the voice of 255, 000 forest owners in New Yorkrepresenting an ownership of 11 million acres

Growth in membership is a key to the health of our NYFOA just as eachannual ring is a key to the health and growth of a tree.

~ol. IV. No.7

WE WELCOME OUR FIRSTASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP!

Dr. Richard V. Lea, President, Em-pire State Forest Products Associa-tion, and NYFOAmember wrote Sec-retary Carlson on October 18, 1966as follows:

Dear Floyd:"The Empire State Forest Prod-

cts Association at its Annual Meet-ing in Syracuse October 13, 1966oted to expres s its support of the_-ewYork For es tOwner s Associationby applying for a Sustaining Member-ship.

"The objectives of the EmpireState Forest Products Associationare: to promote the interest of itsmernbe r s ; to protect, perpetuate andincrease the forest growth ofthe Statethrough the establishment of a ration-alandconstructive system of forest-ry; to encourage the conservation anddevelopment of water power in theState of New York; to promote a friend-y intercourse among its members;and to cooperate with others interest-ed in like objectives.

"Since 1906 members of the Em-pire State Forest Products Associa-ion hav e been dedicated to the prac-ice of forestry and the production offorest products on one million acresof privately owned land in New YorkState. By joining with NYFOA it isfelt that we can establish a broaderbase of communication. Many mem-bers of our ESFPA are already indi-vidual members of NYFOA, - in factseveral directors of NYFOA alsoserve in a similar capactiy inESFP A.

November 1966

NEW MEMBERSHIP GOALS

1,000 members by April 1967 -that's the target set by the Commit-tee onMembership, Director Najer,Chairman.

To encourage membership growththe Board of Directors at its meet-ing November 5, designated Novem-ber andMarchas MembershipMonths.

November - because it's anexcel-lent time to give a friend, a neighbor,a relative or a member of the familya Gift Certificate membership inNYFOA. It's really a distinctive kindof Christmas present!

March - because this month wecan plan for both friends and neigh-bors to get together for the AnnualMeeting in April.

A good wide annual ring indicatesa vigorous growth on the part of atree. We ought to demonstrate thatsame vigor by having a thousand mem-bers by April 1967! It's time for bigthinking and strong action! Let's goget those new members!

"By working together it would seemthat we can better dir ect our effortstoward our common goal, namely,-realizing the best possible humanbenefits from the multiple uses of thelands andforests of NewYorkState. II

Sincerely,(signed) Richard V. Lea

President

(Dr. Richard V. Lea is WoodlandsManager, Diamond InternationalCorporation, Ogdensburg, N. Y.)

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

I hope each member of the NYFOAcan find time to contribute frequentshort items of a stimulating or con-troversial nature to the Forest Owner.

Wewant to generate, in the ForestOwner, a steady stream of pridefulaccomplishments, diversified inter-ests inforestland, suggestions, criti-cisms, complaints and problems thatwill develop, inmembers of like mind,a cooperative WANT to do somethingmore about them.

When we find such a WANT, wewill set up a committee to work on it.

Our value as an As sociation de-pends on the number of members andthe amount ofwork that each can con-tribute to anyone, or group, from a-mong a great variety of interests inforest land.

Nomember is so insignificant thathis or her thinking is unimportant tothe NYFOA, or to mankind.

Sit down and write, or dictate, aletter to the Forest Owner, NYFOA,College of F~restry, Syracuse, N. Y.13210. Make it express a strong feel-ing of pride, satisfaction, dissatis-faction, criticism, or some other e-motion that may stimulate similar orcontrary reaction among other mem-bers. Two or three hundred words isabout the right size for publication inthe Forest Owner.

BIG WOODSHEDAbout 250/0of the needs of the na-

tion's wood using industries are be-ing supplied from National Foresttimberlands, says the Forest Service.

GOODNEWS! KEEP IT COMING!

