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M.1 Issued Monthly by Owners Association,
N:ew York Forest
Tr.easurer-Membership
Secretary: Secret.ary:
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Floyd E. Carlson, College of F.oxestry, Syracuse, N.Y. Mrs. Luella B. PaImer', il.57 Ballantyne Rd., Syracuse;N .•Y.
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March 1965
Heiberg, NYFOA Founder Dies .. President Buckley Resigns Associate Dean Svend O'Iuf Heiberg of the te University College of forestry at Syracuse Ive rs i tv, internationally known for his work silviculture, and cred i t.ed vyith the founding the New York Forest Owners Association, died era long illness on February 5, 1965, at his. , 900 Maryland Ave., Syracuse. Professor iberg was 64 years old. Dr. Heiberg, a native Denmark, was Ined tn forestry at the Royal Danish College Agrict)lture in Copenhagen and at Ya.Ie, Basupon his first hand observation of successful st owner assoCiations in Scandinavia, he ked the movement to establish the New York est Owners Association. At the Syracuse College of Forestry, Dean iberg.headed,up a faculty committee on Forest Owner's Association comprised of Dr~William ~err, Dr. Paul F. Graves and Prof. Ralph G. r. Under sponsorship of the New York State, est Practice Board whose officers at the time Robert M.f.ord, Chairman; Francis Donnelly, ce President and William D. Mulholland, Se ctary; and with Edward H. Huber as FPA Boards KliIftT"Iiinator - two Forest Land Owners Forums took at the College of Forestry -the first on "reulber9, 1961, and the se-cond on Octobe r 8, 2. At the first Forum, Ted BuckLey, a rnemof the :NewY.ork Forest Practice B'Oard, Cam-
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bridge District No. 11, served as Chairman of Group IV, discussing "Pitfalls in Managing Fore s t s and Selling Tirnber-", When. the Second LandONnersForum t ook place a year later, Ted iconvened and chaireathe morning session. In the afternoon it was decided to .organize a New York Forest Land Owners Assoc ia tion~ Sheri ff Theodore T~ Buckley of Cambridge, Washington County, 'N.Y., was e Iected President Pro Iem and Mrs. Barbara E. Pittenger 'of Marcellus, N.Y., Secretary-Treasurer Pro Tem, Ted took hold, prepared and brought .out NYFOA's first brochUre "A New C.onservat.ton", It was in blue type on white paper {remember? ).. With the outstanding service of Mrs. Pittenger listing and classifying those who had attended the Forum and setting up a card system for members, Ted Buckley and the SecretaryTreast)rer met with representatives from the Forest Practice Board, Syracuse College of Forestry, and Cornell Department of Conservation ,in Dean Shirleyf s confe-rence room at Syracuse qollege of Forestry on October 31 in 1962 to exchange views, ideas and suggesti.ons that would get the Ass ocf at.ion underway. The first meeting of the Pro Tern Board
of Directors was called by Piesident Buckley at Drumlins in Syracuse on January 12, 1963, and was followed by a number of monthly Board of Directors meetings - on February 2 at the John Milton Motel in Syracuse and on March 9, 1963. At the First AnnualiMeeting of the NYFOA held at the College of Forestry on April 27, 1963, the New York Forest Owners Association was formally organized. ,A Board of Directors was elected and Ted Buckley was voted President. An astonishing 50% of the membership. turned out for the First Annual Meeting and enthusiastically enjoyed the theme of the meeting,' "getting, to know you"; the box lunch ho~r; then a t6ur of the Hugh P. Baker Memorial Wood Products Laboratory; a new film "Forestry College" scneene d by Dr. William.' M. Harlow.' Ted finished the meeting off with a happy summary of events along with refreshments and cookies for all. Ted put out the first edition of the Forest Owner::July 1963 and in the August issue he sketched a handsome tree for an emblem of NYFOA. That same month the Association was incorporated and Vol. 1 No.4 for October 1963 stated "The New York Forest Owners Association is defind;tely committed to backing the Tree Farm movement in New York State". On. September 6, 1963, a New,York Forest -Land Use Conference was held in.Albany at which President Buckley represented the NYFOA and pin pointed the only specific recommendation made at the conference - namely, making a plea for'strong'backingof more Forest Practice foresters. Ted's plea made head~ .lines in the Albany papers and was a long , ~tep .forward in getting reco~nition for ihe new Association in e~stern N~w'York State. 00. September 27-28,. 1963" the NYFOA held,amarkedly successful meeting at the Pack Demonstration Forest at which Dean Heiberg, Dr. Farnsworth andShelle1 Potter did outstanding service for the Association a program greatly aided by Emiel Palmer as Chairman of the Program Committee and Al Najerof the Arrangements Commiti;e~. We shall, never forget Svend Heiberg holding forth on the mountain top with the Adirond~ck 'colors at their ,peak. At the Pack For est.cTed demonstr~ted his skill.in Kodachrome photography, and contributed pictures to the Pac~ ,Forest slide set. In October 1963 President Buckley found himself on the smoking slopes of Spruc~·, Mountain in the town of Dresden, Warren County - seven days on day and night duty.
