the voice of 255,000 forest owners in New York- representing an ownership of 11 million acres

ad is an event in the life of any publication! So we hope you as ao ew York Forest Owners Association, Inc. as well as members of

family will take just a bit more pride in the fact that you are members of thisgrowing Association!

Yo!. IV. No.5

FALL PROGRAM PACKEDWITH INTEREST

Managing the Dynamic Forces of theForestforEstheticPurposes, Work ofthe Hudson River Valley Commission,Viewing Natural ResourceS in the Cat-skills, Dynamic Environment of Dela-ware County - are topics emphasizingthe theme of our Fall Meeting, "THEFOREST OWNER IN A DYNAMIC EN-rIRONMENT. "

e regret to say the first fold of thepr Inte d program shows the dates in er-ror. They should be, as I am certain;;;ryone understands, Sept. 30 -Oct. 1,966. Somehow in the exuberance of

?rogram planning, a 3 came around£rom behind one of those tree trunksand stepped right in front of the Oct.~. making.it Oct. 31 - our apologies!nls still a two -day program.

Beginning with our host, Dan Smiley,we are getting a lot of fine cooperation£rom agencies around the State for ourFall Meeting.

e setting of lovely Mohonk Lake int!!e midst of massive slab rock is de--ghtful. We think you will agree thatrlleviews around Mohonk House as wellas the vistas cross country from thisnearly a century old hostelry on a cliffare unique.

In another column you will read a noteabout the experience of Bruce E. How-lett. It ranges from Harvard Univer-sity to Chicago, the far West Coast ine State of Washington and back nowthe HudsonRiver. The Hudson River

=.as a tremendous place in our State

Sept. 1966

and national history. The clean-up ofthe Huds on River pollution will work.wonders, stimulate a whole host ofeconomic, esthetic arid industrial chang-es.

Norman Richards from the College ofForestry, a long-time resident of Del-aware and Schoharie Counties, hasmapped out a 90 mile tour that in itselfwill be a worthwhile reason for goingto our 4th Fall Meeting. The tour stopsare based upon his personal knowledgeof the area. Along the way we are get-ting great cooperation from personnelof the Conservation Department, Cor-nell University and New York City.

The luncheon stop Saturday afternoonOctober 1 at Delhi Tech is packed withpotential interest. To begin with, ArtRasmussen, our 2nd Vice President,is also 2nd Vice President of the Dela-ware County Cons ervation Association.He will introduce Dr. William R. Kun-sela, President of a growing and dyn-amic Delhi Tech. As evidence of thisgrowthandforwardlook, JohnJ. Vatet,Director of Planning for the well knownarchitectural firm Sargent, Webster,Crenshaw and Folley of Syracuse, willshow us what is shaping up for the fu-ture. To top it off we expect to hearfrom Maurice G. Postley, Presidentof the Delaware County ConservationAssociation, Franklin, N. Y. , who in aremarkably short time has sparked anorganization now grown to 150 members.It's a splendid tribute to Maurice Post-ley's personal enthusiastic interest incons ervation, and his ability to or gan-ize and energize this rapidly growingcons ervation ass ociation with its inter-est in water, wildlife, woods and build-

ing of private fish ponds.

Joining us at the luncheon will be 7members of the Delhi faculty and theChairman of the Delhi Village and TownPlanning Committees.

Our committees on program and ar-rangements have produced fine farefor NYFOA members on Sept. 30 -Oct. 1. As a forest land owner you'llsee many ways and hear of many moreof how forest areas are being put towork. Letyourselfinfor a treat! Isn'tit time you did?

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

If you have any comments, criticisms,etc. on forest legislation, contact thenew Chairman of the Legislative Com-mittee, Norwood W. Olmsted, 7855Merritt Road. Glens Falls, N. Y.12804.

The statisticians say that there areabout 255,000 forest owners in NewYork State. We want them all in ourNYFOA. If any member knows a for-est owner who is not a member, go towork onhim, or her, or send his namein to our Membership Secretary, Lu-ella B. Palmer, 157 Ballantyne Road,Syracuse, N. Y. 13205, for expert at-tention. Our Membership Committeeis working ona schedule of incentives(prizes, books, free memberships),for our members to go out and get newmembers. We hope to have somethingon this in a couple of months.