November 4, 1966P.O. Box 656Avondale Estates, Georgia 30002

Dear Mr. Carlson,Inanswer tothe appeal in theSep-

tember issue I enclose two pages ofjottings, either ofwhich you may wishto use in due time when you have acorner to spare.

Yes' We like our new mastheadand think the bulletin is making greatstrides. Keep up the good work.

Sincerely,(signed) C. H. Pedersen

Victor H. Barry Jr., an NYFOAmember who is in the Soil Conserva-tionService, has recently been award-ed a certificate of merit for outstand-ing performance in the Service. Theannouncement was made by WallaceL. Anderson, State Conservationist,Soil Conservation Service.

Ted S. Pettit, an NYFOA memberwho is Director of Conservation ofthe Boy Scouts of America, was a1966recipient of an American MotorsCorporation Conservation Award. Itconsists of a $500 cash award and abronze plaque. Ten such awards aregiven annually to profes sional conser-vationists employed by a non-profitor ganization. (Bronze plaques and ci-tations are awarded to an equal num-ber of non-professionals whose con-servation efforts are a voluntary ex-pression of good citizenship. And,awards of $500 each are given to onenational and local non-profit organi-zation in recognition.of achievementsin specia.Icons er va.t'iortprojects. Howabout some nominations for some ofour NYFOA members for anotheryear ?)

Some of our new members are:M. W. Dexter (Essex) - Lake

PlacidWilliam A. Kissam Jr. (no pro-

perty) - Saratoga SpringsArthur Kline (Warren) - Chester-

townT. S. K. Johansson (Albany) -

East BerneLeonard Liberman (Tompkins) -

IthacaMr. & Mrs. Hans E. Ritchie

(Monroe) - RochesterCurtis Mills - A junior member

from Pennellville, Oswego County.

Mrs. Luella B. PalmerMembership Secretary

ON TOUR - 4TH FALL MEETING - OCTOBER 1, 1966

NYFOA members awoke Saturday morning, October 1 at Mohonk MountainHouse to find the weatherman had brought dark clouds and a pelting rain.Breakfast at 6:30 a. m. seemed to some like pre-dawn. But the early hourwas set up purposely to permit a 90-mile tour to get started promptly fromthe Mountain Rest Gate. It was just after 9:00 a. m. when Norman Richardsas tour director got some 50 cars under way, through the heavy rain, forStop 1 at Ashokan Reservoir where we met the personable Paul A. Donovan,New York City's Department of Water Supply Section Engineer of CatskillDistrict. To get out of the rain, Paul ushered us into a sizable structure hous-ing numerous noisy pumps putting pressure on water to spray it into the at-mosphere. Outside a huge basin contains hundreds of fountains that exposethe water to the atmosphere and so free it from odor, during early spring tolate fall before freezing takes place.

The massive din caused by reverberation of the many pumps forced a can-cellation of Paul Donovan's talk on "A Look at the Empire That Lies Back ofthe Faucet, " but with the aid of a loudspeaker, Ronald Shelton, Research As-s ociate, Department of Cons ervation, Cornell University, attempted to speakabove the decibels set up by the throbbing pumps and with some close crowd-ing a.roundth e Ioudapeake r-, presented sorne thoughts on "Multiple Use of CityWater Supply Lands and Water Areas. "-------------------CATSKILL RECREATION RESOURCES

Our Stop 2 at Belleayre Ski Center, Belleayre, N. Y., was a retreat intoquiet--incomplete contrasttothe sounds at Ashokan. Here, in the main roomof an enlarged ski lodge, Conservation personnel had welcome warmth fromblazing wood in the huge fireplace. Outside faint flurries of snow swirled a-round. A thin blanket of new snow coming during the night lay on the upperski slopes.

Within the carefully ordered ski lodge, Victor Glider, General Manager,Forest Parks, Conservation Dept. , welcomed some 75 NYFOA members. Hebriefly sketched the history of the Belleayre Ski Center, its growing popular-ity, and in particular the development of family skiing calling for construct-ing a new ski area for novices and beginners and several new slopes and skilifts.

