ASSOCIATIONOFFICERS

J. Morgan Heussler, President900 Porterville RoadEast Aurora. NY 14052Harold Petrie. rst Vice PresidentRD 1. Box 117Parish. NY 13131Allen F. Horn. 2nd Vice President3978 Pompey Center Rd.Manlius. NY 13104Stuart McCarty. Treasurer4300 East AvenueRochester. NY 14618Ruth Thaden. Executive SecretaryPOBox 123Boonville. NY 13309Richard E. Garrett11261Apulia RoadLaFayette, NY 13084

Howard O. Ward240 Owego StreetCandor, NY 13743

Alec C. Proskine9370 Congress Rd.Trumansburg, NY 14886Robert SandCotton-Hanlon, Inc.Cayuta, NY 14824

Kathryn WhitehorneRDl,Cayuga, NY 13034

R. Dean FrostRD 1Box 80Whitney Point, NY 13862

Robert A. HellmannPO Box 231Brockport, NY 14420

William R. Lynch, Jr.100Whitestone Dr.Syracuse, NY 13215

John ThoringtonRt. 2, Sky high RoadTully, NY 13159

Sanford VreelandPO Box 185Springwater, NY 14560

Thomas A. Conklin10Artillery LaneBaldwinsville, NY 13027

Richard J. FoxRD 3, Dresserville Rd.Moravia, NY 13118

Earl PfarnerAllen Rd.Chaffee, NY 14030

Timothy S. WilliamsRD3,Box321Moravia, NY 13118

Affiliate/Chapter Representatives:Thrift-Donald Colton5595 Trinity AvenueLowville, NY 13367

Catskill Forest Assn.Donald GilbertCatskill Forest AssociationArkville, NY 12406

Cayuga Chapter-Wendell Hatfield, ChairmanRDIMoravia, NY 13118

Tioga Chapter-Howard Ward, Chairman240 Owego St.Candor, NY 13743

Southern Tier Chapter-Donald Kellicutt, ChairmanRD 1, Box 103Lisle, NY 13797

THE NEW YORK

FOREST OWNERPublished for the New York Forest Owners Association byKaren Kellicutt, Editor - Noreen Kellicutt, Assistant Editor

Materials submitted for publication should be addressed to: Editor, N. Y. ForestOwner, RD #1, Box 103, Lisle, New York 13797. Articles, artwork and photos areinvited and are normally returned after use. The deadline for submission is 30 daysprior to publicationPlease address all membership and change of address requests to Executive Secretary,P.O. Box 123, Boonville, N. Y. 13309.

President's MessageWe feel this story needs to be told.

We knew our former Treasurer wasnot coming to Board meetings. But wedid not know that he was not workingat his job until the day of the AnnualMeeting, April 30. Turns out he hadnot paid bills for some time, had notpaid our two part time employees fora month, had not remitted withholdingtaxes to the State and Federalgovernments and had not reconciledthe bank accounts. What a mess.Two days after the Annual Meeting,

we called Stuart McCarty, ourTreasurer for many years and askedhim if he would be willing tostraighten out the books. He agreed.Since there was no new budget topresent at the meeting, we askedStu if he would also prepare a budget.He agreed. Feeling we were on a roll,we asked him if he would considerbeing Treasurer again. He agreed.Since that time, Stuart has spent

untold hours on the books, the bankstatements and, of course, the checkbook. His budget was approved by theBoard in June. He has everything ingood shape and up to date.The point of this story is to let you

know that we have people like Stu inour ranks. His dedication and loyaltyto NYFOA need to be recognizedagain. His wife, Mary, is a formerPresident and our current WoodswalkChairlady. You know that theMcCarty's were given the NYFOADistinguished Service Award at theAnnual Meeting. Do you think theyhave already begun work for another?Elsewhere in this issue, you will

read that the Western Finger LakesChapter is a reality and we are

pleased to note this. You will also readabout our Fall Meeting at Croton onthe Hudson which Bob Sand hasplanned for October 7 and 8. Ahighlight of the meeting will be a talkby Dr. Ross Whaley, President of theForestry College, on Friday night. Wehope to see large numbers of you then.

J. Morgan Heussler

COVER:Croton Point Park - That's the set-

ting for this Fall's NYFOA meeting,Oct. 7 and 8. Pictured are several ofthe cabins available for overnightaccommodations. Details on theagenda are listed on page 4.

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Program, contact Dave Donovan at109 Fernow Hall, Department ofNatural Resources, CornellUniversity, Ithaca, NY 14953-3001,(607) 255-6578.