Let's hear some chatter in the ForestOwner. I like to hear a lot of contro-versial discussion going on.

FALL PROGRAM PERSONALITIES

BRUCE E. HOWLETT, Assistant Di-rector, HudsonRiver Valley Commis-sion, has had a wide experience inplanning following his training at theUniversity of Chicago and at Harvard.He has worked in planning in the Stateof Washington, the Chicago area andelsewhere.

COMMENTSFROM YOURMEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

A mailbox is an interesting thing,especially if its owner is membershipsecretary of an organization such asour NYFOA. Of course, it gets itsshare of "junk mail" and the usualmonthly personal bills. But these arese conda-ry-t-ethe cornrnuni eat+one-ie-e-e->ceives from old and new friends inNYFOA. Our membership consists ofpeople from all walks of life and fromscatteredparts of our country, in NewYork state and elsewhere. Some of ournew friends are:

Raymond C. Rathbun (Washington)Tree farmer in Fort Ann

Stanley Bates (Oneida) - RomeMr. & Mrs. Walter Senterman -

(Greene), ValhallaMr. & Mrs. Frederick P. Howe -

Manager & Sec. -Treas., New YorkPotato Growers Coop., Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. LaForty-College of Forestry

Mrs. Svend O. Heiberg - Widowof the late Dean Heiberg, one of ourfounders.

Sherwood Davis (Oswego) -Syracuse, Onondaga County Sheriff'sDepartment

Mr. & Mrs. Ted S. Pettit (Greene)National Staff Boy Scouts

William D. Nugent (Oswego) -SyracuseJ_gh'y~ici9-n _

Dr. Edwin C. Jahn - AssociateDean, College of Forestry

Henry S. Kernon (Otsego) -Worcester, World forestry consultant

Thomas F. Walsh (Cortland) -Fayetteville

Mrs. George S. Pettit (Greene) -Syracuse, Mother of Ted Pettit, above

Arthur C. Zilinski (Steuben),Eastman Kodak, Rochester

Mrs. Luella B. PalmerMembership Secretary

MOHONK'SBEVERAGE POLICY--

As Mohonk does not hold a beveragelicense, ice and mixes only areserved to guest rooms.

OUR CAMP, BEAVER CAMPBy Rene F. Doster, Director, NYFOA. Part II

Withthepassingyears, our trees grew and to thin them out somewhat, Daddycontracted private loggers to come in and take out some of the Cerry, Poplar,Maple, Hemlock, and El.m. This wood was taken over to Gould Paper Mill inLyonsdale and Lyons Falls for paper pulp or over to Hawkinsville to Brandt Ex-celsior Company for their product.

Our Evergreens continued to grow and grow, cause they weren't being; raisedfor commercial value, only for their beauty and fragrance. The ones we did cutwere for our own personal use at Christmas time. Just twice have they been cutin a large quantity and sold as Christmas trees. This was done to help raisemoney for the Knights of Columbus.This lack of cutting has produce-d some very tall trees, many of which are of novalue whatsoever. It has also reduced the cover for the wildlife. This fact wasmade more apparent to us after attending the last three meetings of the ForestOwners Association, and we have since contacted the New York State Conserva-tion Department for their assistance. During the Summer and Fall of 1965, theirForester, A. E. Richard, and the Soil Conservation Department Consultant,David Anna, inspected the land and made various r ecornrnendat ions for its im-provement. We are now a Cooperator in the Forest Management Plan and havedefinite goals to be accomplished within the next ten years which will build upthe stocking and growth of the woodland to the full capacity of the site and willdevelop and maintain favorable food and cover conditions for game and otherwildlife. Mr. Richard and his associates have begun work, marking trees thathave no value and deadening them with a chemical preparation. This will, aftercontinual management and hard work, eventually give us marketable hardwoods,softwoods for pulpwood, and the beginnings of a Christmas Tree Farm. Thereis alotofwork to be done here and it will be interesting to see, say ten or twen-ty years from now Just how far we have progressed.