It was the worst New York forest fire _. of the year. Here Ted in his official job as Sheti~f of Washington County served as coordinator in securing supplies and equipment for the fire fighters, "passing out thousands of sandwiches, hundreds of cartons of milk and gallons of coffee" to weary fire fighters. His plea to close the timber dry forests of New York was b~oadcast on both radio and TV in Syracuse and elsewhere. On the morning of the secorid day following, the forests of the sta were closed. In the September 1964 issue of the Forest Owner Ted's photograph of the first NYFOA exhibit at the 1964 State Exposition was the first to appear in' the Forest Own'~ and the second to appear was the Chestertown White House Christmas Tree, in the November issue. Ted teamed up with Stan Hamilton to go on WGY's Farm PClper of the Air to tell the story of the White House Christmas Tree coming from Chestertown, N. He continued to write the monthly Forest Owner editorials throughout 1964 right up to and including the February issue of the Forest Owner for 1965 under "President's Report" • With one exception President Buckley has been present to preside at all of the 17 meetings of the Board of Directors held to date, at~ost of several meetings of the Executive Committee and at-both of the Annual Meetings and the Fall meetings of NYFOA. This is oolya partial record indicativeof the outstanding service and loyal devotion Ted Buckley has brought to the NYFOA as President. Consequently it was with great regret ,that your secretary received Ted's letter of resignation dated February 1&, 1965. He said in part: "There comes a time' in 'every man's life when he has to faCe up to things as they'are, no matter how much it hurts. of thosefnemerrts is this morni'ng when I .have to te 11 you of the 'distressing deci.sioo I ~av~to make with regard to my future w,ith the New York For es't Owners 'A~sociation • . ,: ;·"1· have, been advised to reduce my .• a;ctivitiescirasticall y and get some rest-"1; i ~It.isunneces~ary to'go further into detai.l,except to say that I,must conclude ,t@at :t.hisgrowing ASSOciation has reached the:point where it wi 11 require more and more time and attention, while I find my-
with decreasing capa c i t.y rto serve. The se two s1 tuaU.oD;s are deHni tely incompatib1e. '~Itherefore submit my resignati·on as Di.re.c trrr and Pr-e s.i.derrt 'Of 'the New York Forest ~mer:~ Association" Inc .•, take .effect ' 1Jllftlted ll.ate 1y -,-"PLe ase extend to all, my gratitude for eprivilege of serving with such wonderful ?eople,.. My be s t wishes with you all aIways, "Sincerely your s , (:Si<gned) Theodore T. Buckley self
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MARKETING IMPORTANTTHEMEOF NYFOATHIRD NUAL MEETING Coming up at the College of Forestry Apri 1 24 is the Third Annu.al Meeting of he N'€w York Forest Owners Association, Inc. eaturing the all-important theme of '~Mar~eting ", Ready and favorable markets are inespensable to the forest owner when his imber is ready for harvest. " The Third Annual Meeting of the NYFOA will ernphas i ze the importance of marketing y two panels and a unique event, "The Forest llarket Place". On the first panel on "Market ve Iopmen t" pr.es.ented at mid-morning, featured speakers wi 11 be Henry Gallien, Jr., "rector of Bureau of Industrial Development, "ew York state Department of Commerce, on Importance of Privately Owned Woodlands in