Increased ProfitsWith the stabilization in recent

years of the cost of fossil fuels, theperception of an energy crisis hasdwindled considerably. Gas lines,alternative energy sources, and oilembargoes are terms that have fadedfrom the memory of many people.OPEC is no longer perceived as amajor limiting factor to economic.growth in the developed countries. Inaddition, many federal and stateincome tax credits established toencourage energy conservation orinvestment in energy efficientequipment have expired.Even though public OpInIOn

regarding the energy crisis haschanged in recent years, many smallbusinesses, including campgrounds,maple production facilities, and bedand breakfast operations, are tryingto cope with ever increasing energycosts. But, not only are the smallbusiness operators unable to controlthis cost, many do not know whatinformation is needed to develop thenecessary management procedures.As a result, the energy bill isperceived as a fixed cost by somemanagers, and the economic stabilityof the small business is eroded.The Small Business Energy

Efficiency Program (SBEEP) is aFREE energy consultation programadministered through CornellCoopera ti ve Extension, and wasdesigned to help increase theprofitability and economic stabilityof New York's small businesses.Developed and funded by the NewYork State Energy Office, SBEEP.provides the small business managerwith the technical expertise necessaryto evaluate energy consumingequipment. Small business operatorsparticipating in the program receive awritten report that lists currentenergy consumption patterns,suggestions for increasing energyefficiency in the business, and a costanalysis of those suggestions that mayrequire an investment to implement.Many woodland owners are

probably wondering how does thisprogram affect me? I manage mywoodlot for timber and mapleproducts, or strictly for aesthetics and

Through Energy Management

wildlife, or maybe it's for timber tofeed my sawmill.Regardless of your management

objectives, you are affected by highenergy costs. For example, if youmanage for timber and mapleproducts, you may not be able toobtain optimum dollar for your logs.Why? The log processor may use oldor inefficient equipment thatincreases the electric bill. Themanager of the facility tries torecoup inefficient operating coststhrough reduced resource prices.Processing has to be covered by someother phase of the operation such asreduced resource prices.Many innovative managers, who

realize that timber management is along term effort, try to diversify theirincome sources and obtain interimreturns by developing alternativeproducts such as maple syrup. Yetthese same managers do notunderstand that energy costs can beas high as 43% of the total cost ofmaple processing. Why lose money toinefficient equipment? Even if yoursap is sold to a central processingstation, the manager of that operationmust cover the conversion costs,possibly with reduced resourceprices.Other forest landowners who might

be interested in the FREE energyassistance of the SBEEP includethose who operate a bed and breakfastor a campground in conjunction withtheir forest management objectives.In these situations, the Small BusinessEnergy Efficiency Program may beable to increase business profitswithout an increase in room orcampsite rates. The cost analysissection of the written report canprovide an estimate of the size of thepotential profits if the energysuggestions are implemented.If you would like to participate in or

need more information about theSBEEP, contact your CountyCooperative Extension Associationoffice. If you would like to arrange agroup presentation (for yourlandowners or service organizationmeeting) to explain in depth the SmallBusiness Energy Efficiency

-Mr. Donovan is the Extension Associateof the Department of Natural Resources,Cornell University.

WOODLOTCALENDAR

Sept. 10-Woodswalk at Durand Eastman

Park and Seneca Park,Rochester. Contact MaryMcCarty (716) 381-6373.

Sept. 12-Cayuga Chapter Meeting, 7:30

p.m. Moravia Central high schoolauditorium. Topic: "ManagingYour Woodlands for Wildlife",with Bill Hunyadi, wildlifebiologist.

Sept. 17-The sponsored woodswalk will

be on the property of HenryKernan of South Worcester, NewYork. It will be held on Saturday,September 17, 1988 beginning at10: 00 AM. The tour will coverareas of Mr. Kernan's propertythat have had timber standimprovement, as well as areasdesignated for TSI in the nearfuture. Details outlining theproperty location and meetingplace for the group are availableby calling (914) 586-3054.

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1988 Fall NYFOA Meeting PlannedThe Fall meeting of the New York

Forest Owners' Association will beheld October 7th and 8th at CrotonPoint Park, Westchester County.South of the Bear Mountain Bridge

on the east side of the Hudson River.Easy access from N.Y. Route 9marked with CROTON POINT PARKsign.This meeting has overnight

accommodations reserved for allwishing to use the cabin camping arealocated at the southernmost pointextending into the Hudson River.RESERV ATIONS ARE NECESSARYFOR BOTH OVERNIGHTFACILITIES AND ALL MEALS.They must be made by OCTOBER1st.

AGENDAFriday, October 7th: Sign in from 3

to 6 p.m. for cabin sleepingassignments. Bring your own beddingand towels.6: 15p.m.: Catered Evening Meal in

the "Senasqua" Dining Hall located inthe center of the Cabin Camping area.7:30 p.m. Forest Owners Program.

Speaker: Dr. Ross S. Whaley,Chairman, Governor's Task Force onForest Industry.The Croton Point Park is a scenic

lower Hudson River facility, less than

Vacation cabin units at Croton Point Park.

25 miles from the tip of Manhattan. Itaffords an isolated and picturesquemeeting accommodation you willenjoy. If possible, come a little earlyso you have time to explore thisunique setting.SATURDAY, October 8th: 7: 15a.m.