I could go on and one about the joys and responsibilities of having a "retreat"such as ours, but I am afraid that to do so would take the whole issue oftheForest Owner and as that would not be fair to our other contributors who havesubmitted articles for your pleasure, I will now turn this bulletin over to Mrs.Palmer and her report on the progress of our membership program.

NYFOADirector, Renee F. Doster

A REPORT FROM THEMEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE membership committee proposal to

launchanaggressive campaign to reachby Fred Najer more members in sympathy with the ob-

j ectives of our organization. From timeAt the May 21 NYFOA meeting of to time you will hear more about the

the Board of Directors I was appointed following projects:Chairman of the Committee on Mem- Weshall print gift member ship formsbership , Other members oLthe Com_-~_e.maikd-w_ith_thi" F'or.earOwne r andmittee on Membership are: used all year but to be really pushed at

Christmas time.We are starting a Social Register of

NewYork's Champion Trees. All mem-bers are invited to report trees oflar gedimensions and give a description of theexact location and the following threedimensions: the circumference 4-1/2ft. above the ground, the estimatedheights, and the crown spread. The re-ports will be checked and the names ofmembers submitting candidates and thedimensions of the trees nominated willbe listed every month in the ForestOwner sothat other members may knowwhat they are competing against.

It is hoped the official championswill be designated at the annual meetingin April.

For the time being I shall act as aone man clearing house for these nom-inations. The trees nominated do not

Prof. DavidG. Anderson, AssistantDean for Administration, College ofForestry, Syracuse.

Mrs. Luella B. Palmer, Treasurerand Membership Secretary, Syracuse.

Mrs. Dorothy Wertheimer, NYFOADirector and Certified Tree Farmer,Syracuse.

Miss Renee F. Doster, NYFOA Di-rector, Syracuse.

Harvey H. Smith, NYFOA Directorand Certified Tree Farmer, Auburn.

Emiel D. Palmer, Chairman, Com-mittee on Printing and Certified TreeFarmer, College ofForestry, Syracuse.

LloydG. Strombeck, NYFOA Direc-tor and Executive Director, Tioga Coun-ty Opportunities Program, Inc. , Owego.

The Board of Directors approved a

)(EMBER CARROL IN KOREA WRITES MEMBERSHIP SECRETARYY 28, 1966

Thank you for your inquiry about my work in Korea and your interest in pub-ing a brief story in the monthly bulletin "Forest Owner. "During 1962 to 1964, I acted as the Resident Engineer /Officer on a $30 mil-Power Project in the Pusan area. This consisted of a 132,000 KW Electric

Generating Station together with site improvements, electric transmis sion lines,bor facilities, h ousirig , etc. Currently I am the Chief of the Power Branchthe USOM AID Program in Korea, and as such have responsibility for the

&eneral guidance of the US AID Program in the power field in Korea.We may expect to return to the United States in January or February of next

Tear and I will be stationed initially in Washington.This very happily places me within a very short distance of Ellicottville, New

York where our property is located. During this interim my wife and I will bespending a great deal of time in Ellicottville; and we will be either rebuilding anexisting farm house or building a new home there and putting our roots a littledeeper into that area.

The property we now own, consisting of about 200 acres, was acquired inparcels. The first two parcels were acquired in 1960 just prior to my go-abroad. The third parcel was acquired, in 1962 during home leave; and the

onrth parcel, in which the farm house and barns are located, was acquired ine fall of 1964, during our second home leave.This total now comprises a rather regular and square area of, as I said be-e, about 200 acres. We are very fond of the Western New York area and likerolling country. Of our total property, about 120 acres are in woodland, the

balance in meadows and "scrub" timber.We are eagerly looking forward to meeting some of the ki nd friends in the

Sew York Forest Owners Association; and again I appreciate your sending mebulletins by Air Mail.

Dear Mrs. Palmer:

ve to be on the member's property,can be in a park or on State land,

any place within New York.Since there are one hundred thirty-zee kinds of trees, exclusive of theern-apple in New York State we shouldable to assemble a large list.The American Forestry Ass ociationconducted a Register of Champion

rees for many years. They are list-now 288 champion trees throughoutnation. Only three of the Nationalpions are in New York. If many

OUI members get interested in thisie ct we might find some more treeswould make the National Register.

