This is a typical training schedule for the
NY Master Forest Owner Training Workshop
It is held annually during September
at the Arnot Teaching and Research Forest in VanEtten, NY
other trainings are available, check for updates.

Wednesday        
  2 - 5 pm Registration
(Register at the lodge. Bring a box for training materials and other literature. Choose your cabin and unpack.)		    
  5:30 DINNER    
  7:00

Welcome and introductions (Bring training notebook.)

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension, Administrator from CALS, CCE
  • NY Forest Owners Association, Representative
  • Experienced Master Forest Owner
  • Round-house introductions All MFOs
   Gary Goff, Extension Associate, DNR, Cornell, MFO Program Director
  9:15 Social hour (or so...)
(Bring your sense of humor, and a tale or two to tell.) 		   
Thursday        
  7:00 am BREAKFAST (Bring training notebook to the following sessions.)    
  8:00 Orientation to your role as MFO volunteers    
    The Do’s & Don’t’s of a “Forest Owner Visit” Role playing scenario and analysis   Gary Goff
  10:15 BREAK    
  10:30 Working with NYS DEC Div. of Lands & Forests   NYS DEC Forester
  12:00 pm LUNCH
(Bring “Know Your Trees,” magnifier lens, “Sawtimber Management,” DEC Stumpage Price Guide, camera, and tree scale sticks.)		    
  1:00

Field exercises:Tree identification

   Peter Smallidge, Extension Forester, Cornell
  2:45-5:00 Site visit to Coastal Lumber Company Sawmill Company overview, log grading, and mill tour   Coastal Lumber Representative
  5:30 DINNER    
  6:30-7:15 Optional forum on “Wood as a Global Resource”    
  7:30 Agricultural lands as song bird habitat   Charlie Smith, Sr. Research Assoc., DNR, Cornell
  8:45 Owl walk (for a hooting good time)
(No materials needed, just a good ear.) 		  Charlie Smith
Friday        
  7:00 am BREAKFAST    
  8:00 “Best Management Practices” for timber production to protect water quality   Peter Smallidge
  9:00 Stream-side management   Louise Buck, Asst. Prof, DNR, Cornell
  9:45 BREAK    
  10:00

Natural Resources of NYS and their management Forest resources

  • Wildlife resources
  • Q&A, discussion
    
  12:00 PM LUNCH
(Bring notebooks, “Sawtimber Management” and Stumpage Price Guide) 		   
  1:00

Field Exercise visit recent or on-going sawtimber harvest at Arnot Forest

   Donald Schaufler, Arnot Mgr. and the logger in charge of the harvest
  3:30-4:30 Finding boundaries   Scott Edsall, Surveyor
  5:30 DINNER    
  7:00

Sources of assistance (bring notebooks)

  • NYS DEC regional offices Billy Morris, Forester, NYS DEC
  • Natural Resources ext. programs Peter Smallidge
  • CCE county associations Carl Albers, Ext. Educator, Steuben County
    
  9:00 ADJOURN    
Saturday        
  7:00 am BREAKFAST
(Bring your training notebook, Stumpage Price Guide.)		    
  8:00 Agroforestry opportunities   Louise Buck, Sr. Ext. Assoc., DNR, Cornell
  8:45 Using your county soils map   Ray Bryant, Professor, SCAS, Cornell
  9:30 How timber management increases   Rick White, ’96 MFO
  10:15 BREAK 10:30 Forest ecology   Joseph Yavitt, Professor, DNR, Cornell
  11:15 Sawtimber economics   Gary Goff
  12:00 PM LUNCH (Bring Crop Tree Management, Know Your Trees, tree scale stick, Arnot Wildlife Demonstration site brochure, Stumpage Price Guide, and camera.)    
  1:00-4:30

Field exercises - Arnot Forest

  • Wildlife and sawtimber management
  • Crop tree management
   Gary Goff & Peter Smallidge
  5:30 DINNER    
  7:00-8:00 Biology & management of wild turkey   Scott Boomer, Graduate Student, DNR, Cornell
Sunday        
  7:30 am BREAKFAST (Bring your training notebook.)    
  8:30

Working with forest owners

  • MFO program results
  • Making contacts
  • Planning your efforts Everyone
 

Gary Goff and MFO volunteers
  11:30 Congratulations, you made it! Presentation of certificates   Gary Goff
  12:00 PM ADJOURN    

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