- 8:15 a.m. Breakfast (also catered inthe Dining Hall.)Immediately after breakfast, a

"Pack-Your-Own-Lunch" will beprovided. We will try to pack up andmove out of the Cabins no later than9: 15 a.m. for our field trip. Severalstops are planned for the morningsession. We will enjoy our lunch at the

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DETACH andRESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY OCTOBER 1, 1988

1, 1988MAIL BEFORE OCTOBERTHANK YOU

To: N.Y.F.O.A.Robert M. SandCotten-Hanlon, Inc.CAYUTA, NY 14824

PLEASE RESERVE THE FOLLOWING:N.Y.F.O.A. Member REGISTRATION FEE @$5.00

(Spouse or guest: No Charge)

OVERNIGHT CABIN ACCOMMODATIONS1. Deluxe Cabin (Inside Toilet, etc.) @$15.00/person

PHONE:2. Regular Cabin (Water/Elec. etc.) @$10.00/person

7-8:30a.m. 607-594-33213. Rustic Cabin (Water/Elec., etc.) @$10.00/personafter 6 p.m. 2130

4. MEAL PACKAGE(Dinner/Bkfst.!Lunch) @$20.00/person

TOTAL

PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHECKPAYABLE TO: NYFOA &MAILWITH YOUR RESERVATION.Aviable organization needs active participa-tion by its membership. We believe you'llbenefit by your attendance. NEW YORK is abeautiful State in the Fall. .

Address: _

Name: _ $----

YourPhone: _

Best time to return a call: _

home of Guy Cockburn at Garrison,N.Y. Guy has spent a lifetime as alandscaper and nurseryman. He is thepremier Christmas tree grower in thenortheast. This opportunity to tour hisplantations comes but once in alifetime. We'll be able to see theAcademy at West Point directlyacross the Hudson River from hisplantings.3: 30p.m. Adjournment.

DIRECTIONS TO: CROTON POINTPARK1. From Central & Western N.Y.:

Travel via Binghamton & N.Y.Route 17, picking up U.S. Route 6(EAST) at Goshen; thence East onU.S. 6 to the BEAR MT. BRIDGE.2. From Northern & Eastern N.Y.:

South on THRUWAY (1-87) to EXIT16; thence East on U.S. Route 6 to theBEAR MT. BRIDGE.3. Down State: North on N.Y. Route

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NYFOA Committee Members - 1988EXECUTIVE NOMINATING REG IONAL AFFILIATESMorgan Heussler, Chr. Harold Petrie, Chr. Don ColtonHarold Petrie Richard Fox Don GilbertAllen Horn John ThoringtonStuart McCarty BY-LAWSRichard Garrett AUDIT Executive CommitteeRuth Thoden Howard Ward, Chr.

Lloyd Strombeck LONG RANGE PLANNINGMEMBERSHIP &CHARTER Kathryn Whitehorne, Chr.DEVELOPMENT AWARDS Dean FrostDon Colton, Chr. Bob Sand, Chr. Stuart McCartyDean Frost Richard Garrett Robert QuinnEarl Pfarner Richard Fox Robert HellmanWendell HatfieldDon Kellicut EDITORIAL LEGISLATIVERichard Fox Al Horn, Chr. Don Gilbert, Chr.John Marchant Dean Frost Sanford Vreeland

Tom Conklin Don KellicuttPROGRAM Morgan HeusslerFall '88 - Bob Sand INFORMAL COMMITTEE TO

Don Gilbert WOODSWALKS INVESTIGATE COMPUTERSpring '89 - Al Horn Mary McCarty, Chr. SOFTWARE

Alec Pros kine Dean FrostBUDGET Ruth Johnson John MarchantStuart McCarty, Chr. Earl PfarnerRichard GarrettBob Sand

CFA Unites for Annual MeetingCFA held its Annual Membership

meeting at the Andes Hotel in Andes,N.Y., on June 25. Thirty-six members,family, and friends as well as the CFAstaff attended the meeting, whichfocused on "Making Money FromYour Woodlot."The meeting began with a social

hour. A brief membership meetingfollowed which included a welcomegreeting from CFA President DickWachtell, the Executive Director'sreport from Don Gilbert, and theTreasurer's report by BobCruickshank. Members then electedBurr Hubbell to a three-year positionas a Board Director.South Central Resource Conserva-

tion and Development (RC&D)forester Richard Pancoe made a briefpresentation on the TREE Networkproject. This is a pilot project seekingto develop, organize, and integratebuyers, sellers, and professionals inthe forest products industry.Francis "Mike" Demeree updated

the a ttendees on the progress of theGovernor's Task Force on the

formation of four issue topics. Theseissue topics are (1) improving thebusiness environment for forestindustry, (2) improving forestcondition to support economic devel-opment, (3) land ownership and use,and (4) education/public awareness/visibility /image. Mike also commen-ted on issues regarding New YorkState's 480-aforest tax law program.Gary Goff, Forestry Extension

Specialist from the Cornell UniversityCooperative Extension in Ithaca, gavethe keynote presentation whichincluded discussion of variousfinancial alternatives andconsiderations arising from themanagement of the landowners'woodlots. Gary pointed out the manyvariables that exist and how theyimpact the management decisionsforest landowners make.After lunch the group participated

in the afternoon field trip on Bob andLucille Bishop's tree farm in Andes.

