The focus will be on an area where a timber harvest was conducted in 2023 and we will see how the forest has regenerated in areas of past management, and in the most recent harvest area.
Dinner, door prizes, and raffle items. Also a special guest speaker. Tickets are $45 each and checks should be mailed to Ron Reitz, 6086 Canadice Hill Road, Springwater, NY 14560
Observe the forest through the eyes of different environmental experts and seasoned hunters.
Visit a locust, mulberry and hybrid chestnut silvopasture project and parts of the property that are under USDA-EQIP contracts for brush management and timber stand improvement.
Topics will include Establishing a Commercial Nut Orchard – the First 8 Years; Growing Chestnuts Organically; Cloning Hazelnut by Stooling; My Experiences Growing Chestnut and Other Nut Crops; and 50 Years of Planting and Nurturing Nut Trees: from Almonds to Walnuts.
Insights from our joint projects to monitor wildlife and enhance habitat, and how landowners can play a key role in protecting and enhancing wetland ecosystems.
Things to see: a portable sawmill operation, a 4-story barn re-habilitation project utilizing timber from the woods and, If conditions permit, we will get a a peek at a blackgum bog.
Tom Tasber will examine the black bear’s natural history in addition to discussing ways to coexist with this widespread species.