Surprisingly enough this new expansion includes a nursery to accommodatechildren as young as 3 or 4 years, with a supervisor in charge. The nurseryis equipped with slides, play tables, etc. to keep the children happy whiletheir parents are skiing.

Running quickly through a series of slides, Vic outlined the variety of rec-reation uses made of State forest lands and parks. In concluding, he made aspecial plea for approval of Amendment No. 1 at the polls November 8. Ifpassed this would set up a two hundred million dollar bond issue tobe paidfor by a variety of fees including those collected at recreation areas. Thefurrd w-ouid-he-administered over -a ten yea-r-period.- (-I-t--Fas-sed!)

Leaving the handsome Belleayre surroundings, we again took to the roadfollowing directions of NYFOA road signs along the way, well placed at criti-cal points by Bill Fraser and Norman Richards' father, who preceded thecaravan. Finally, enjoying a profusion of autumn colors all the while, wecame to a point where the signs directed us off the main highway onto a coun-try road. Presently we were parked at the far upper reaches of a narrow val-ley beside a privately operated Catskill Ski Center, near Andes.

The proprietor and his wife cordially extended a welcome to their guests,and once more, in out of the rain, we took seats in the main ski lodge wherealong one side nine magnificent picture windows framed many delightful vis-tas of the Catskill countryside, leading to rolling hills nearby and trailingoff into glimpses of valleys many miles away. (continued on page 3)

CONSERVATIONCOURSESOFFERED begin Oct. 1, 1966 and enrollmentsare accepted up through Dec. 31, 1966.You will have until April 30, 1967to complete the course. Price ofcourse is $10.00. Should you wish toenroll, contact Prof. Richard J. Mc-Neil, Fernow Hall, Cornell Univer-sity, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850.

Twohome study courses, one on "Con-servation of Natural Resources" andthe other on "Current Topics on Con-servation" are offered by the Depart-ment of Conservation, NewYork StateCollege ofAgriculture. Both courses

STUDY SUMMER HOME DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALIN DELAWARE COUNTY (ON TOUR --- continued from page 2)

Here Richard L. Ragatz, appointed in September Assistant Professor, De-partment ofHousing Design, College ofHorne Economics, Cornell University,outlined many points of a special study he is carrying out in Delaware Coun-ty, aimed to discover the potential of that area for vacation homes. Alreadymany purchases of land have been made by business and professional peoplefrom metropolitan New York City. Based on his work with 4 planning agen-cies in California Dick emphasized that for many rural areas of New Yorkstate, particularly those with less productive agricultural soils, the ruraleconomy has been declining for many years.

Beginning his studies in Delaware County in November of 1965, Dick saidthat this summer horne, or second horne, might be a hunting cabin, an A-frame type structure, or sometimes a horne planned for all season use. Point-ing out that many summer homes are already located in Delaware County, heasked a key question: "How does the natural topography of Delaware Countylend itself to the vacation horne market in competition with other areas ad-jacent to the metropolitan New York City area?"

One important advantage to the economy of Delaware County by develop-ment- of the summer horne would be to improve the tax ba-se, by creating amarket for vacant farm land as vacation horne sites. Such a developmentwouldhelp to stabilize the economy of the county by providing sales for mar-ginal farms that have been losing money, and where many times the ownersof submarginal farms have been seeking added income by taking jobs in urbanareas.

Dick emphasized that up to the present there had been no study made ofthe vacation horne market in the East Coast of the United States. Included inhis surveys is the outlook of builder s , real estate developer s , and manufac-turers ofhomes , all ofwhom realize that the market for these homes is grow-ingbecause of increased income and leisure time, longer vacations (three tofour weeks), and earlier retirement. With Delaware County only some 150miles from New York City, it would seem that this area has a high potentialfor vacation homes. Dick's study could have considerable potential in settingup guidelines for future development in the area of summer homes.

