance ofmigratory birds dependon the coastal wetland and estuarineenvironment for survival.

Unregulated dredging and fillingare the most serious threats to coast-al wetlands. These operations are be-coming more efficient and are accel-erating so rapidly that many uniqueacquatic areas are threatened withdestruction within the lifetime of mostAmericans.

Traditionally, Americans have con-sidered wetlands as wastelands. Gov-ernment authority for controlling de-velopments in wetlands is fragment-ary or lacking. Physical intrusionsare executed on a project-by-projectbasis, without relating individual ac-tions toanentire estuary, watershed,or river basin. In addition to physicalalterations, water pollution continuesto degrade the remaining wetland hab-itat.(Source: Outdoor News Bulletin

President: David H. HanaburghCraft Lane, Buchanan, N.Y. 10511

Editor-Secretary: Floyd E. CarlsonCollege of ForestrySyracuse, N. Y. 13210

Treasurer -Membership .Secretary:Mrs. Luella B. Palmer157 Ballantyne Rd.Syracuse, N. Y. 13205

NEWS OF YOUThree of the ten 1967 winners of

the N. Y.S. Achievement Awards Pro-gram sponsored by the N. Y. S. Con-servation Council and Sears RoebuckFoundation are members of our As-sociation. Each award winner receiv-ed a hands ome statuette of wildlifemounted on a black walnut base.

The awards were presented at the34th Annual Convention of the NewYork State Conservation Council attheir Annual Awards dinner held atthe Holiday Inn, Lake George, Sept.21, 1967.

Congratulations to:Floyd E. Carlson, Professor of

Forest Extension, Syracuse Univer-sity College of Forestry at SyracuseUniversity; NYFOA Secretary and Ed-itor of the Forest Owner. His awardwas FOREST CONSERVATIONIST"For performing outstanding servicein the field of conservation, to theforest land owners as well as woodusing industries of New York State.As New York State Forest Conserva-tionist of 1967, Floyd received anELK statuette.

John F. Daly, attorney, Council tothe 1967 Constitutional ConventionCommittee on Natural Resources andAgriculture; Councilto the Joint Leg-islative Committee on Conservation,Natural Res our ces , and Scenic Beauty;Council since 1965 to Ass embly Stand-ing Committee on Conservation. Hisaward was LEGISLATIVE CONSER-VATIONIST. "For most outstandingconservation effort by a member ofa committee staff in the promotion ofbeneficial natu r a.I resource legisla-tion and outstanding staff work on leg-islative problems." As Legislative

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Conservationist of the Year, John re-ceived a GRIZZLY BEAR statuette.

Barnett Fowler, Albany Times-Union Columnist, former ManagingEditor ofAlbany Times Union. CON-SERVATION COMMUNICATIONSAWARD OF THE YEAR. "For thetremendous impact he has wielded ininfluencing the general public in thepromotion of conservation of our nat-ural resources through his timely,well-informed and inspirational writ-i.ngs, " As Conservation Communica-tions Award Winner of the Year,Barnett received aMOUNT AIN LIONstatuette.

State award winners will be eligibleto compete for national recognition ina similar awards program conductedby the National Wildlife Federation.

Albert Wertheimer, charter mem-ber and husband of Director DorothyWertheimer, was honored recently asone of six 1967 Lettermen of Distinc-tion electees by the Syracuse Univer-sity Varsity Club. A Letterman be-comes eligible for this award twenty-five years after his gr aduat ion andsince leaving the University, havegained distinction in his communityor profession and brought honor tohimself and to the University.

He was undefeated in three yearof Varsity and Championshipcompetition and was SU's first Nat-ional Collegiate Champion in 1932.

Al is President of AmalgamatedMusic Enterprises and also of Func-tional Broadcasting Corp. , and Found-er of Empire State FM Radio Network.

Mrs. Luella B. PalmerMembership Secretary

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