Education: I am a self employed consutant forester and I have run my own business since 1978. I graduated from the University of Minnesota, 1969, with a B.S. in Forest Management.

I currently serve as the Sullivan County representative to the New York State Forest Practice Board and was the past Chairman of the Tree Farm system for Ulster and Sullivan (15 years). I am presently a certified inspector for Sullivan and Ulster Counties. I also serve as the forester for the town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York.

I am a member of the New York State Cooperating Forester Program, New York State of Consulting Foresters and the Society of American Foresters.

Website Address: www.connwood.com

Education: B.S. in Resource Management and Forest Biology from SUNY ESF at Syracuse, NY and a Masters of Forestry from the University of Maine.

Special Interests: I am part of a forest owners cooperative that manages over 30,000 acres of forest for private landowners, municipalities, non-profits, land trusts, corporations, clubs and water companies since 1945. I have over 8 years of experience as a consulting forester and my company has over 95 years of combined forestry expertise on staff. I am a cooperating consulting forester with the NYS DEC. I am also a liscenced forester in Connecticut and Massachusetts, plus a liscenced arborist in Comnnecticut.

Mission Statement: Supply forestry services that cultivate economic, ecological, and aesthetic forest products for the landowner and the community.

Education: NYS Ranger School, SUNY ESF

Special Interests: Native plant ID and uses, past uses of foprest products, native American history, maps.

Mission Statement: To serve the forest landowner by increasing their knowledge of natural processes taking place on their land and how these processes may be enhanced or diminished through scientific management.

Education: B.S. in Natural Resource Management from the University of Connecticut.

Education: B.S. with dual specialization from Cornell University in Natural Resouces and Forest Science and Resource Economics, Soil Science/Agronomy from Alfred Agricultural and Technical College, Federal Wetland continuing education series and Riparian Area Management.

Special Interests: Best Management Practices (BMPs), forest road layout and design, GIS mapping and GPS, forest management planning and timber sales administration.

Mission Statement: To acheive the landowner's objectives.

Education: A.A.S. Forestry, Paul Smith's College 1979.
B.S. Forestry & Wildlife Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry (SUNY ESF), Syracuse, NY, 1982.
M.A. Water Resources, SUCO, Oneonta, NY, 2000.
Society of American Foresters, Certified Forester
New York Institute of Consulting Foresters
NYS Cooperating Consulting Forester
Inspecting Forester, American Tree Farm Program

Continuing Education: SUNY ESF, Certificate of Training in Silviculture & Wildlife Habitat in Northern Hardwood Forests, 2000, SUNY ESF, Certificate of Training in Managing Northern Hardwood Forests, 1986, Pennsylvania State University, United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Training for Allegheny Hardwood Silviculture, 1984, US Army Core of Engineers Wetland Delineator Certification Training Program, 1996, NYLT Trained Logger Certified, Tree Felling and Game of Logging Levels 1 - 3, Northeastern Association of Watershed Managers Training, 2000, The Science behind Forest Management in Watersheds, 2001, WAC courses in: Approved Forestry Contractors Planning Update, Sedimnent Training, Forest Stewardship Training and Forest Management in Riparian Areas of the Catskills and Lower Hudson Valley.

Special Interests: Educating the Public

Forest Management is limited in many areas and on many properties because landowners and policy makers in many cases have their opinions formed by bad logging jobs they have seen, by media attention always focusing on clearcutting, and because we are constantly bombarded by the present policy of much of the environmental movement which is in many cases led by people who have a shallow understanding of the science behind forestry and whose most effective fundraising tool is the, "Save the trees Campaigns", these environmentalists mistakenly believe that forestry is the main cause of deforestation.

Early on in my career I saw teachers in schools teaching their students that cutting trees was bad. It wasn't just individual teachers, forestry was portrayed negatively in their text books! In 1892 Gifford Pinchot wrote of the lack of understanding by the American People of what forestry was and of the bitter need for it. This statement is still relevant today.

I have spent my adult life training loggers, landowners, educators, college students and anyone else who will listen, about the benefits of properly applied forest management. I have used many different forums to spread the conservation message. Some of them are listed below.