Economy"; Russell C. Deckert, Associate ofessor of Wood Products Engineering at the College of Forestry, discussing "Market velopments for Northern Hardwoods"; Thomas earer, Utilization Specialist, New York ate Conservation Dept., talking on "Maret Developments for Northern Softwoods" and _. Eric A. Anderson, Chairman of Wood Procts Engineering Dep t , , College of Forestry, speak inq on "Forest Utilization and the atural Resource5 Committee". Alex Dickson, tension Forester at Cornell UniVersity, "II serve as moderator. In the early afternoon another panel "11 discuss: "The Market Outlook". 'On this anel Francis (Mike) Demeree will view "The rket as Seen By the Woodlot Forest Owner". ack B. Webb, President Webb Lumber Col , rnhards Bay, N.Y., will discuss "The rket Viewpoint as Seen by the Timber Harster and Log Buyer"; and Henry R.Southd , Wood Procurement Supervisor - West . irginia Pulp and Paper Co~, MechaniCvill~, "11 discuss "The Market as Seen from the
1liew]:Doint of the Hardwood Pu.Iowood Buyer" • .NYif'OASecretary F10yd Carlsol1l' wiB serve asmod.erat,oron this .pane l, In the mid-afternoon .ths "College's . Marshall Hall Lounge will be transformed into "The Forest Market P'l acc'", On d15'. play will be exhibi tsof 15. to 20 representatives of New York Forest Indus t.r i.es who purchase timber, 1995, pu Ipwood, wood shavings, e tc , for manufacture into a variety of products in vcluding. paper" lumber, f Ioor-Lnq , toys, piano 'parts, baseball ba ts , char-cca l , shoe lasts, paneling, etc. Both the nature of vthe raw material used and samples of the fini~hed prod~cts~ill be. displayed. Each exhibitor at his 'table~ in addition to explaining. his fotre s t wood products, wi11 provide 1iterature and in~ forma t i on to members of the Forest Owners AssO'ciation. His an unusual oppor-turri ty for NYFOAmembers to meet with buyers i'n "The Forest Market P1ace" and to learn f i rs t; hand, the important needs of .our wood using industry. . Regis trati on for the Third Annual Me.eting takes place at Marsha H Hall at the CoLleqe of Forestry at 8 :30 a.m, on Apri r 24. Presiding will be First Vice President Or. Eugene Klochkoff -. Following a Welcome' from newly appointed Ass·ociate Dean Paul F. Graves of the College of Forestry, ther~ will be reports f r orn officers - Dr. Kl ochkoff as Acting President; Mrs. Luella "B. Palmer, Treasurer; and Floyd C. Gar Lson , ' Secretary. . Repor-ts wi 11 include Committee on LegisLati on , John F. Daly, .Chairman; Committee on MemberShip and State Fair, Director Augustus Miller, Chairman; Comm.i ttee on Program, . Director Erniel D. Palmer~ Chairman; Timber Harvesting and Marketing Committee, David Hanaburgh, member; to be followed by election of five directors for a term of three'years, and one director to fili oDt the one year remaining in Director Buckley's three year, term. . . . , A coffee b~eak is schedule~ for 10:30, . a box lunch at 12: 15 and refreshments from 3:.30 until adjournment at 4:00 pvrn, Serving on the Program Committee are Emi eI D. Palmer, Chairman; Lloyd G. Strombeck,;Secretary; Dorothy Wertheimer, Fred Winch, Alex Dickson,. Tom Shearer and Gera l d R•. Stairs. The Arrangements Committee is chaired by Leslie R~ ~orland and D. John'Ridings, Se~retary; assisted by Russ Deckert, E~ Killeen, Barbara Pittenger,
Savel Silverborg, Philip Turner andwith'registration handled by Luella B. Pa Irne r , Jean Miller and Kathleen Smith.
