The New York Forest Owner - Volume IV, Number 2A

Issued Monthly byNew York Forest Owners Association, Inc.

President: Dr. Eugene Klochkoff, 20 E. 74th St., New York 21, N.Y.Editor-Secretary: Floyd E. Carlson, College of Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y.

Treasurer-Membership Secretary: Mrs. Luella B. Palmer, 157 Ballantyne Rd., Syracuse,N.Y.

FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING SPARKLES

New records were set in quality of pro-gram, numbers in attendance and participationf members in the Fourth Annual Meeting ofe New York Forest Owners Association at the

State University College of Forestry atSyracuse University on Saturday, April 30,966.

With President Eugene Klochkoff presid-. g, and a cordial welcome by Dr. Hardy L.

irley, Dean of the College of Forestry, -esident Klochkoff then turned to David H.naburgh, First Vice President, to moderatee panel '~orest Beauty and Timber Harvest-g," theme of the meeting.

Right from the start this panel gainedterest, held the attention and moved to a

ine climax as Jean Fisher, Chairman of thepartment of Forest Extension, talked on

-The Professional Forester Looks at Timberrvesting," and Norwood W. Olmsted, Woodlandnager, Finch-Pruyn Co., Inc., Glens Falls,.Y., discussed "Forest Industry and Poster-ty - Our Obligation," in finely penned prose.

Third panel member was John W. Stock,perintendent, Litchfield Park Corp., Tupperke, N.Y., NYFOA Board member, whose talkhe Logging Mess - Whose Fault?" was en-ced by a number of slides illustrating

good and bad examples in logging. David• Strong, Consulting Forester, Wilmington,.Y., climaxed the panel offering with histriguing "The Consultant Contemplates the

atability." Seldom have four panel mem-rs teamed up to get such effective results.

The coffee break following at 10:30 wastally stirred with conversation based on the

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sound sense and spirit the panel members hadbrought to this first,portion of the meeting.Then came the widely anticipated illustratedfeature talk by Dr. Edward P. Cliff, Chief,Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,Washington, D.C., on "Helping People Under-stand the Forest at Work. " With carefullyworded commentary and 80 superb slides takenfrom a wide range of subjects and views on the154 National Forests under administration ofthe Forest Service, Ed. Cliff with his straight-forward fine spirit of sincerity, gave specialemphasis to the fact that there is today agreat need for public information and publicunderstanding of the value and management offorests. Following his talk there were manyquestions. His talk had been heralded as aheadline of the Fourth Annual Meeting -,it wasindeed!

HAVE YOU A TAX TALE TO TELL US?

We are certain that a number of our mem-bers have had experience with regard to han-dling their tax problems and that these wouldbe helpful to other owners. One of thestrengths of this Association can be develop-ed as we share our experiences with others.If you will write us a story about your taxsituation and prefer to withhold your name,don't hesitate to do so if this is your wish.The more sharing of information and experiencewe can provide, the more we encourage and makeway for the improvement of the woods or otheraspects of forest ownership. So send us yourstory. You don't have to polish it. We'lltake care of the editing. F.E.C.

DEAN SHIRLEY WELCOMES NYFOA

Years ago when Svend Heiberg talked tome of the need of an organization of forestowners to give to forestry in New York theorganized strength, clarification of objec-tives, and unity of purpose exemplified inagriculture by the Grange, the Farm BureauFederation, and the Dairymens League andtheir combined Grange-League-Federation --now Agway, we little realized how to mobil-ize the forest owners, or even who they wereand what they needed.

Today I am convinced that had theState Forest Practice Board not taken up andpromoted the idea, and even if Heiberg and Ihad not urged it upon them, there would havebeen others to see the need and start anorganization.

The Forest Owners Association has beenmarvelously successful in bringing togetherpeople of kindred spirit for mutual assoc-iation and exchange of experience. TedBuckley, your first President, sensed thelatent enthusiasm and need of forest ownersand gave you initial impetus. Red Evanssupplied the wisdom and know-how to get theorganization launched. President Klochkoff,Dorothy Wertheimer, Floyd Carlson, Mrs. Pal-mer, and many other enthusiastic and devotedpeople have carried on the work. I thinkall of them see, as I do, your main tasksstill lying ahead -- improved markets forproducts, better cutting practices, how toenhance beauty with utility that we arediscussing today, and how to work coopera~tively to build a truly magnificent rurallandscape.

To me it has, indeed, been a rewardingexperience to se~ how the Association hasgrown. I congratulate you heartily-as weopen our Fourth Annual Meeting in the roomwhere the organization was founded.