Taught the Silviculture and Ecology Series for the New York Logger Training Course held May 25, 2000 at the Lennox Forest and September 23, 1999 at Frost Valley YMCA.

Guest Lecturer for the Watershed Forestry Institute For Teachers, July 23, 1999 and July 21 2000.

Introduced high school teachers to concepts of forest management and what a forester does for a living.

Testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture and the NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources during the "Timber Theft Hearings", about the impact of timber theft on private landowners, the resource and professional timber harvesters, February 8, 2000.

Served on the timber theft committee for the duration.

Guest Lecturer for the Northeastern Loggers Association
• Taught at a workshop entitled; "Logging Doesn't Have To Be Ugly", gave a tour of a recent timber harvest I managed on the 594 acre Crumhorn Mountain Boy Scout Camp. The objective was to show loggers techniques utilized to improve the appearance of timber harvests. October, 1996

Guest Lecturer for D.E.C. workshop entitled: Timber Theft: Law & Order, A workshop for Law Enforcement and the Legal Profession, October 25, 1994.
• Gave presentation on determining and investigating timber theft, types of evidence & collection of evidence for prosecution to over fifty law enforcement personnel including the Assistant Attorney General of New York State.

Guest Lecturer at S.U.N.Y. Cobleskill
• Give a day long tour of my Tree Farm to SUNY Wildlife Biology class each year on forestry management techniques used to improve wildlife habitat
• Gave presentation on managing renewable resources for Earth Day

Published Articles On conservation Issues In:
• The American Tree Farmer, a national publication
• The New York Forester, a N.Y.S. S.A.F. publication
• The Soil Conservation Newsletter
• C.D.C. New York Forest Owners Assn.

Mission Statement:
Wildlife Habitat Improvement and management has always been the driving force behind my educational choices and career development. Wildlife habitat improvement is accomplished by manipulating the forest cover to provide conditions favorable for the species desired whether it be song birds or white-tailed deer. Manipulating the forest cover means cutting trees. When done properly the landowner can derive income and the many benefits associated with timber harvesting such as a useable trail system and improved growth on the remaining forest to name a few.

Recent surveys show that most landowners own forests because it is part of their home or farm and for the wildlife and aesthetic values. The same studies however show that more than 70% of landowners will conduct a timber harvest even if they thought they never would. Although you may not be thinking about a timber harvest, if you own forestland you will probably be approached about one.

Many landowners sell timber without the benefit of professional advice. Indiscriminate cutting decreases the quality, health and productivity of your forest, decreases future income, and overall devalues your sizable investment. In addition without putting timber on the open market using the sealed bidding process most landowners sell their timber way below its true value.

On a recent sale I received seven bids as follows: $44,000, $48,005, $52,218, $61,092, $65,105, $67,120 and a high bid of $71,633. If the owner had taken the first offer he would have sold his timber for $27,633 below its actual worth. This was the second sale I managed on this 50-acre forest in ten years and there is still an additional $30,000 left in the forest to continue growing and increasing in value. This same property has been enrolled in NYS Forest Tax Law program, which grants an 80% reduction in land and school taxes. Using professional advice and being an informed landowner has made this property truly affordable for the downstate owner who uses it as a recreational retreat.

Finally in closing let me say that when a landowner is undertaking their search for a forester to work with they should look to find an experienced forester who can help them develop their objectives and implement them. Landowners who are being counseled to make their decision of which forester to hire based on a certain type of fee schedule are often limiting their choice of foresters to work with and as a result they may not realize the full range of their options nor do they explore the full potential of their property.

Website Address: www.adforester.com

Education: B.S. in Resource Management from Syracuse, NYS Cooperating Consulting Forester, Member of NY Institute of Consulting Foresters, SAF member and consulting forester.

Special Interests: Timber harvesting and the forest tax law.

Mission Statement: To provide honest, competent and timely advice and services to forest landowners. To help make their forest resources more enjoyable and keep the cost of ownership down. To manage forestland as a "steward" of them, and one who is granted the privalege of their use for a time, seeking to improve woodland and associated resources for use now, and by future generations.