PACK' FOREST SLIDE SHOWINGS BRING NEW MEMBERS From Howatd Fish, RD 1, Schroon take, N.Y., up in Essex County, comes this letter to Secretary Carlson, "I enclose application and check for $3~00 for membership of Wilson Murdock,South Schroon, N.Y., in the New York Forest Owners Association. I am returning the slides and hope you will get the~ OK. Thanksfor~se of them~ They were seen by more than 30 adults besides children. Have promises of more members soon." Who's ready next to use the Pack Forest slides and interest neighbors in NYFOA? Let's g70w!. Let's GROW!
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE Part IV. (final)
TO GOOD HARDWOOD GROWTH -
(Editor,'s Note: Norman H. Richards, Research Assistant, Department of Silviculture, College of Forestry and NYFOA member, - was a speaker at oui Fall Meeting in Cayuga County,October 8,1964. F.E.C.) I think we should frankly recognize and emphasize the value of woodland olJVnershipand management as a satisfying source of "root s " in our otherwise highly mobile lives, for we all stand to, benefit from longet woodland tenure. Few of us can prodUCe enough timber to suppo:rt a forest industry by ourselves; the more woodland holdings around us offering some assurance of sustained yield production, the better are our own chances for good future markets. The third element that partitu1~rly interests me is that of enjoyment of woodland management as a productive activity~ How much of our increasing n~tional leisure and surplus income might be harnessed for undertakihgs in conservation practices in gener~1 and woodlot improvement in particular?- We st~nd to gain when more people can get enjoyment out of work in the woods ccimpCirable to enjoyment of a day on 'the golf course. However, enj oyment requires the mastery of skills; in this case, some understanding of
what can ~e done productively and how to do it safely. It is not very different for a woodland owner who hires work -done in his 'woods; he must likewise have the assurance that the work is bein~ done' properly and his interests are adequately safeguarded, ii the ~anagement effort is to be-an enjoyable experience'. This suggests, some special landowner education needs that might be met by this association,prciVided that we have a' clear understanding of our woodland problems as they really exist. These_ three elements conductivE? to ~ood woodland management which I have chosen to tOuch upon here are well illustrated in the two woodlots we have visited today. In both, there has been considerabl resourcefulness in finding uses and markets for the timber removed in improvement cuttings. Both woodlots have been in the families long enough for management efforts to b~ rewarded in highe~ value, more productive stands. Both owners clearly get great enjoyment from their woodlot management and have developed the skills necessary them to do a good job in their woods. The furtherance of these and other elements conductive to good' woodland management is a most worthwhile objective for this association, so that we might look forward to the day when most of us will not have to travel so far to see so few fine examples of favorable conditions for good hardwood 9:rowth.
DUES ARE DUE! Or how to make a membership secretary beam with pleasure? Yes, it's March and everywhere in nature there are signs of growth coming up right soon. The best sign of healthy growth on the part of the New York Forest Owners Association at the moment will be your check for $3.00 in payment of dues for your membership in the New York Forest Owners Association, Inc. frOm April 1, 1965 to March 31, 1966. How .abou t making somebody happy right now our membership secretary. She will be ill.2.ยง.1 happy to receive your check and send you a membership card with the -next issue ofc.the Forest Owner. .Please inc Iude your payment of dues when you sign up for the Third Annual Meeting on April 24. Dues gre now due!
LOOKS AT DAVE COOK'S LARCH EsrOWNERS may be interested to learn that e of our members -- Dave Cook -.•.wi 11 be aying host to not one but three high-powered rofessional groups at Coo~rox Forest this ing summer. Present plans are for a joint eting of the Northeastern Fore~t Tree Imrovement Conference (NEFTIC) and members of r Regional Research P~oject in Forest Tree rovement (NE-27) in mid-August. Considering the interests of thi~ group, the "eld trip will be aimed at th~ genetics of rch -- the cha~acteristics of the several . eies, how well they get along in our imate and especially what the hybrids look and how they do. This should produce sparkling discussion and enlightenment. Then; right after Labor Day, .the New Section of' the Society of American resters will sp~nd a day looking at Larch f course -- andra lso at the results obtained ·th other pl~nted species, including Norway ruce and R~d Pine,as well as with wildods of Ash, Oak, Maple and Hemlock. It ·11 also provide opportunity for discussion some of Dave Coo'k's brighter heresies, e wide spatin~, early pruning and conver~ on of weed hardwoods.
ARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHES ER SOLICITATION;
POLICY ON
At the 14th meeting of the Board of "rectors on January 9,1965, the New York est Owners Association reaffirmed its look r~garding policy on solicitation of members, for commercial purposes, est ab"shed at ~ prior ~eeting. The Directors quested that the Forest Owner inform our ers regarding the policy adopted at its th meeting in Syracuse on November 7, 964. This po li cy states that anyone, eluding members of NYFOA, who wishes to icit our members for commercial pursesmust first secure approval of the rd of Director~, and provided their _roval is secured, then a token fee of .00 will be required, this to be paid the NYFOA Treasurer, after which the Iicant will be granted permission to use membership list.
(March Issue) JOHN F. DALY ELECTED CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION The NYFOA Committee on Legislation' convened by'President Buckley on January 8, 1965, in Syracuse, elected John F. Daly of Christman and Daly,'Attorneys-Cj.t-Law, 111 Park Ave."Herkimer, N.Y., as Chairman of the Committee on Le'qisLat i on ,John lives out on Route 1, Richfield Springs, N.Y., in the 'town of Columbia" Herkimer County.' As, a native of .New York' State he attended Syracuse University, received a Law degree from~he Albany Law School in 1942. He 'served :with the United States Army in North Africa arid in Italy. Following discharge from the Army in 1945 he entered generai law practice in Herkimer, ,N.Y.,as a member, of the firm of Chr'Is.tman iand Daly. For eight years, 1947-55 he served as Judg'e' of the Police Cou~t in He~kim~r, NeW York. From 1955 to, 1959 he served as Secretary, New York state Conservation Department, first under Commissioner Louis A. Whele,who resigned, and then under CommissionerSheron J. Mauhs. John is anac~ive leader in 4-H Club work in Herkimer County. In the rural area development program of 'the County Extension Service he Serves on the County Conserva-' tion Education Advisory Committee. Now John writes a column in the Sunday Observer .Dd spa t ch , Utica, N.Y., called "Outdcor-s ", In 1964 the State Isaac Walton League Con~ention presented John Daly ari awardior "signi ficant contribution to conservation". He conducts a 50 acre Christmas Tree Farm' plantation in the town of Winfield, on the southern boundary line of Herkimer, County.
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From Earl Pfarner, Chafee, Erie County, N. Y.
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'~ am enclosing check for $3.00 a~ annual dues that ,are payable also an up-to--:Qate questionnaire. '''Amwell pleased with the progress the NYFOA has made and 'hope it can continue. ' "I try to pub l i cize the NYFOA whenever I haVe anoppbrtunity ,but I am down to my last brochure anQ application blank'and realize that every brochure handed out does not bring in a membership but I hope that a percentage of them do. "So h~re is my s\,lggestion: When the monthly Forest Owner is sent out to membe rs , why not occasionally include a biochure and application blank when this does not add eriouqh wei~htto go over the regular 5¢ postage." (Editor's Note: We shall, an~ with pleasure, a fine suggestion. Meanwhile please drop us a card if you can use some brochures ri~ht now. F .E .C. ) From Mr. and ~rs.Floyd D. Slater, 89 Terrace Park, Rochester, N.Y. 14619 "I am enclosing
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NYFOA. "On our. 140 retirement acr-es we have found J;'ed,sugar, striped and mountc;l.in maples, flowering round leaf~ silky and red osier dogwoods, pinksters, arbutus, fringed Polygafa, pentstemon, ladystresses, amelanchiers, ~ouf gums, fringed, bottle and stiff gentians, lobelias, spice bushes; sweet fern and other plants which we spend more and more time with,even in winter."
(Editor's Note: The Slater's Christmas greeting card carries a picture of a portion of the "retirement acres" with a light dressing of snow on all the landscape, creating a be~0tiful sylvan setting for their new 12x12cabin on Slater Run, elevation 1767, located near Keifer Hollow, Dansville, Steuben County near Stony Brook Park. F.E.C.)
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