Since corning to Cornell, Dick has made a nationwide survey of developersofvacationcommunities. As to the size of acreage for a summer horne, Dicksaid that his survey showed that 980/0of them averaged about an acre in sizeand cost around $3,700. Land ownership in Delaware County as of 1964 showed:that there is about 210/0absentee ownership; that 420/0own less than 20 acres;and 650/0of these are owners from the prime metropolitan market, of NewYork and northeast New Jersey.

Questionnaires have .be en sent to all Delaware County owners of theselands inquiring about their future plans. An extensive development of the sum-mer horne movement would stimulate the need for skilled trades, carpenters,electricians, andmasons for building, would call for increased and improvedtransportation, and - - a very important factor - - a good source of water sup-ply, both for recreationanddomesticuse. Furthermore, summer horne build-ing on a large scale would bring about changes in what is now a calm and qui-et countryside. The importance of maintaining and building a favorable im-age of Delaware County through wise planning could not be overestimated.

Dick's talk was well recieved. We were fortunate to have him with us inthe absence of Dr. Howard E. Conklin, Professor, Agricultural Land Econ-omics, New York State College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y., who had beenscheduled to talk on "Private Recreational Development in Delaware County, "but had been detained by illness.

Dick's Ph. D. thesis is "The Vacation Horne Market As An Economic Im-proving Force in Rural Under-Developed Areas. " He expects to have it com-pleted by the spring of 1967. (continued on page 4)SUND TREE PROCESSING SYSTEM into the system and remove logs from

the other end. Five men operating aunit in Canada have processed 1800cords in one shift in a spruce standaveraging 17 cords per acre.

Entire trees are fed into a slasherwhich cuts them into the desiredlength.A conveyor removes limbs from thelimber. It is powered by a 135 KVAdiesel-electric power plant. Rubber-tired tractors with grapples feed trees

(Source: American Pulpwood Associ-ation October 1966)

PRIZES - PRIZES - PRIZES

We have a challenge and the goal is1000MEMBERS BY APRIL 1967! Atthe next annual meeting, a uniqueand desirable prize will be given tothe member in each Forest Districtwho secures the most new member-ships. A minimum of 10 new mem-bers will be required for eligibilityfor the prizes.

You are NOT restricted to yourForest District for new members,you will only be competing with oth-ers in your District for one of thefourteen prizes to be awarded. So--step over the boundary lines; it's"open season" for the member hunt.

If you wish to belong to a live or-ganization' you must be a live mem-ber. As our membership increases,so increases our ability to serve youand to carryon the programs whichrepr,esentthe aims and principles ofthe Association. Please consider your-self now an active member of the Mem-bership Committee and get in line forthe PRIZES - PRIZES - PRIZES!

Let's all get new members!

FOR DEER HUNTERS

Tips on taking care of your deer areavailable infree leaflet called "Pro_per Care of Your Deer" that can besecured by writing New York StateCons ervation Department, Albany,N. Y. 12226.

Remember: 1000 MEMBERS BYAPRIL 1967!

89th CONGRESSACCOMPLISHMENT

If one thing stands out above othersabout the conservation record of the89th Congress it is the increasing a-wareness of man's contamination ofhis environment. Many conservation-ists, who long have fought for anyrecognitionatall, can hardly believethat maj or water and air pollutionbills involving federal commitmentsof millions of dollars sailed throughthe Senate and Hous e without one dis-senting vote. Yet, it h.aopened !

PAPER USE

This year incredibly, the per cap-ita consum ption ofpaper in the UnitedStates is expected to reach 500 pounds,or a ton of paper per family of four.

LEGISLATIVE

October 24, 1966

Professor Floyd E. CarlsonCollege of ForestrySyracuse, New York 13210

Dear Floyd:

Thank you for your letters and for for-warding Mr. Kylas' s letter to me.You will find enclosed the third andlatest draft of the outline of our pro-posed Licensing Bill.

