WFL (Western Finger Lakes)
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Congratulations to Mike Seager- 2010 WFL Chapter Service Award winner!

Mike Seager was chosen to receive the Western Finger Lakes; NYFOA Chapter Activity Award for 2010.  The Chapter Activity Award was instituted to thank a volunteer “individual, couple or family” from each chapter for helping the chapter reach members and other private woodland owners in the area.  Mike and his father Maurice Seager joined NYFOA in 2001.  Their property consists of 180 acres located in the Towns of Nunda and Grove, Livingston & Alleghany Counties; of which Mike is the fifth generation owner.  Mike has been very active in the WFL Chapter, volunteering and arranging many of our activities that promote good stewardship to forest owners.  He was a major contributor at the Forestry Forum held in Newark this past spring and is currently working on another session. Mike has been a WFL Board Member nearly as long as he has been a member and has served our chapter as both a designated director to the state board and as President of the NYFOA State Board. Award was presented to Mike by Dale Schaefer at the 2011 Annual Memberhship Meeting.

Upcoming Events:

Welcome to 2012! We hope your year is off to a good start. Here are some upcoming events in the Western Finger Lakes chapter and surrounding area. Many events are free and open to the public. Please share this message with anyone who might be interested.

Please note: New York state has a new industry that is growing rapidly, hops. Hops are grown on 18 ft high trellises. Each acre requires about 65 poles 22 ft long and 8-10 inches in diameter. Approximately 2,000 poles will be needed in spring 2012 and more in 2013. Preferred species are larch, cedar and black locust. Plantings are going in all across the state so local delivery or pick up is a plus. Anyone who might be able to supply such poles should contact Steve Miller, Cornell University Cooperative Extension Hops Specialist at 315 684-3001 x127 or sgm6@cornell.edu

11 January – WFL board meeting, 7:00 pm, Lima Hotel. Board meetings are open to all members. For more information, contact Dick Starr at (585) 377 4849 or pockaa@aol.com.

24 January, 2012 – WFL General meeting, 7:30 pm, United Church of Christ, 8758 Main Street, Honeoye NY 14471. WFL member and Master Forest Owner Dean Faklis will speak on “Woodland Trails and Structures: Creating Your Legacy”. Learn about the latest developments in building trails, ponds, stream crossings, lean-tos, hunting blinds and other structures to enhance recreational opportunities as well as the financial value of your woodlot.

23 - 25 February – New York State Farm Show, state fairgrounds, Syracuse. A massive display of everything relating to farming, with seminars on a variety of topics including forestry. Full details are available at http://newyorkfarmshow.com/main.aspx.

25 February - The NYFOA annual meeting will be at 1:00 pm on Saturday, 25 Feb, in conjunction with the Farm Show. See http://www.nyfoa.org for details.

03 March – Rural Landowner Workshop, Pioneer Central High School, Yorkshire (Cattaraugus County). Seminars on a variety of topics related to forest management and other issues of interest to rural landowners. For more information, contact Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County at (716) 699 2377 or http://ccealleganycattaraugus.org/.

06 March – WFL General meeting, 7:30 pm, Monroe County Cooperative Extension, 249 Highland Avenue, Rochester. We will hear about the new Finger Lakes Museum from its president, John Adamski.

10 March – Improving Your Woodlot, 9:00 am – noon, Genesee County Park and Forest Interpretive Center, 11095 Bethany Center Rd, East Bethany. A seminar discussing how to improve your woodlot and protect it from natural and human threats. More information is available at http://www.nyfoa.org/docs/Winter2011NewsletterDraft2-Final.pdf, or from Mike Seager at (585) 414 6511 or seager_michael@yahoo.com.

28 April – Sugarbush Hollow Woodswalk, 9:30 am, East Springwater. NYSDEC Wildlife Biologist Art Kirsch will give a presentation about the statewide deer management plan, we will take a field trip to a nearby woodlot, and finish up with pancakes. Watch for more details in the next WFL newsletter.

WFL sets up a table at various events to publicize woodlot management in our region and to recruit new members. We can always use help with the table; if you can spare a couple hours to help at any of the events noted above, please call Dale Schaefer at (585) 367 2849.

The Western Finger Lakes Chapter was profiled in the Rochester Business Journal -read it here... http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=184589

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