The Empire State FM Network oper-stations WDDS Syracuse, WVR

ester and WBUF Buffalo has of-ed us an evening hour of classicalic once a week giving us four halfte to one minute spots to reportof interest to forest owners or

esting developments in the fieldforestry. We are now searching forolunteer Radio Editor who wouldthese recordings a few weeks in

We hope we may hear frominterested in undertaking

•

Cordially yours,

Alf L. CarrollChiefPower Branch

F ALL PROGRAM PERSONALITIES

JOHN J. VATET, Director of Planning,Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw and Fol-ley, Syracuse, has the overall respon-sibility for the execution of a large num-ber of "701" urban planning assistanceprojects in the States of New York,West Virginia and Vermont, togetherwith urban renewal and other relatedplanning work. From November 1960to March 1963 he was Director of Plan-ning for the city of Ashland, Kentucky.From April 1957 to November 1960 hewas Associate of Rus sell Vannest Blackof New Hope, Pa. Mr. Black has beena Planning Consultant for over 40 yearsand is a Past President of the Ameri-can Institute of Planners. Mr. VatetservedinWorldWar II in the USAF at-taining the rank of major before theend of the war. He was engaged for theduration in airport planning and pro-gramming. Prior to the war he was as-sociated with the United States Hous-ing Authority for three years as Pro-ject Planner. He is a member of theAmerican Institute of Planners andmem-ber of the American Society of Plan-ning Officials.

TAX FAXYOUR TAXES ARE NOT TOO HIGH(OR ARE THEY?)

A recent meeting on Forest Tax-ation held at the College of Forestrywas attended by two members of yourNYFOA committee on Forest Taxation.A State official ventured the opinionthat the average forest land owner wasnot dis satisfied with the amount of tax-es he had to pay on his forest land.

We took is sue with him on this state-ment' but he said, "They never com-plain, so therefore they are happy. "Is this the case? We don't think so,but we have nothing to back up our o-pinions.

Do you feel your forest is taxed onan equal basis with other lands in thetown? Do you complain to the assess-or? Does the fact that you may be anon-resident land owner mean that youare assessed more than the residentvoters?

If this is the case, write to the For-est Owner and let us know. Mayb~can do something about advising you ofsteps to take, or relief that is avail-able. We would like to make "Tax Fax"a regular feature of the Forest Owner.If there is enough interest in the sub-ject, we will try to find answers toquestions of a general nature on foresttaxation, and discuss some of the broad-er aspects of this for your benefit.

Remember what Edmund Burke said"The power to tax is the power to de-stroy. "

William R. Fraser,John W. Stock, Chairman

CATALYST - NEW CONSERVATIONMAGAZINE

There has come to my attention re-centlya new publication called the Cat-alyst, a quarterly publication of TheBell W. BaruchFoundation. It is free,to anyone who will send their requestto: Catalyst, Editorial Office, 333 E.46th St. 6L, New York, N. Y. 10017.

In the mast head we find "The BellW. Baruch Foundation was created in1964 by the late Mis s Baruch in honorof her father, Bernar d M. Baruch.

"In means to spur education and re-search in conservation, developmentand use of renewable resources - withparticular emphasis on forestry , wild-life and marine biology.

"In pursuit of these ip.terests, theFoundation utilizes among other thingsits 17, OOO-acre plantation at George-town, S. C."

F.E.C.

DELHI TECH FACULTY

Eight faculty and administrative mem-bers of Delhi Tech will join with us atthe luncheon Saturday October 1 atMacDonald Hall. It is one of six agri-cultural and technical colleges of theState University of New York (two year. )Others are at Alfred, Canton, Coble-skill, Farmingdale and Morrisville.