CFA's Timber Stand Improvement(TSI) Revolving Fund was utilizedduring the past year to conduct a

thinning operation on the Bishops'property. The TSI harvest wasexplained with a brief account of thesequence of events involved inconducting such a project. Followingthe discussion, the group was led on atour of the area being treated. DaveRamsey and Terry Haynes, CFA'sField Assistants, provided a treefelling and skidding demonstration toshow how careful harvestingtechniques can result in less damageto the residual stand.The CFA staff entertained questions

during the tour. Some challenging andimportant points were brought upranging from why certain trees wereselected for removal to potentialmarkets for low-grade wood producedfrom TSI harvests.CFA would like to thank all those

who were involved with the annualmeeting and looks forward toproviding more such meetings. TheEducational value of these programsare what make CF A a uniqueorganization.

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The Sands of Time

The Sands are Bob and LouLou. Thetime is spring 1988, NYFOA annualmeeting. Bob is the totallyunsuspecting recipient of theprestigious Heiberg Award. LouLou isthe silent partner whose support andencouragement were instrumental ingiving Bob the ability to become thespecial person he is.Bob's well deserved recognition

comes after a year of disappointmentand confusion for him - a year ofwondering why he was soperemptorily relieved of his long-timeduties on the awards committee.Asked only to present the award to theoutstanding NYFOA award winners,Bob felt his participation was almostan afterthought. But it did ensure hisbeing there to receive his own overdueplaudits.A graduate of Syracuse University

School of Forestry, Bob went to workfor Cotton-Hanlon as a forester, andhas been there ever since. "He's thehyphen between Cotton and Hanlon,"quips LouLou. His co-workers wouldagree that Bob is, indeed, an integralpart of the operation.Bob and Lou met at a concert when

they were both students at Syracuse.It was a blind date, arranged byfriends without their knowledge."We were platonic friends for

months," Lou remembers. She wasmajoring in voice and Bob took voicelessons from her. Friendshipeventually became commitment. "Hecourted me in Thornden Park," Louconfides, "by telling me the Latinnames of all the trees."Up front Lou knew their

relationship would be different fromthe traditional marriages of their day.Bob had told her that a forester'shours are long and unpredictable."Expect me when you see the whitesof my eyes, " he said.Not one to sit around idly waiting,

Lou developed many interests overthe years, starting with raising fourchildren. One grew up to become athoracic surgeon. One is a salesrepresentative for Rand McNallybooks. One is a mother of six - a fulltime profession. And one is director of

By BONNIE COLTON

LOU SANDInside Krelim - Nov. 1987

personnel relations at the FirstNational Bank of Auburn, Alabama.Lou was a Girl Scout leader for

twelve years and took those girlscamping at the tree farm. She evenhelped Bob plant trees in the earlyyears. But music was her persistentpassion. She has been director of thesame church choir for thirty-sevenyears! And she also enjoys singingwith the Elmira Cantata Singers."Foresters' wives have to be

independent," remarks Lou. Herindependence grew into a love fortravel. When her daughter was livingin Germany, Lou flew to Stuttgart forthe birth of one of her grandsons. Herson-in-law, an army helicopter pilot,was stationed there at the time.Once, while Bob was busy in

Alaska, Lou and a friend spent twoweeks touring Ireland, where theyvisited the Abbey Theater and evenkissed the Blarney Stone!Over the years her travels have

taken her to Finland, TheNetherlands, Belgium, France, Egyptand Israel, and to Canada for thememorable transcontinental rail tour.Last November, LouLou and her

friend Barbara took the WinterWonderland Tour to Russia! Thetwenty-four members of the tour

group met a t Kennedy Airport,identifying each other by thedistinctive Russian Travel Bureaubags they carried.Almost as soon as they landed,

glasnost - the new Russian policy ofopenness - was evident. They wereallowed to talk freely with a localpeace group. And during theanniversary celebration of theRussian Revolution, young people inthe streets offered to serve as guidesfor them.Moscow, a city of eight million

people, held many surprises. Thesubway, reached by a steep, fast-moving escalator, was spectacularwith statuary and marble walls. "Andfor five kopeks (twenty-five cents)you could go anywhere," saysLouLou.So they tried going as everywhere

as possible in the time they had - TheBolshoi Ballet, the RevolutionMuseum, and the giant GumDepartment Store, where they foundlong lines of people waiting to buysome recently available commoditybefore it disappeared. A short waitrevealed what the attraction had been- Aquafresh toothpaste!Russian population problems, they

found, were much different fromChina's where most couples arelimited to one child. "In Russia, thebirthrate is way down," says LouLou."In fact, childless couples are taxed.And working women get a wholeyear's maternity leave!"Returning home through Helsinki,

LouLou, who had been there in 1980,noticed the people seem moreoutgoing and prosperous.With travel in her blood, she is

thinking of China next!

