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Gary R. Goff
Senior Extension Associate

104 Fernow Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ph: 607-255-2824
Fx: 607-255-2815
e.mail: grg3@cornell.edu

www.cornellmfo.info

Gary R. Goff

M.S. - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - 1979
B.S. - Cornell University - 1974

Gary Goff joined the Department of Natural Resources in 1980 as an Extension Associate responsible for the Renewable Resources Extension Program. His areas of expertise are in Forest Management, Silviculture, Wildlife Habitat Enhancement, and Extension Education.

Extension

His current work includes: 1) Directorship of NY Master Forest Owner/COVERTS volunteer program, 2) Research and extension project involving inventory techniques of exotic invasive plants at CU’s Arnot Forest, 3) Quality Deer Management (QDM) at the Arnot Forest, 4) Community-based biodiversity and habitat conservation, 5) Dept. 4-H Program Leader, 6) Assessing and mitigating deer impacts at a landscape scale with an integrated research and extension education program 7) Linking under-served forest owners to assistance for enhanced environmental sustainability and 8) in-service training to extension educators and professional natural resource managers.

Teaching

  •  NR325 (Woodlot Management & Maple Syrup Production)

Selected Presentations

  • Nutrient value of deer foods and correlation to herd health and habitat. NYS Chapter Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Feb. 2003, Utica, NY
  • Marketing biodiversity as a valuable component of your maple enterprise. 12th Annual NY Maple Producers’ Winter Conference. Jan. 2007, Verona, NY
  • Habitat enhancement for grassland birds. NYS Chapter meeting of The Wildlife Society, Feb. 2007, Owego, NY

Selected Publications

  • Smallidge, P.J., G.R. Goff (2000) What are my trees worth? Agway Cooperator 36, 34-36.
  • Goff, G.R. and P.J. Smallidge. (2003) Writing forest stewardship plans; tools, techniques, and training. Dept. Nat. Res. , Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 18pp.
  • Goff, G.R. 2006. Stories from the woods. NY Forest Owner. 44(6):12-13.
  • Goff, G.R. and T.L. Brown. 2006. Reducing recreation liability risk. Small Farms Quarterly. Fall 2006. pg.6.
  • Goff, G.R. and A. Muth. 2006. Yours for the asking…Peer assistance for forest owners. Small Farms Quarterly. Winter 2006. pgs. 16-17.
  • Kays, J., G.R. Goff, M. Greason, J.E. Wagner, and H. Canham. 2007. Developing a custom portable sawmill enterprise. NRAES. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. 36 pp.