This is a typical training schedule for the
NY Master Forest Owner/COVERTS Training Workshop
It is held annually during late September
at the Arnot Teaching and
Research Forest in VanEtten, NY
| Wednesday | ||||
| 2:00-5:00 pm | Registration (Please 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.) | Gary Goff, Extension Associate, DNR, Cornell, MFO Program Director | ||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 9:00 | ADJOURN | |||
| Saturday | ||||
| 7:00 am | BREAKFAST (Bring your training notebook, Stumpage Price Guide, and County Soil Survey Map.) | |||
| 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 |
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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 |
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Gary Goff and MFO volunteers |
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| 11:30 | Congratulations, you made it! Presentation of certificates | Gary Goff | ||
| 12:00 PM | ADJOURN |