<div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone,<div><br></div><div>The entire issue of the National Association of Conservation District's Forestry Notes for September is dedicated to pollinators! <div><br></div><div>It's not posted it on line yet, but the file seems to be HUGE so I removed the graphics. </div><div><br></div><div>Please pardon any double postings. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy!<br><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Patricia S. De
Angelis, Ph.D.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Botanist, US Fish
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Forestry Notes</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:forestrynotes@email.nacdnet.mmsend.com" target="_blank">forestrynotes@email.nacdnet.mmsend.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 5:55 PM<br>Subject: Forestry Notes September 2014<br>To: <a href="mailto:patricia_deAngelis@fws.gov" target="_blank">patricia_deAngelis@fws.gov</a><br><br><br>
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Managing woodlots for pollinators</p>
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For many, the subject of pollination paints a pretty picture of insects navigating through flowers and gardens, but what many people might not realize is that trees can also play an important role in the process.</p>
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Rhode Island's NRCS State Biologist Gary Casabona says interest in pollinators picked up roughly a decade ago when researchers discovered colony collapse disorder of the European honeybee. The disorder drew the interest of USDA because pollinators ensure crop production.</p>
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Not all crops need pollinators. For example, sun gold cherry tomatoes grown in California can survive on wind pollination, but research has shown the crop yield to be two-and-a-half times greater when bumblebees are present, says Casabona. Bumblebees are the most important pollinators to protect, he says, because they do buzz pollination. "They grab the flower and vibrate at an incredible rate to shake loose the maximum amount of pollen. The bee is dusted with it before moving on to the next flower."</p>
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For private landowners, the key to effective pollinator planning is to accommodate insect needs. "The rule of thumb is to have a minimum of three species blooming during each of the three blooming seasons: early, middle and late," Casabona says.</p>
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Minnesota's Fillmore Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) helped host its fourth annual forest field day this summer. The district co-sponsored this year's tour with The Nature Conservancy and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).</p>
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The event started when one of Fillmore SWCD's outstanding conservationists urged the district to organize more forestry programs for local forest landowners. Bill Bailey manages the family farm with his brother, Steve, and has successfully implemented forestry practices into his land-management plan. "He felt too many local farmers were not managing their woodlands or thinking of it as a source of income," says Fillmore SWCD Administrator Donna Rasmussen.</p>
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John McAlpine of Arkansas will represent the South Central Region on the NACD Forest Resource Policy Group (RPG). He replaces fellow Arkansas forestry professional Sonny Jones, who had served on the Forest RPG for more than a decade before recently stepping down.</p>
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McAlpine works for Kingwood Forestry Service, where he is responsible for client services and tree farm management. He is also active in the management of more than 140,000 acres of property held by institutional investors and private landowners. His work consists of all phases of consulting forestry, including forest growth and yield modeling, GIS/GPS, appraisals, timberland brokerage, land management, and timber marketing on both upland pine and bottomland hardwood sites.</p>
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McAlpine and his family reside in Monticello, Ark. where he serves as a conservation district official for Drew County.</p>
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"Sonny had long been a valued resource for our Forest RPG and for NACD and will be greatly missed," said Forest RPG chairman Charles Holmes. "We're excited to welcome John and tap into his forestry experiences."</p>
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>> New book details wildland-urban interface
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A new book by former U.S. Forest Service firefighter Lincoln Bramwell identifies the environmental consequences of homeowners' desire to live in the wilderness. Chapters within "Wilderburbs: Communities on Nature's Edge" tackle topics including wildfire, water and wild animals.
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Wilderburbs is a term the author coined to describe clusters of homes in rural valleys and up mountain slopes that lay within commuting distance of cities (more commonly referred to as the wildland-urban interface). Bramwell's book explains why people began to build in these areas, and the impact it has had on firefighting efforts in recent years.
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"Since the 1950s, new trends in homeownership and land development, as well as an evolution in American attitudes toward the natural world, fueled a housing shift into rural areas across the West," Bramwell recently shared with USDA. "Across the country, people are no longer content just to visit public lands and other wild landscapes a couple times a year. Now they want to live in them."
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"Wilderburbs: Communities on Nature's Edge" is available on Amazon.com.
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>> Loss of eastern hemlock could affect storm flow
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U.S. Forest Service scientists have published a study that examines how the loss of eastern hemlock has impacted water yield and storm flow from forest watersheds in the southern Appalachians.
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The researchers compared two watersheds for the study – one with a major hemlock component in the riparian forest area, the other a reference watershed with very little – to determine the effects of hemlock mortality on stream flow and peak flow following storms. Since hemlock woolly adelgid was first detected in 2003, all the eastern hemlock trees in both watersheds died, resulting in a loss of 26 percent of forest basal area in the riparian area of the first watershed compared to a four percent
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"Instead of finding that stream flow increased after hemlock mortality, we found no real change in any year after infestation," said Steven Brantley, the lead author of the paper. "We did find, however, that peak stream flow after the largest storm events increased by more than 20 percent."
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>> New video showcases Vermont's wood heating success
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More than one-third of Vermont's K-12 students attend a wood-heated school, and the state boasts the greatest concentration of modern wood heating systems in North America. The industry's growth is attributed to a high dependence on expensive heating oil, a wealth of forest resources, a culture of active forest management, supportive state policies, and on-going technical and support services from the Biomass Energy Resource Center (BERC) and its partners.
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>> Plant-based drinks gaining popularity
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A recent Associated Press story has shed light on a growing beverage trend: plant-based drinks. The health benefits that come from drinking products like coconut water - along with other alternative beverages such as kombucha and tea-based drinks - is leading to consumer interest, according to data compiled by market research firm Nielsen.
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Maple water is a newer entry and is essentially maple sap, the stuff that normally is boiled down to syrup. Brands include Vertical Water and SEVA. There's also birch water and, on the plant side, cactus, barley and artichoke waters.
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According to the report, water sales have grown four percent by value and nearly seven percent by volume since July 2013. Said nutrition expert and registered dietitian Tina Ruggiero in the story, "This natural beverage market just presents a tremendous opportunity. There is a fight to create the next best-selling natural water."
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>> Colorado districts help students attend conservation camp
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This summer, six high school students enjoyed a week at Camp Rocky thanks to help from local conservation districts. East Otero Conservation District sponsored Jacob Chambers and Alysa Adame; West Otero Timpas Conservation District sponsored Hannah Higgs, Neyla Griffy and Preston Higgs; and Olney Boone Conservation District sponsored Jim Hall.
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Camp Rocky is a weeklong residential camp designed for high school students who enjoy the outdoors and natural resources. The students chose a resource field for their area of focus for the week from the following topics: forest management, rangeland science, soil and water conservation, and fish and wildlife management.</p>
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