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NYS DEC Emergency Firewood Regulations
DEC has issued an emergency rule to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of invasive insects and diseases of trees by preventing untreated firewood from entering New York State and restricting the movement, sale and possession, within the State, of untreated firewood that originates in New York State. For more informations, point to:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/2359.html
New York Forest Owners Association (NYFOA)
An excellent organization that promotes sustainable forestry practices and improved stewardship on privately owned woodlands in New York State. There are numerous resources on this webpage for the forest owner!
http://www.nyfoa.org/
Cornell Cooperative Extension
This site provides a wealth of information and weblinks
http://www.cce.cornell.edu/
Cornell Cooperative Extension Resource Center Store
From here you can obtain many free and low cost publications on a variety of forestry, agriculture, and much more!
http://legacy.cce.cornell.edu/store/customer/home.php
The Department of Natural Resources Forestry Extension
Another excellent webpage with links to numerous resources! Check it out!!!
http://www.forestconnect.org
The Agroforestry Resource
The Agroforestry Resource Center provides educational programs, supports research, and promotes collaboration among organizations of the Catskill Mountain/Hudson Valley Region. There are numerources resources on this webpage!
http://arc.cce.cornell.edu/
Purdue University Extension Publications
Forest and Natural Resources - numerous articles and publications free of charge when you download directly from this website
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr.htm
NYDEC Bureau of Private Lands Services
Provides useful information for landowners
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/843.html
NYDEC Saratoga Nursery
NY State residents can order tree seedings here - also be sure to check with your local County Soil and Water Conservation District to see if they offer tree seedlings for sale as well. For non-NY residents, check with your state environmental conservation or natural resource department for more information.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7127.html
USDA Forest Landowner's Guide to Internet Resources
To browse contents, click on the small boxes on the left menu
http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/flg/
How To Grow Elderberries
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pubs/fls/OCRPDF/91.pdf#search='how%20to%20grow%20elderberry'
Forestry Suppliers Catalog
This is an excellent catalog with everything you didn't realize you needed to manage your property!
A couple of items that are very useful for planting trees include:
The KBC Bar (the pointed one) makes planting trees a breeze (Item 69041)
Combine a KBC Bar with this planting bag and you'll be able plant a large number of seedlings very quickly (Item 69082)
Here are the mesh shelters used to protect our berry bush seedlings (Item 17018)
Bamboo stakes for the mesh shelters (Item 17011)
http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/
Blue-X Tree Shelters
These are the tree shelters we used for most of our trees, you'll need to get hardwood stakes for support. We used 1"x1"x5' stakes purchased locally.
http://www.growtube.com/index.html
Wood-Land-Lakes Resource Conservation and Development
They offer FREE DVD and CD-Roms on forest, energy, water, and land resources, just pay a nominal shipping fee. They also have a number of brochures you can download and links to other web resources.
Click here to here to see video descriptions and an order form:
http://www.wood-land-lakes.org/dvd-and-cd-rom-descriptions.htm
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