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2009 Program Year 165 volunteers throughout New York State cornellmfo

2009 Program Year 165 volunteers throughout New York State www.cornellmfo.info. 2008 Program - Year Sponsors: USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry Renewable Resources Extension Act Robert H. Wentorf, Jr. Foundation, Inc. NY Forest Owners Association NYS DEC

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2009 Program Year 165 volunteers throughout New York State cornellmfo

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  1. 2009 Program Year 165 volunteers throughout New York State www.cornellmfo.info

  2. 2008 Program - Year Sponsors: • USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry • Renewable Resources Extension Act • Robert H. Wentorf, Jr. Foundation, Inc. • NY Forest Owners Association • NYS DEC • Cornell Cooperative Extension

  3. NY MFO/COVERTS Volunteer Program Goal: To provide NY State forest owners with the information and encouragement necessary to manage their forests to improve ownership satisfaction

  4. Methods • Train and support a corps of certified volunteers who work within their communities to promote forest stewardship by: • Conducting on-site, 1/2-day visits with neighbor forest owners • Collaborating with agencies and organizations in various educational events • Preparing articles for various media outlets

  5. MFO Volunteer Visit

  6. Den Tree

  7. Annual New Volunteers Training at Cornell’s Arnot Forest

  8. New Volunteer Training Workshops Location: Cornell University’s Arnot Teaching and Research Forest, VanEtten, NY and the Hudson River Valley Timing: Four-day training (Wednesday evening through Sunday noon) in mid-September (Arnot) and spring (Hudson) Format:Morning lectures, afternoon field trips, evening discussion groups/guest presentations Content: Education skills, natural resources of NYS, tree identification, wildlife management, forest soils, sawtimber economics, boundary location, sawmill visit, agroforestry, forest ecology, silviculture Instructors: MFO volunteers, DEC foresters/biologists, CU faculty, private consultant foresters

  9. Lecture on “Arranging a Timber Sale”

  10. Tree Identification Exercise

  11. Visit to Wagner Hardwoods Co. Sawmill

  12. Using a Tree Scale Stick

  13. Silviculture Field Exercise

  14. Refresher Workshops Northern Eastern

  15. MFO Annual Report Summary(Average Documented) • Neighbor On-site Visits: • 50 volunteers responded (33% of vol’s.): • 150 forest owner visits; total of 9,000 acres • Additional Outreach: • 35 MFO volunteers reported: • 300 outreach activities; total audience of 8,000

  16. Interested ???? • For an MFO visit contact: • Your county Cornell Cooperative Extension Office • Your regional DEC office • For information on becoming an MFO volunteer contact: • Gary Goff, Program Director • (607) 255-2824 or grg3@cornell.edu • www.cornellmfo.info

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