Website Address: www.foreconinc.com

Education: All foresters have at aleast a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Forestry and Natural Resource Management.

Mission Statement: To meet the ever increasing needs of our clients with responsive, effective and environmentally responsible professional forestry and natural resource consulting services, supported by a deep pool of dedicated and knowledgeable people, using innovative, cutting edge technology.

"Our roots are in providing the quality of service you expect."

For Forecon's brochure click here.

Education: B.A. in Northern Studies: Ecology from Middlebury College. Started MS from Duke University in Forestry and Environmental Science, finished MS from SUNY ESF in Forest Resource Management.

Special Interests: Riparian area management and river restoration.

Mission Statement: Riverdale Farm and Forest is owned and operated by Ron Frisbee and his son, Gideon. Their commitment to stewarship of the Frisbee family farmland in Delhii, is inspired by wise use of resources by the previous eight generations of Frisbees in Delaware County. THat same commitment to stewardship is pledged to their clients. Their operations attempt to balance the "needs" or silvicultural requirements of the resource with the "wants" or goals of the landowner.

Education: B.A. in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.

Education: A.A.S. in Applied Science - Forest Technology from College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, Ranger School, Wanakena, NY. B.S. in Resource Management from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. Continuing education requirements for every professional association affiliated with.

Special Interests: American Tree Farm Certified Inspecting Forester since 1982. Society of American Foresters Certified Forester since 1981. Member of the New York Institute of Consulting Foresters since 1988. Approved Forester in NY, NY and PA.

Mission Statement: To love and provide for the wife of my youth. To love, provide and inspire my seven children to do great things in life so that they would learn how to live life. To help to encourage my family and friends. To serve forest landowners by helping them to dream about their property and teach them the many values of their land in a way that is fun and economically beneficial to them, their family and those around them. To set a high standard to the forestry profession.

Education: MA in Forestry, SUNY ESF.

Special Interests: Destructive insects (including caterpillars and the ash bore), butternut survival and salvage, and chestnut survival.

Mission Statement: Landowners want their forest managed for a variety of reasons. They may want to maximize their investment, attract wildlife, use it for recreation, or just enjoy the tranquility nature offers. Our goal is to be able to provide landowners with the expertise needed to manage their property to meet their individual goals.

Education: B.S. Natural Resources Management, SUNY ESF; SAF Certified Forester; National Tree Farm Program board member.

Special Interests: Timber management, wildlife management, recreational trail building, land use planning.

Mission Statement: To provide sound management advice to landowners seeking specific goals from their woodlot. To help landowners suceed in the management of their property and getting the maximium return in future yields.

Website Address: www.fwforesters.com

Education: Masters from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, B.A. in Geography from Central CT State University.

Mission Statement: I aim to provide land planning and management services that are comprehensive, realistic and help people achieve their goals.

Education: B.S. from UMASS, Urban Forestry Program. Certified Vocational Agricultural Teacher. Certified Arborist, ISA (NY & MA) and State Certified in CT. Licenced Pesticide Applicator NY & CT. Certified Forester, SAF. Watershed Qualified Forester.

Special Interests: Edible landscapes, perennial gardens, native plants, wildflowers, naturalized landscapes, rooftop gardens.

Mission Statement: On Earth Plant Care Specialists, Inc. is fully licensed and insured. We increase the quality of life for our valued customer and our society today through honest, educated and exemplary state-of-the-art and science plant care practices.
On Earth Plant Care Specialists, Inc. listens to the heart and acts for the Earth. Through certification processes, education and practical experience our individual arborists are ready, willing and able to provide professional plant care.
Remember, Earth is in all of our hands.

Education: A.A.S. in Wildlife Technology from Penn State, Continuing Education at SUNY, University of Vermont, and Penn State.

Special Interests: Management of forests for timber and wildlife as part of the forest landowner goals.

Member of the following:

Society of American Foresters

International Society of Arborculture

Wildlife Society

NYS Cooperating Consulting Foresters

Certified Tree Farm Inspector

Professional Forest Industry Association

Mission Statement: Provide forest and wildlife management to meet landowners specific goals in a friendly and honest fashion.