LEGISLATIVE APPEARANCE

On August 16, 17 and 18, the JointLegislative Committee on Natural Re-sources and Scenic Beauty held a ser-ies of informal hearings at Glens Falls.John Stock, 1st Vice President, ap-peared before the Committee to pre-sent some of the views and problemsof the New York Forest Owners As-

Mr. Stock said in part: " •.• Thereare over one quarter million residentsof the State who own an acre or moreof forest land. This group is to someextent an unrecognized minority. Andas it is fashionable for such minoritiesto organize themselves for recogni-tion and help, so it is with the forestowners. .• A farmer who works 50acr e s of land has all kinds of as socia-tions he can belong to, all kinds ofgovernmental assistance and advice hecan call on. On the other hand the man-ager of a supermarket, who happensto own, and pay taxes on, 50 acres offorest land, has no group he can feelany identification with. He doesn't haveanybody to speak for him and he doesn'tknow where to go for help. The NYFOAis a new, fast growing group of forestowners organized for mutual assist-ance and recognition. "

The Committee is hearing testi-mony on all aspects of natural resourcemanagement, with special emphasison the forest preserve.

President: David H. HanaburghCraft Lane, Buchanan, N. Y. 10511Editor-Secretary: Floyd E. CarlsonCollege of Forestry,Syracuse, N. Y. 13210Treasurer -Membership Secretary:Mrs. Luella B. Palmer157 Ballantyne Rd.Syracuse, N. Y. 13205

F ALL PROGRAM PERSONALITIES

PAUL GROMMECK is one of the pro-prietors of the Catskill Ski Center lo-cated near Andes, - a privately ownedoperation. The ski lodge will be opento us for inspection on Stop 3 on ourFall Meeting tour Saturday morningOct. 1. When I asked Norm Richardsabout how much land they owned hesaid "They own the whole mountainsidewhere the ski development is located. "We are assured of a most cordial wel-come at Catskill Ski Center.

BIOGRAPHY OF A NEW DIRECTOR

LloydG. Strombeck, Owego, N. Y.,elected for a one-year term on theBoard of Directors, is Executive Di-rector of Tioga Opportunities Program,

- Inc. -and a former County 4-H Club A--gent.

He is in partnership with HowardO. Ward of Candor, N. Y. The firm ofWard and Strombeck have a certifiedtree farm of 150 acres.

Lloyd has been active in civic pro-grams in Chenango and Tioga Countieswhere he served as County 4-H ClubAgent. He was chairman of the State4-H Agents Conservation Committeefor several years and a member of theNYFOA Program Committee and itssecretary.

In 1964he did graduate study in for-est management and land use planningat the New York State University Col-lege of Forestry at Syracuse Univer-sity.

Lloyd and Helen Strombeck havethree children all of whom are in col-lege - Paul, 22, a senior in soil con-servation at the University of Georgia;Ann, 20, a junior in anthropology atthe University of Kentucky; and Kath-erine, 18, a freshment in mathemat-

,/I I • .~ I • " I

ics at the State University College atPotsdam.

Lloyd has been president of theN. Y.S. 4-H Agents Association andfirst vice president of the national4-H Agents As s ociation.

THE CALL

Who among our members- would liketo go on record as being among thosewho will grow quality timber or whoare now setting out as a part of theirgoal to grow quality timber!

Why do I raise this question?Some of you know about and have

seenthe splendid Ralph Webster woodsjustwestofAuburnandhave seen Law-rence W. Hoyt's woods just east ofAuburn, at the time of our 2nd FallI\fY FOA Meeting held in Cayuga CountyOctober 9-10, 1964.

Here was inspiration! Quality tim-ber, - basswood, sugar rn ap l e, tuliptrees, cherry, white ash!

The presence of the trees them-selves was a revelation of somethingmore significant. They showed thatthese trees repres ented the care, theconcern, the appreciation, the- hand-ing on of a conservation ideal, or con-servationist wpi r it , if you will, - fromone generation to another.

This conservation spirit, ~ this ex-huberance regarding the forest as amagnificent part of creation has beenreflected in articles in the Forest Own-er - Paul Steinfeld's (Nov. 1965), Dor-othy Wertheimer (Apr. 1966.)

Weknowthere are many among ourmembers who have similar satisfac-tions and inspirations. Are you on theway to growing quality timber?

How about hearing from you?F.E.C.

Non·ProfitOrZllllza1ll.

U. S. POSTAPAID

SYRACUSE, N. Y.PERMIT NO. 3871