COMMENTS FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

With each semi-annual meeting more mem-bership cards "come alive" in my files.Talking to a member in person enables me toplace a face on the individual card when Ihave occasion to look at it. My only reg;retis that the rush of registration does notallow me to have a word with all of you.Among new members are:

Robert A. Kerr (Otsego)Richard Van Ry (Oneida) - Student at

College of Forestry.

Claude Ao McGee (Clinton)I. P. Rodman, Jr. (Warren)Harry O. Sampson (Warren)Robert L. Bioren (Warren)Booth Hoddick (Columbia)Harry Veeser (Oswego) - LibrarianJackson W. Nyoes (Otsego) - Tree

planter, Stump removalWalter Bernard (Wybming)

The county in parenthesis indicates thelocation of the forest land. Addressessupplied on request. As of May 11 - totalNYFOA membership is 734.

Mrs. Luella B. PalmerMembership Secretary.

AWARD CEREMONIES rt'IGHLIGHTLUNCHEON

With 2nd Vice President Harvey H. Smithacting as Master of Ceremonies some 150 Nmembers gathered in Graham Hall on MountOlympus to enjoy an excellent luncheon menuand program which began,with an invocationRev. Frank A. Reed, author of "The Lumber-jack Sky Pilot."

Award Ceremonies of the 4th Annual Meeing began when President Klochkoff presentedNYFOA's first President, Theodore T. BuckleySheriff of Washington County and resident ofCambridge, N.Yo, with a plaque in recognitiof his services for two and a half years.

Dr. Klochkoff said "We take pleasure inpresenting you a plaque of your favoritematerial - wood. Since you champion the useof New York State woods, the body of theplaque is one of your favorites, the yellowbirch. But because of your far ranging in-terest,-your imagination and interest indesign, the plaque employs lace woods fromAustralia, rose wood from Brazil and obechefrom the West Coast of Africa." And he wenton to say "We hope you will as proudly dispthis plaque made from the woods of four con-tinents as we are proud of your efforts inproviding leadership for 2-1/2 years in theformative period of the New York Foresters Association." Ted responded in his uswarm and humorous manner.

Acting for H. Dyer Phillips, Chairman,New York State Tree Farm Committee, who wasabsent, Secretary Carlson awarded Dave Markof Milford, N.Y., a Tree Farm Certificatea Tree Farm sign. In concluding his remarkSecretary Carlson referred to PresidentBuckley~s strong endorsement of the Tree

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ovement in New York State from the very be-inning of the New York Forest Owners Assoc-

°ationis activities, and urged all foresters to work toward the achievement of

ree Farm certificationeFollowing the brief but warm talk by

ormer President Buckley and the Tree Farmard~ Harvey Smith called upon Dr. Edward

• Cliff, Chief, Forest Service, to presente first Svend O. Heiberg Memorial Award.

"th fine spirit Chief Ed.Cliff praised theccomplishments of the recipient, Dr. Hardy• Shirley, Dean of the College of Forestry,o is retiring from the College of Forest-on Sept. 1, 1966 after 21 years of ser-

"ce at the College. The handsome Heibergorial Award in silver and black walnutried the citation "For Outstanding ser-

ce to forestry in New York State." Be-ath the silver triangle symbolic of theee, the name of the recipient was inscrib-Hardy L. Shirley. On the back side a

olver label read "New York State Walnut."an Shirley said he was deeply moved bying the recipient, expressed his longtimeiration for his former colleague~ Prof.

O. Heiberg, and his appreciation ofSvend O. Heiberg Memorial Award.

LOG GRADING AND BUCKING TRAINING SESSIONS

This spring in March and April theeastern Loggers' Association again spon-two of these sessions in New York State

cooperation with the College of Forestry.r is planned for late MaY9 in central

_ •.•••on t ,The purpose of these sessions is to de-

strate to loggers and lumbermen the factt quality control in the wood~sing in-try begins in the woods. By following asimple rules in the cutting of trees into

5 (called bucking in the industry) bettere logs are produced which, in time results

the production of better grade lumber.h person, from landowner through final con-r, stands to benefit money-wise by correctcareful bucking practices.The meetings were well attended by menindustry. Several mill owners and loggersbuted generously in providing logs, full

-length timber, their equipment and milllities. The College of Forestry and theForest Service provided instruction and1 direction, and the Loggers' Associa-

handled reservations and arrangements.

~rr" W. Burry, NYFOA member, Assistant Pro-

fessor Forest Extention at Syracuse andSecretary Northeastern Loggers' Association,representing College of Forestry.)