Education: A.A.S. from SUNY Cobleskill in Conservation, B.S. in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers University, NJ, certified SAF forester, and Certified Wetland Delineator from Rutgers University.

Special Interests: Wetlands, Biodiversity, American Chestnut, Christmas Trees, Invasive Plant Controls.

Mission Statement: My business was established to provide honest and accurate environmental services to people who require fast and unbiased information about their natural resources for their planning, development, future considerations or just to better understand our environment.

Education: B.S. in Forest Biology and Resources Management from SUNY ESF. A.A.S. in Construction Technology from SUNY Delhi. GIS course of study at Sullivan Community College. Tree Farm Inspector.

Experience: Natural Resources Management at Frost Valley YMCA since 1978. Member of Society of American Foresters since 1981. Past President of NYS DEC Region 3 Forest Pracice Board. Member of Town of Denning Planning Board.

Special Interests: Environmentally Sustainable Natural Resource Management, Maple Sugar Bush Management, Wildlife and Recreation Landscape Improvements, Wildscaping, Global Information Systems Planning, and Renewable Energy.

Mission Statement: To provide the best information and service on sustainable best management techniques of complex forest ecosystems for the small forest landowner.

Education: A.A.S. Paul Smith's College, B.S. University of Massachusetts in Forest Management, 10+ hours of continuing education per year.

Special Interests: Management of forest woodlands for aesthetic and sustainable values for today and future generations and property owners to come.
Timberstand Improvements for growing quality timber abd forest products for the future.
Wildlife habitat improvement for diversity and sustainability.

Mission Statement: Good forest management is the key to a successful plan. Balance the needs of the environment with the landowner's goals to provide a safe, reliable plan for present and future needs of the customer. Acheiving balance is what it's all about.
Our forest is part of the future. What we do to our land affects whoever may own the property in the future - our children, grandchildren, or someone that we have not met. It also affects our neighbors and the local community. What we do to our land affects animals, birds, plants and all living things in the forest for more than a generation.

Education: A.A.S. in Ecology and Environmental Technology from Paul Smiths and B.S. in Environment, Forest Biology and Resource Management from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Mission Statement: To provide sound technical assistance for forest landowners in order to properly manage their land and enjoy all aspects of the forest resource their land offers.

Education: A.A.S. Forestry, Paul Smiths College, 1977, 30+ years of experience in all facets of forestry and the timber industry.

Special Interests: I specialize in low damage timber harvesting using alternative methods for the concerned landowner. Sustainable forestry is my goal with priority given to aesthetics.

Mission Statement: To help the landowner achieve their goals on their property, whatever they may be. Whether you wish to improve access, create wildlife habitat, or maximize the economic return on your investment, your goals are my priority. I limit the number of clients I serve which allows me to offer personable, affordable forestry services. My management plans are written with your input while trying to make use of existing programs available to the landowner.

Education: Bachelors of Technology in Forestry/Renewable Resources from Morrisville State College, NY.

Special Interests: Wildlife management and forest regeneration, timber harvesting.

Mission Statement: To provide sound technical assistance for landowners to properly manage their land and enjoy all the aspects their forest offers. To ensure proper wildlife, and water management, and oversee that the right management approach is taken.

Website: www.connwood.com

Education: 1997 - A.A.S. Forest Technology - SUNY Ranger School, 1999 - B.S. Forest Management - SUNY ESF, 2001 - M.P.S. Forest Management - SUNY ESF.

Special Interests: Hunting, fishing and all things outdoors. Furthering education as a forester. Teaching landowners about their property.

Mission Statement: To provide high quality forestry services to landowners with long-term goals.

Education: B.S. Forest Resource Management from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Special Interests: Riparian management and wildlife management.

Education:  Mowhawk Valley Community College - A.S.Business Management, Paul Smith's College - A.S. Pre Professional Forestry, SUNY-ESF - B.S. Natural Resource Management

Mission Statement: To provide the expertise and services needed to properly care for the forest and wildlife.
To provide the services necessary to obtain the maximum true value of timber and forestland.

Education: B.S. Forest Management from UMASS - Amherst.

