Sugar Bush Thinning – Webinar 10/7

FYI if you’re interested…

http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/

Dear ForestConnect Webinar Viewers and Others:

I wanted to alert you to a new webinar series offered by the Cornell Maple Program. This series is on the first Thursday evening of the month, May to December, at 7 PM. There is no registration required. Simply connect to the webinar link via the Cornell Maple webpage’s webinar button at http://www.CornellMaple.info and join as a guest using your first and last name. The maple webinars do not typically provide CFE credits. The Cornell Maple webinars will be recorded and archived for subsequent viewing.

On October 7th, at 7PM

Improving production with sugarbush thinning. The sugarbush is the factory where sugar and sap are produced by trees and harvested by maple producers. The webinar on October 7, 2010 by Dr. Peter Smallidge will describe what it means to thin a sugarbush and how thinning can improve the vigor and productivity of the sugarbush. Participants will learn how to assess tree characteristics that should be removed from a sugarbush through thinning activities. The results of several years of sugarbush thinning study with maple producers throughout NY will be reviewed.

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Peter J. Smallidge, Ph.D.

NYS Extension Forester

Director, Arnot Teaching and Research Forest

Director, Cornell Maple Program

116 Fernow Hall, Department of Natural Resources

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

(607) 592 – 3640, cell

pjs23@cornell.edu

http://www.ForestConnect.info

http://www.ArnotForest.info

http://www.CornellMaple.info