CONSERVATION IN PUBLIC MIND NOW

"THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME in historyof our Nation when conservation and develop-ment of our natural resources was more in thepublic mind than it is today •

"We must stress cooperation as a necess-ity. This means that we must bring the urbanareas into the total conservation picture.The city is as dependent upon sound soil andwater conservation practices as the country-side. City and county officials and resi-dents need ~- desperately, in man-yca-ses --to be informed about their interest and res-ponsibility in the conservation effort." --Sen. James B. Pearson (Kans.)

(Source~ National Association of Soil andWater Conservation Districts9 March 15, 1966)

BROWSE FOR DEER

Elwood La Shafer, Jr.9 U.S. Forest Ser-vice9 points out:1. Commercial timber cutting according to

either group selection or shelt~rwoodsilvicultural system5~ with 10=20 yearcutting cycles9 is adaptable to sustainedtimber~browse production in the Northeasto

2. Silvicultural thinnings are pole-sizehardwood stands provide maximum availablebrowse, increase timber production9 andyield a higher return on the investmentthan other cultural operations.

3. Deer herds should be balanced with or re-duced below the existing carrying capa-city of the range before browse managementis attempted.

4$ Browse cuttings should be aimed at creat-ing a wide variety of age classes, densit-ies, and species mixtures in the woodyvegetation.

5. Noncommercial browse-production methodsinclude the cut-and-bend method, aerialand ground applications of herbicides9fires and bulldozing. The cut-and-bendmethod is appropriate for commercial thinn-ing operations if maximum browse production I

is desired.6. Sprouting ability of hardwood stumps de~

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(Source: Forest Service News)

BROWSE FOR DEER (continued)after a stem d.b.h. of 8 to 10 inches isattained.7. Browse grows more slowly under partialcanopy or under slash than in the open.8. Deer tend to select the available twigsof certain species that are highest in nut-rient content. How they are able to selectnutritionally superior browse is not known.

(Source: U.S.F.S. Research Paper No. NE-33)

AS PRESIDENT JOHNSON PUT IT in the conserva-tion message the President sent to Congresslast year, he said -

"A growing population is swallowing upareas of natural beauty with demands for liv-ing space and is placing an increased demandon our over-burdened areas of recreation andpleasure ••••• To deal with this problem willrequire a new conservation -- not just theclassic conservation of protection and deve-lopment, but a creative conservation of res-to~ation and innovation."

GUIDES FOR FOREST PRODUCTS SALES

Through the cooperation of the Divisionof Lands and Forests, New York State Conser-vation Department, we are pleased to enclosewith this May issue of the Forest Owner acopy of Forest Management Leaflet No. 6 -Guides for Preparing Forest Product SalesContracts.

Here i~ good advice in how to proceed tosell the harvest of wood from your forest.We suggest you file this for future reference.

POLLUTION CONTROL A MAJOR ISSUE

New public interest in pd Iut t on abate-ment~ppearsto be widespread, based on re-newed concern with the beauty of the naturalenvironment. Another major factor is thepos,sibility of an impending national watercrisis - widely predicted - which makes wisewater utilization imperative. '

In a series of newspaper articles, Sen.Gaylord Nelson (Wisc.) recently outlined thedeterioration in water quality throughoutthe U.S. Not a single major river systemhas escaped pollution, he points out, estimat-

ing that the sewage discharged into our wat=ers - treated and untreated ~ is equal tothe untreated sewage from a nation of 75million peopleo The industrial waste loadis equal to the untreated sewage from 165 -million people, he sayso

Sen~ Nelson concludes that:"Punitive legislation and strict

ment alone here simply failed. Technicalassistance and substantial financial aidsindustry and municipalities must be used.

NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER SALES INCREASE

Cash receipts from the sale and use ofNational Forest resources amounted to a re-cord $1479410,0000 in fiscal year 1965. Thisrepresents an $11900090000 increase over thepreceding yearo More than 90 percent($138,768,000.) carne from the sale of NationForest timbere

CONSERVATION LIBRARY CENTER BOOMING

A project that began four years ago withone man's housecleaning, has snowballed intoa priceless collection of conservation mater-ial housed in the Denver Public Library.

Originator of the idea was Arthur H. Car-hart, a conservationist and outdoor writer,who had accumulated more related materialhe could houseo John Eastlick~ city librar-ian in Denver, offered a floor of the libraOffers of material came in as soon as the pjec±...was-announced. And cash has been madeavailable through a number of organizations,agencies and individualso

The goal of the conservation library is"t.o show the contemporary conservationistwho did what9 where~ and with what result.Thus the mistakes of yesterday may be avoid-ed. II

Carhart~ the prime mover, has acted asconsultant, and is currently directing thecataloguing and indexing of thousands ofbooks, journals and papers. Mro Herringtonfeels that the library should be of greatvalue to writers and research students inthe field of conservation.

-Conservation Education Association News-,letter Autumn 19650