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Another "On Golden Pond"If you saw tho movie, l'On Golden

Pond", you had to assume that theprincipal characters were quite old.This was the view of their son, thewriter of the play (made into themovie) but not the actual case. Howdo I know? I was in attendance attheir wedding at age 16and I'm 69nowin 1987.The play was written some 12or 15years ago.My grandfather, O.J. Ward, was the

uncle of the bride's mother and wasinvited to come early to "GoldenPond" and spend a few days prior toand including the wedding. As he was80 years of age at the time, he askedthat I, a 16 year old with a driver'slicense, be his chauffeur and heinvited my cousin, Emily, then 14, togo along as my companion.The lake, "Golden Pond", (not its

real name) was in Maine, though thefilm was made on a lake in NewHampshire. I remember the youngcouple sitting at a table in the "cabin"or "lodge" and working on their list ofinvitees. Emily and I took a ride intheir outboard motor-powered boat. Ichased a loon which kept diving andsurfacing where least expected. Aftera while, the motor died just as a stormcloud appeared and the lake began toget rough from the wind. I had to rowfuriously to get to shore before thestorm really hit.What has the foregoing to do with

the present story? Not much, but to"set the stage" for my own "GoldenPond".About 1920, Grandpa O.J. Ward

bought the 150 acre Anne Van Scoyfarm for the timber. I rememberseeing the last load of logs leave thefarm in 1924.Following that, my dadused part of the farm to pastureheifers over the summer. As I becamea teenager, it was my job to open upthe water spring holes just before theheifers were moved to pasture.I moved my family from

Connecticut to Candor, NY at the endof January, 1953.In December of thatyear, having made a decision to staythere, I formed a partnership withLloyd Strombeck, a CooperativeExtension Agent, to buy the Anne VanScoy farm from my dad in a plan togrow Christmas trees. The idea wasthat this would give Lloyd and meextra income with which to help pay

A GOLDEN PONDHoward Ward was recently

presented with the 1988 AmericanSociety of Heating, Refrigerating andAir Conditioning Engineers Medal.

for college educations for ourchildren.In April 1954we set out 10,000Scotch

pine seedlings. This was repeatedevery year for several years, thoughwe did occasionally mix in somespruce, Austrian pine, and balsam fir.In addition to planting trees on openfields, we had been clearing otherfields of thornapple and other brush tomake room for more Christmas trees.We had done some hardwood forestthinning using a "Cornell tree killingtool" with which we injected sodiumarsenite in a frill around the trunk ofthe tree.By 1959we decided we'd like to have

a pond. We contacted the County SoilConservation Service and theirtechnician came and examined thetwo sites we suggested. He selectedthe one clos.est to the road whichwould be fed by one of the springs Ihad annually cleaned out as ateenager. He made the necessarydesign documents. He said that it hadbeen taking up to three months to getapproval from the state for theirdesigns. He suggested that, since Iwas a licensed Professional Engineer(P.E.), I should submit the plans over

The medal is for distinguished publicservice and only one a year ispresented. Ward is the 23rd engineerto receive the medal.

my signature and P.E. stamp. It wasdone and the plans came backapproved in two weeks. (I have beendesigning large ponds ever since.)We hired an earthmoving

contractor to build the dam withparticular emphasis on excavatingthe spring site to serve as a future"swimming hole". He completed thejob in the late fall of 1959 and byChristmas the one acre pond wasnearly full.Thus was born our "Golden Pond".Subsequently, I was able to buy an

unused chicken house (13 ft. x 31 ft.)which I cut into sections andtransported to the farm. The followingyear I erected it on the shore of thepond in the shade of a giant old ashtree. (See picture)In succeeding years a concrete floor

was added, the walls and ceiling werelined with cardboard from boxes,followed a couple of years later bypine board inside walls and even laterby ceiling tiles on the underside of theroof. (The tiles were salvaged from aCornell University renovation projectby a contractor friend of mine.)

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inch DBH (diameter breast height at41/2ft. above the ground) hardwoods- black cherry, white ash, yellowpoplar, and sugar maple. And thewoods are deep in distance for as faras one can see with majestic, tall,straight, and well formed trees.A new business blossomed from this

rural woods so nearby to urbanpressures because of Verner'sentrepreneurial perspective, ability,and commitment. Already retiredthree times, from being a dairyfarmer and manager of a bottled milkdairy route marketing business, a realestate salesman, and a school busdriver, Vern - as Verner is known tl)

his many friends - decided to investin making his managed woodlandsinto the Gurnee Woods X-C Ski Area(TeL 315/689-3314). This was after ayear-long situation-analysis in 1979.And in 1980, using the skid roads hehad maintained and improved fromtiber harvesting operations for ski

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Outstanding Tree Farmers:Verner and Marjorie Hudson

By DAVID TABERCongratulations this' year go to a

central New York forest-owner family-for the achievement of being selectedas the Outstanding Tree Farmer for1988 in New York State. Verner C.Hudson and his wife, Marjorie,owners and managers of the GurneeWoods, have actively managed their160acres of woods for over a quarterof a century. It is part of theirproperty in Elbridge, N.Y. (18 mileswest of Syracuse on NYS Route 5).Vern and Marjorie's woods is part

of a tract originally 'given by thegovernment to Daniel Gurnee aspayment for his military service inthe American Revolution - thus thename Gurnee Woods. Through thegenerations the original 640 acresection passed through a number ofowners and. was divided. In 1949 theHudson family acquired one half ofthe section, consisting of about 80acres of cropland, 80 acres ofpastureland, and 160 acres ofwoodland.Prior to becoming certified nine

years ago (in 1979) as a Tree Farmunder the American Tree FarmSystem (sponsored by the AmericanForest Council of Washington, D.C.),the Hudsons had improved theirwoodland by conducting timber standimprovement (TSI) at a rate of about10-15acres per year, on a total of 160acres between 1963and 1986.The firstTSI harvests were non-commercialinvestments made under provisions ofthe federal government's AgriculturalSta biliza tion and ConservationService (ASCS) Agricultural_Conservation Program (ACP) of costsharing for thinning a woods of weedtrees, deformed trees, and too-manytrees. Indentification of trees to beremoved was done by a New YorkState <DEC) forester who markedeach tree with paint so that the treecutting would mature into a morevaluable woodlot. The TSI(harvesting) goal was to stimulate theremaining potentially valuable treesto become larger in diameter at anincreased rate of growth, therebyproducing an enhanced economicreturn for the Hudsons through futureyields of large volumes of high gradetimber for consumer products.

