Posts tagged with: forest management

Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops Offered Across the Finger Lakes Region

By Sarah Bassman / October 17, 2025

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga, Schuyler and Seneca Counties are each offering a Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation workshop to learn about growing mushrooms using red oak logs. The workshop will…

Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops

By Sarah Bassman / October 17, 2025

Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops Offered Across the Finger Lakes Region Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga, Schuyler and Seneca Counties are each offering a Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation workshop to…

Clearing a Woodland Understory

By Peter Smallidge / April 5, 2021

Question:  I was visiting a friend’s woodlot last fall. They had logged much of the ash due to Emerald Ash borer and expanded those openings into patches to allow for…

Features of Trees Useful for Identification

By Peter Smallidge / January 11, 2021

Learning to identify the trees on your property will help you enjoy and better manage your land.  Woodland owners who learn how to identify the trees and other vegetation on…

The Benefit of Markets for Managing Low-Grade Trees

By Peter Smallidge / April 6, 2020

Low-grade trees may be aesthetically attractive and have other than economic benefits. Considerable attention is given to high-value trees, particularly how to grow them and their value when harvested. The harvest of just the…

The Benefit of Markets for Managing Low-Grade Trees

By Peter Smallidge / January 13, 2020

Low-grade trees may be aesthetically attractive and have other than economic benefits.  Considerable attention is given to high-value trees, particularly how to grow them and their value when harvested. The harvest of just the…

Turning Maple Syrup Forests Into Bird-Friendly Habitat

By Alison Haigh / July 1, 2019

Birds and maple syrup share the same critical ingredient: healthy northeastern forests. High in the branches of a maple tree sit the tattered remains of a muddy, grassy bird nest.…

Aren’t They All Just Pines? How to ID Needle-Bearing Trees

By Peter Smallidge / February 11, 2019

Fall and winter are great seasons to learn about the needle-bearing trees that most people call “pines.” These trees have needles, and may also be called evergreen. Most are within…