We feel we have come a long waywith our work on this bill although weare far from being completely satis-fied' and we are sure that no bill onthis controversial subject will com-

___ pletely satisfy_'-:.ex_y_wallYl'~ople ~ Wehave had the best of thinking and sug-gestions from many well-informedand interested groups and individualsthroughout the state, and we have triedto seriously consider all of' them.Much of this thinking is incorporatedin this third draft.

The State Forest Practice Boardhas taken the pos ition of being favor-ably inclined towards such a bill, buthave set aside this year for furtherdiscussion and education back at thedistrict board level. Members of ourcommittee are available to meet withthe district boards and perhaps otherinterested groups for discussion ofour proposal all during the comingyear. We hope we will be able to ac-cept any and all invitations that we r e-ceive far enough ahead of the meetingso that we can set aside the time.

As the value' of our timber resourcegoes up andas the public's regard forother people's property seems to godown, it seems to many of us thatsome cc r r.ect ive legi-s-lation-is-ne-ededto give at least light control of thelogging industry and to insist on fi-nancial responsibility for the peoplein the state who cut or are respon-sible for cutting our timber res ources.

I realize that this is the briefes tthum bnail sketch as to our beliefs,activities, and goals, but without writ-ing you a small book I can't go intoall of the variations of thoughts andconsiderations that have been put intothis endeavor.

Thank you for your continued inter-est and help.

Very truly yours,(Signed) Francis M. DemereeChairmanLicensing Bill CommitteeNew York State Forest PracticeBoard

SKETCH MAP OF TOUR AND GUIDE NOTES AVAILABLE(ON TOUR --- continued from page 3)

As promised by Norman Richards, our tour guide, the route was wellplanned and provided many splendid views of the famous Catskills at the sea-son when the brilliance of autumn colors was just about at its best. The flam-ing reds, gleaming yellows and regal purples of the hardwoods mingling withthe occasional greens of pine, hemlock and cedar brought much pleasure toour touring NYFOA members in spite of steady rain and several miles ofroad construction along the way.

An especially prepared sketch map produced by Norman Richards, formeda cover for a "tour guide" of 8 pages, pr oviding both local history, and itemsof forest interest. Anyone interested in driving from New Paltz, N. Y. throughAshokan, Phoenicia, Big Indian, Pine Hill, Marterville, and Andes to Delhi,may write the NYFOA Secretary for a copy.

STEVE KUTNEY WRITES VICEPRESIDENT RASMUSSEN

Inaletter of October 21, 1966 to ArtRasmussen" Steve says in part -

"I ownabout 100 acres near Bing-hamton on which I grow Christmastrees and hunt. Trees are my hobby.I enjoy experimenting. Land use is athing Iwould like to talk to you about.I feel ponds or lakes, black walnut,black cherry, chestnut, and hybridpoplars should be part of the refor-estation picture. I feel also groundcover should separate blocks of for-ests as fire protection. Best use ofthe land is what we want. "

Sincerely,Steve Kutney227 Clinton StreetBinghamton, N. Y. 13905

From the story of our Fall Meeting program thus far you can appreciatethat the NYFOA Committee on Program put forth unusual effort to develop aprogram of outstanding interest. In the next Forest Owner issue we'll des-cribe the delightful luncheon at Delhi Tech and the special pleasure your sec-

- -re1:aryha'din beinga gu-e-st-atth-e-""1\nmralMeeting -of-the Delaware County Con>,servation Association. I: 1000 members by April 19671

HELICOPT ER AIDSTREE FARMERS

Maine tree farmers are now using thehelicoptertohelpthem grow and har-vest better crops of trees. Byaerialspraying of a concentrated herbicideon selected areas of woodland, treefarmers can control and destroy un-desired weed hardwoods.

The method was developed to clearbrush land for tree planting and toprovide better growing conditions forsoftwoods such as spruce, pine orhemlock. The herbicide, known as2,4,5 - T, is sprayed in a fine mist atthe rate of one quart per acre, accord-ing to Paper Week Magazine.

(Source: American Tree Farmer 1966)

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