TSI seems to have paid dividendsfor the Hudsons as some trees grewone inch in radius in five years (2-inches in diameter/5 yrs.); and theskid roads caused by rubber tiredskidders commercial during (forprofit selection system - partialcutting) logging activitiesunexpectedly led the way to anotheralternative source of income as a newbusiness venture.Over the years, nine commercial

timber sales of marked stumpagehave been contracted, yielding 412,000board feet of veneer and sawlogs andover 900cords of low grade timber forprocessing into lumber by a scragmill, or manufacturing into firewood.The Gurnee woods are lovely. Only

5minutes off the heavily traveled NewYork State Route 5 between Auburnand Syracuse, but hidden among somedrumlins left by the glacier 10,000years ago, the Hudsons' woods aredark in the June sunshine fromshadows cast by 80 foot tall 12 to 25

Vern Hudson, 1988 New York StateOutstanding Tree Farmer in theA merican Tree Farm System, studiestwo ash stumps from a 1987 "salvagecutting" to harvest the value of treesdying from the "ash yellows," amycoplasmal disease that debilitatesash trees according to a February

1988 Journal of Arboriculture artie/e.The growth of the 65-year old treefrom the right stump had slowed downconsiderably prior to harvest, and thestump on the left shows significantdecay from fungi. (PREP PHOTO byDavid W. Taber)

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Sylvia Shoultes, Clay, NYMichael Silvanic, Whitney Point, NYClare J. Smith DDS, Honeoye Falls, NYKenneth Stewart, Roscoe, NYEvelyn Stock, Camillus, NYAlan/Sandra Stone, Honeoye, NYCarl/Beverly Stone, Binghamton, NYAl Stringham, Boonville, NYMark Syska Logging & Trucking Co.,

Hunter,NYDan Tack, Honeoye Falls, NYAnn B. Terryberry, Richmond, MAJoseph Thomas, Pittsfield, PAEdward Tracy, Homer, NYPhilip/Mary VonBargen, Morrisonville,

NYAlfred Wade, Whitney Point, NYRichard & Alicia Weinsberg, New York, NYFrankJ. Winkler, Newark, NYReed H. Zimmer, Covington, PA

Dr. & Mrs. Peter Ahrens, Bronxville, NYValerie Luzadis Alden, Ballston Lake, NYLouis & Adele Auchincloss, New York, NYRobert H. Bathrick, Director, Albany, NYFlorance H. Bieglow, Scotia, NYBlack River Land & Timber Co., Alder

Creek, NYJohn Born, Massapequa Park, NYIlmars Boss, Lexington, NYHerbert/Debby Boyce, Jay, NYRobert Breed, Moravia, NYAllan Brown, Lowville, NYGeorge/Ruth Brown, Cambridge, NYRussell/Marlene Brown, Buffalo, NYRodney Buckingham, Lowville, NYJohn P. Burton, Camden, NYDave Canfield, Binghamton, NYMarlene Canniff, Whitney Point, NYMike Casella, Clyde, NYCasowasco, Moravia, NYGeorge R. Cataldo, Glenfield, NYBrian Celmer, Eggertsville, NYCalvin Christman, Palatine Bridge, NYThomas A. Conklin, Baldwinsville, NYConservation News Digest, Vienna, VAPaul P. Cook, Rome, PACornell University, Ithaca, NYClifford Decker, Whitney Point, NYJohn Degenfelder, Hartwick, NYThomas P. Delovich, Wyalusing, PAAndrew N. Denison, Johnson City, NYMisty Valley Ranch, Brooktondale, NYDr. Dan Driscoll, Whitney Point, NYJohn S. Drotar, Endicott, NYStephen Dusseau, Locke, NYHoward Elbare, Miami, FLThomas Elbare, Sarasota, FLBrian K Emerson, Moravia, NYDouglas E. Emerson, Lockport, NYTim Engst, Williamstown, NYDouglas Flood, Rochester, NYNorbert L. Gazin, Likverpool, NYMichael & Sally Greenspan, New York, NYMarvin Gregg, Whitney Point, NYPeter Grigorov, Endicott, NYBriane Grisco, Glendale, CASteve Hallock, Cleveland, NYDavid Hawke, New York, NYDavid R. Hayner, Holmes, NYJohn Healey, Jackson Heights, NYKurt Heister, Greene, NYDave Hillman, Lockport, NYMilford Holbert, Genesee, PAKH. Jens, Tamaqua, PAThomas C. Jorling, Albany, NYBernice Kahler, Moravia, NYBrian G. Keel, Shushan, NYJ. David Kehoe, South Salem, NYJoseph & Dianne Kelly, Rockville Center,

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Chain Saw KickbackBy DAVID W. TABER,

Department of Natural Resources,New York State College of

Agriculture and Life Sciences,Cornell

"I had better call for help" was thequick response of the experiencedchain saw user when he got cut acrosshis vest and shoulder. He had beencutting logs into firewood in hisbackyard when the accident occurred.Kickback had forced the chain saw

back from the pile of firewood andonto the chain saw operator. Thesudden unexpected movement of thesaw swung the cutting bar and fast-moving chain at the firewood cutter,where it hit his vest, barely cutting theskin beneath as it made a deep gash inthe biceps of his upper arm."I was very surprised," he said.

