LIMA, N.Y. — Free Programs to help landowners get more benefits from their woodlots will be presented each day during the 2017 Farm Show in Syracuse by the New York Forest Owners Association.
Meet with a forester from the State Department of Environmental Conservation or speak with a Cornell trained volunteer. Visitors are encouraged to bring their questions and pause at the booth area before or after attending a seminar program. The DEC foresters and trained volunteers are there to help with resource materials, displays and expert advice.
Learn More, Earn More seminars are free and open to all. Topics include federal cost sharing for woodlot improvements, working with foresters, improving bird habitat, heating with wood, and forest farming. Programs start on the hour and allow time for questions and discussion.
The booth is on the main corridor of the Arts and Home Center, and the Seminars are held in the Somerset Room just steps away on the lower level of the Center.
These programs are presented by the New York Forest Owners Association in cooperation with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation, Cornell Cooperative Extension, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and with special thanks to each of our expert speakers.
Free programs at the NY FARM SHOW February 23-24-25, 2017
State Fairgrounds – Syracuse, New York
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23
11 AM DEC Can Help Family Forest Owners
Matt Swayze, NY Dept of Environmental Conservation
1 PM Assessing Impacts from deer
Kristie Sullivan, Dept. of Natural Resources, Cornell University
2 PM Legacy Planning for Your Property
Shorna Allred, Dept. of Natural Resources, Cornell University
3 PM Getting Federal Aid for Woodlot Improvements
Michael Fournier, US Dep’t of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24
10 AM Unwanted Vegetation in Your Woods
Peter Smallidge, NYS Extension Forester, Cornell University
11 AM Woodlot Inventory: How Many Trees Do You Have?
Peter Smallidge, NYS Extension Forester, Cornell University
1 PM Insects and Diseases that Threaten Your Woods
Mark Whitmore, Dep’t of Natural Resources, Cornell University
2 PM The Law: Rights and Responsibilities of Woodlot Owners
Timothy Fratesch Esq. Fratesch Law Firm, Syracuse
3 PM Getting Federal Aid for Woodlot Improvements
Michael Fournier, US Dept of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25
10 AM Heat with Wood While Growing Timber
Michael Kelleher, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
11 AM Improve Bird Habitat with Smart Timber Management
Suzanne Treyger, Forest Program Manager, Audubon New York
1 PM Working with Consulting Foresters
Rene Germain, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
2 PM Wilhelm Farm: A Case Study in Agroforestry
Ann Wilhelm & Bill Bentley, Woodlot Owners
3 PM Woodlots and Income Taxes
Hugh Canham, Emeritus Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
These programs are presented by the New York Forest Owners Association in cooperation with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation, Cornell Cooperative Extension, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and with special thanks to each of our expert speakers.
—New York Forest Owners Association
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