The Adirondack Landowners Association will be having a very useful Conference centering on the Future of Private Forest Lands on Saturday May 3 at the Northwest Bay Conference Center at SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury NY. This event is open to all interested persons and will be a one-day set of panel discussions and round table discussions. One set of 45-minute sessions will focus on planning for the long term management of your forest and woodlands, different financial tools such as tax relief, easements and transferring property to heirs. A second group of topics will focus on challenges to private forest owners, impacts of climate change, and invasive species management with examples of landowner actions. A third session will deal with the relationship between private forests and the local community. This topic is of particular importance to Adirondack region landowners but affects forest owners anywhere in New York.
Tying all things together is a keynote talk by Kim Ellman, former CEO of the Open Space Institute. The conference runs from 9 AM to 4 PM and lunch is included in the registration fee. Here is the link to the event website which can then get you to the registration page. Early bird registration is $65 until April 14, later registration is $75. This event should be very useful to all our NYFOA members and the Adirondack Landowners Association has extended a welcome to all.