"As soon as it happened I knew it waskickback." He had just started themorning's work of cutting firewoodfrom a truckload of purchased logswhen the tip of the cutting bar unex-pectedly came in contact with a pieceof previously cut 15-inch wood.

Once he was cut, he needed first aidand emergency medical attention.Kickback is so dangerous, so forcefuland so unexpected that it is over in-stantaneously. In this case, morethan 15stitches were needed to tie themuscle together and 18 stitches wereused to close the skin. This was doneafter the volunteer fire companyprevented excessive loss of blood.The injured man, who had used a

chain saw without being cut for 20years, noted that the ambulance,doctor, and hospital costs amounted tosome $1,000.Guarding against chain saw

kickback involves a number ofactions:- Be alert to ensure the tip of the

cutting bar does not unexpectedlycontact any object when sawing.- Ha ve a chain brake (designed to

prevent kickback) on the chain saw.- Use a reduced-kickback cutting

chain.- Have depth gauges filed properly

in height and with rounded leadingedge.

- Use nonsymmetrical nose(banana-shaped or narrow-nose)cutting bars which reduce kickbackpotential.Controlling the chain saw with two

hands at all times is critical. Keepingthe thumb and fingers locked aroundthe throttle-handle and handle baralso is crucial during chain saw use.But such control still may beinsufficient to counter the sudden andunexpected impact of kickback.Preventing kickback by keeping the

tip of the cutting bar from touchinganything unexpectedly during cuttingis the best self-defense.Protective clothing such as a safety

herd hat with face screen and earmuffs can prevent a chain saw cut.Protective gloves, boots, and pantscan provide extra security.It is up to you to use common sense,

available knowledge, and theexperiences of yourself and others toprotect yourself from chain sawkickback injury.

Southern Tier Chapter Reports GrowthBy DEAN FROST

The first thing that comes to mind is. the organizational meeting on Dec. 2,1985. I got a group of people togetherto tell them of my desire to have achapter, encouraging the wisemanagement of private woodlandresources in N.Y. State, bypromoting, protecting, representingand serving the interest of woodlandowners. At the close of the meeting weelected officers and had a paidmembership of 27 people. We nowhave a mailing of well over 100 andgrowing.One needs only to stand but a few

minutes at any of our majorintersections of our areas to realizethe forest industry is on the move.You'll see many truck loads of bothlogs and lumber going in alldirections. While still standing there,one needs only to look up at thebeautiful rolling hills to realize thearea is nearly 70% forest and still

growing with new trees each yearclosing in many of our open areas .In many ways we are all forest

owners. Here in the Southern Tier wehave many thousands of acres of stateforest land, State Parks and CountyParks which are owned by all. Also inthe same area are the manythousands of landowners with trees,some with very few on a small lot, tothose of large ownership.Even though both publicly owned

and privately owned trees andwoodlands need wise management,we should never get them mixed inour minds or actions. The one ispublicly owned and purchased andcontrolled by all, the other is privatelyowned and should always becontrolled by the landowner the sameas his home or any other personalproperty.We are still trying to reach all the

goals that we set at that first meetingin December of 1985.

Goals:1. To gain public recognition,

understand and support for theprivate woodland and forest owners ofthe Southern Tier.2. To increase public knowledge of

the role of private woodland andforest in meeting the needs of theSouthern Tier for wood, lumber,paper products, good water, wildlifeand recreation.3. To teach, support and implement

woodland and forest managementpractices beneficial to the owner andall society.4. To guard all levels of legislation

for fair and equitable laws and taxtreatment for all woodland and forestowners in the Southern Tier.5. To work closely with our town

boards, County Legislatures,Cooperative Extension and CornellUniversity School of Forestry, ForestPractice Board and the Departmentof Environmental Conservation.