Special Interests: Young stand management, Tree Farm, estate and family forests mapping.

Mission Statement: To provide high quality, concise forestry services to a wide variety of clients. Protect the productivity and viability of forestland, through sound science and silviculture, and provide a healthy and valuable resource for generations to come.

Website Address: www.ecomputers.net/forestree/forestry.html Education: B.S. Forestry, SUNY ESF 1969

Special Interests: Timber sales and forest products marketing

Mission Statement: The management of your forestland, like any other natural resource, requires good stewardship. Relying on individuals or companies with a vested interest in logging and lumber production is "letting the fox tend the chicken coop". A professional forester in contrast, has a sole interest in serving you, the landowner. The development of a long-term management plan insures the maintenance of your timber on a sustained-yield basis, maximizing your return, with the assurance of protenting and enhancing the viability of the forestland.

Education: A.S. Columbia Greene Community College, B.S. Dual Major - Forest Ecosystems Science, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Special Interests: Forest Health - forest entomology and pathology. The most fascinating aspect of forests, to me, is the interaction of site conditions, tree genetics, weather conditions, human manipulation, and the consequential impacts of insects and pathogens; which all work in concert to elicit some effect on the overall health of forests.
NYC Watershed Model Forest System - I have spent the past two years involved with the model forest network and hope to continue my involvement into the future.

Mission Statement: Spring Forestry was established with the mission of providing quality, sustainable forest management and consulting services, with a focus on forest health issues to landowners within the greater Catskill mountain range and the New York City watershed region. The main objective I stand behing is the assurance of the maintenance and enhancement of forest health, as well as long term sustainable forest management; to best provide generations to come with the myriad benefits that forests provide, such as water quality, wildlife habitat, wood and fiber provisions, recreation, aesthetic, cultural and regional quality, carbon sequestration, and ecological function. All management activities focus on improving the health and quality of forests; by avoiding at all costs a "high grade" methodology (take all the best and leave the rest). Instead, I focus on balancing the need for the procurement of wood and fiber products with the removal of diseased, infested, damaged trees, or high quality trees where density or economic and/or biological over-maturity permits - such that the residual forest is of better quality than it was prior to a timber harvest or pre-commercial thinning. Any such harvests are conducted in a manor which follows the principles of silviculture appropriate to the particular forest in question, such that growth resources (solar, soil, and water) are distributed upon residual trees with the greatest growth potential, when and where thinning is deemed necessary and beneficial based on inventory analysis. When and where disease outbreaks and insect infestations are detected, affected trees, individually or as groups, are removed and reforestation efforts are established. The future forests of New York State, and especially the Catskill mountain region, are the focus of Spring Forestry at all times and with all management decisions.

Website Address: www.wagnerlumber.com

Education: A.A.S. Forest Technician and B.S. in Natural Resource Management and Policy from Paul Smiths College. Watershed Qualified Forester.

Mission Statement: The Wagner Companies are the largest purchaser of hardwood logs and timber in New York. The Wagner Companies work with a high degree of ethics inside and outside the forest industry. We help landowners manage forestland to enhance future growth, increase diverse wildlife habitat, and maintain aesthetics, all while receiving an economic benefit from the land. We have a large resource of logging contractors so we can choose the right logger for your land. No Forestry Fees for timber sales. We have the same cost-sharing benfits as any other watershed qualified forester.

Website Address: www.bevanforestry.com

Education: A.A.S. in Forest Technology - SUNY College of Environment and Forestry, Libral Science major from Sullivan County Community College, Geographical Information Systems from Sullivan Community College and Fisheries and Wildlife program from SUNY Cobleskill.

Special Interests: Sustainable Forestry, Sliviculture, G.I.S. and Public Education.

Education: B.S. in Food & Natural Resources from the University of Massachusets, SAF Certified Forester, registered in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, certified Tree Farm Inspector - Area 2 Chair, member Quality Deer Management Association - Deer Steward I & II and USAF/NYANG (Ret E-8) Aircrew.

Special Interests: Sustainable Forest Management, Wildlife Management (game and non-game species) and Professional Hunting Leases.

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