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MapleSyrup

ProductionSource: New England Agricultural

StatisticsEdited By: George Cook,

Extension Agent, Lamoille CountyThe 1988maple syrup production in

four of the New England states totaled495,000gallons, the largest productionin the region since 1985.This was a 45percent jump from the disastrous 1987season. The increase was the result ofhigher yields per tap, as mostoperations had at least one good run.Vermont remained the leadingproducer, with 370,000gallons in 1988,up 35percent from last year.The season throughout the four

producing states in New England wasreported as being generallyunfavorable. The 1988 season, like1987,was short, lasting only about 28days. The average opening date wasMarch 1 in Massachusetts, March 6 inMaine, March 7 in New Hampshire,and March 11 in Vermont. During theseason, many of the producers in thenorthern areas had only one good run,while some southern areas reported agood syrup season. Temperatureswere generally reported as beingequally mixed between too cold,favorable and too warm.The sweetness of the sap in New

England was slightly below normal

(2.05%), with an average of 42gallonsof sap needed to make a gallon ofsyrup in 1988, compared with 40gallons in 1987.The color and grade ofthe syrup was generally Grade Amedium amber to Fancy Grade in allfour states. Flavor for this year isreported as superior. The value ofproduction for New England isexpected to total over $17 million in1988, 55 percent above the 1987crop.Prices for 1988 maple syrup in NewEngland are expected to average arecord high $34.72 per gallonequivalent, compared with $31.21pergallon equivalent for the 1987crop.New York Maple syrup production

totaled 310,000 gallons, 38 percentabove the 1987production. The mapleseason in New York was 27 days long,with opening date on March 8 andclosing date on April 3. Sap was ofmedium sweetness (2.10%), requiringan average of 41 gallons to make onegallon of syrup. The Maine StateDepartment of Agriculture reportedthat 69,000 gallons of maple syrupwere produced by Canadians innorthern Maine this year compared to61,000 gallons in 1987. Most of thesyrup varied from medium to dark.The season was generally good.

MAPLE SYRUP: PRODUCTION AND VALUE, NEW ENGLANDAND NEW YORK, 1987 AND 1988

Production Season AveragePrice per gallon

1987 1988

• Maine• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Vermont• New England• New York

1,000 gallons5 728 4447 74275 370355 495225 310

Value of Production

1987 1988 1987 1988

Dollars38.60 44.6031.80 36.6034.20 37.8030.50 33.7031.21 34.7223.30 25.00

1,000 Dollars193 312890 1,610

1,607 2,7978,388 12,46911,078 17,1885,243 7,750

• Northeast Total 580 805 16,321 24,93828.14 30.98

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The challenge is to nurture it, to ful-fill a destiny of beauty, productivity,and family pride . . . while turningenough dollars over to hang on to it.But how?

There are no easy answers. onlyideas to ponder by the woodstove.That's what NYFOA is all about:ideas, family pride in forest manage-ment, and sharing of dreams.

Through regular issues of ForestOwner magazine, frequent seminarsand woodswalks in one another'swoodlots, and extended tours to ex-tend the fellowship and learning inforeign lands, members of the NewYork Forest Owners Association aregrowing as surely as the trees in theirwoodlots.

J · ,010. _Check your preferredmembership option:o Regular - $)0 0 Family - $15o Contributing - $16-$99o Supporting - over $100Send checks payable to:New York Forest Owners AssociationP.O. Box 123Boonville, NY 13309Yes, I'd like to join the New York

Forest Owners Association and getmore out of my woodlands.

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daughter and her husband. Inexchange my daughter took the diningtable and kitchen cabinet. After shestripped all the old paint andrefinished both pieces, they werebeautiful additions to her home,Fortunately, I had another left overkitchen cabinet and son John provideda picnic table and benches that he hadacquired but did not need.Last year son-in-law Bob built

double deck double width beds. Thisyear he and sons John and Dickinstalled a picture windowoverlooking "Golden Pond". Thewhole family, Grandma and Grandpa,four children and their spouses andour nine grandchildren spendvacations and weekends there, once ina while, as last night, all together.Now you can see why it's "Golden

Pond"!

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Somewhere along the line we hadinstalled my grandmother'swood/coal burning kitchen stovewhich provided heat as well as acooking facility. Eventually, weinstalled a gas-fired range,refrigerator and lights, supplied by atank of propane gas. Along with thiscame bunk beds, a dining table andchairs, a kitchen cabinet (alsograndma's), a dresser, and some easychairs.Then came a layer of plank on the

floor (from a silo that had beendismantled at my house) topped by asmooth hardboard surface. The placewas now quite "livable" and we spentmany happy hours there.Lloyd took one of the arm chairs

that had been given to us (see pictureof chair & grandma's stove) for hisown home. After I bought his interestin 1970,we made still further changes.Grandma's kitchen stove finally gaveout and was replaced by a smallwoodburning heating stove that hadbeen in a house purchased by my

Outstanding-(Continued from Page 8)

trails, Marjorie and Vern opened theirwonderful woodland to winter sportsand recreation as a multiple-usebusiness venture for the GurneeWoods Tree Farm. As Vern says, "It

. is a matter of harvesting the show inhis Tree Farm."If you are interested in knowing

more about how you can become atree farmer (without even planting atree) but with a commitment tomanaging your 10-acres or more ofwoodland for timber crops and otherbenefits, Vern Hudson, a member ofthe Forest Practice Board advisorycommittee to the New York StateDepartment of Environmental Con-servation's Forest Practice Actprogram of the Division of Lands andForests, suggests that you contacteither a NYS DEC forester in yourregion (or at 50 Wolf Road, Albany,NY 12233- Tel. 518/457-7370)or SteveSatterfield, Chairman of the NewYork Tree Farm Committee, Finch,Pruyn and Co., Inc., 1 Glen St. GlensFalls, NY 12801).

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