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Issued Monthly byN:ew York Forest Owners Association, Inc.

Secretary: Floyd E. Carlson, College of F.oxestry, Syracuse, N.Y.Tr.easurer-Membership Secret.ary: Mrs. Luella B. PaImer', il.57 Ballantyne Rd., Syracuse;N .•Y.

~". aN(),J-IJe lume II March 1965 No. 11

Heiberg, NYFOA Founder Dies .. +

President Buckley ResignsAssociate Dean Svend O'Iuf Heiberg of the

te University College of forestry at SyracuseIve rs i tv, internationally known for his worksilviculture, and cred i t.ed vyith the foundingthe New York Forest Owners Association, diedera long illness on February 5, 1965, at his., 900 Maryland Ave., Syracuse. Professor

iberg was 64 years old.Dr. Heiberg, a native of Denmark, was

Ined tn forestry at the Royal Danish CollegeAgrict)lture in Copenhagen and at Ya.Ie, Bas-upon his first hand observation of successfulst owner assoCiations in Scandinavia, heked the movement to establish the New York

est Owners Association.At the Syracuse College of Forestry, Dean

iberg.headed,up a faculty committee on ForestOwner's Association comprised of Dr~William

~err, Dr. Paul F. Graves and Prof. Ralph G.r. Under sponsorship of the New York State,

est Practice Board whose officers at the timeRobert M.f.ord, Chairman; Francis Donnelly,

ce President and William D. Mulholland, Sec-tary; and with Edward H. Huber as FPA Boards

KliIftT"Iiinator - two Forest Land Owners Forums tookat the College of Forestry -the first on

"reulber9, 1961, and the se-cond on Octobe r 8,2. At the first Forum, Ted BuckLey, a rnem-of the :NewY.ork Forest Practice B'Oard, Cam-

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bridge District No. 11, served as Chairmanof Group IV, discussing "Pitfalls in Man-aging Fore s ts and Selling Tirnber-",

When.the Second LandONnersForum tookplace a year later, Ted iconvened and chair-eathe morning session. In the afternoonit was decided to .organize a New YorkForest Land Owners Assoc ia tion~ Sheri ffTheodore T~ Buckley of Cambridge, Washing-ton County, 'N.Y., was e Iected President ProIem and Mrs. Barbara E. Pittenger 'of Mar-cellus, N.Y., Secretary-Treasurer Pro Tem,

Ted took hold, prepared and brought.out NYFOA's first brochUre "A New C.onser-vat.ton", It was in blue type on whitepaper {remember? ).. With the outstandingservice of Mrs. Pittenger listing andclassifying those who had attended theForum and setting up a card system formembers, Ted Buckley and the Secretary-Treast)rer met with representatives from theForest Practice Board, Syracuse College ofForestry, and Cornell Department of Conser-vation ,in Dean Shirleyf s confe-rence roomat Syracuse qollege of Forestry on October31 in 1962 to exchange views, ideas andsuggesti.ons that would get the Assocf at.ionunderway.

The first meeting of the Pro Tern Board

of Directors was called by Piesident Buckley atDrumlins in Syracuse on January 12, 1963, andwas followed by a number of monthly Board ofDirectors meetings - on February 2 at the JohnMilton Motel in Syracuse and on March 9, 1963.

At the First AnnualiMeeting of the NYFOAheld at the College of Forestry on April 27,1963, the New York Forest Owners Associationwas formally organized. ,A Board of Directorswas elected and Ted Buckley was voted Presi-dent. An astonishing 50% of the membership.turned out for the First Annual Meeting andenthusiastically enjoyed the theme of themeeting,' "getting, to know you"; the box lunchho~r; then a t6ur of the Hugh P. Baker Memor-ial Wood Products Laboratory; a new film"Forestry College" scneene d by Dr. William.'M. Harlow.' Ted finished the meeting off witha happy summary of events along with refresh-ments and cookies for all.

Ted put out the first edition of theForest Owner::July 1963 and in the Augustissue he sketched a handsome tree for an em-blem of NYFOA. That same month the Associa-tion was incorporated and Vol. 1 No.4 forOctober 1963 stated "The New York ForestOwners Association is defind;tely committedto backing the Tree Farm movement in NewYork State".

On. September 6, 1963, a New,York Forest-Land Use Conference was held in.Albany atwhich President Buckley represented the NYFOAand pin pointed the only specific recommenda-tion made at the conference - namely, makinga plea for'strong'backingof more ForestPractice foresters. Ted's plea made head~

.lines in the Albany papers and was a long,~tep .forward in getting reco~nition for ihenew Association in e~stern N~w'York State.

00. September 27-28,. 1963" the NYFOAheld,amarkedly successful meeting at thePack Demonstration Forest at which DeanHeiberg, Dr. Farnsworth andShelle1 Potterdid outstanding service for the Association -a program greatly aided by Emiel Palmer asChairman of the Program Committee and AlNajerof the Arrangements Commiti;e~. We shall,never forget Svend Heiberg holding forth onthe mountain top with the Adirond~ck 'colorsat their ,peak. At the Pack For est.cTed demon-str~ted his skill.in Kodachrome photography,and contributed pictures to the Pac~ ,Forestslide set.

In October 1963 President Buckley foundhimself on the smoking slopes of Spruc~·,Mountain in the town of Dresden, WarrenCounty - seven days on day and night duty.

It was the worst New York forest fire _.of the year. Here Ted in his officialjob as Sheti~f of Washington County servedas coordinator in securing supplies andequipment for the fire fighters, "passingout thousands of sandwiches, hundreds ofcartons of milk and gallons of coffee" toweary fire fighters. His plea to closethe timber dry forests of New York wasb~oadcast on both radio and TV in Syracuseand elsewhere. On the morning of the sec-orid day following, the forests of the stawere closed.

In the September 1964 issue of theForest Owner Ted's photograph of the firstNYFOA exhibit at the 1964 State Expositionwas the first to appear in'the Forest Own'-~ and the second to appear was the Ches-tertown White House Christmas Tree, in theNovember issue. Ted teamed up with StanHamilton to go on WGY's Farm PClper of theAir to tell the story of the White HouseChristmas Tree coming from Chestertown, N.He continued to write the monthly ForestOwner editorials throughout 1964 right upto and including the February issue of theForest Owner for 1965 under "President'sReport" •

With one exception President Buckleyhas been present to preside at all of the17 meetings of the Board of Directors heldto date, at~ost of several meetings ofthe Executive Committee and at-both of theAnnual Meetings and the Fall meetings ofNYFOA. This is oolya partial record in-dicativeof the outstanding service andloyal devotion Ted Buckley has brought tothe NYFOA as President.

Consequently it was with great regret,that your secretary received Ted's letterof resignation dated February 1&, 1965.He said in part:

"There comes a time' in 'every man'slife when he has to faCe up to things asthey'are, no matter how much it hurts.of thosefnemerrts is this morni'ng when I.have to te 11 you of the 'distressing deci-.sioo I ~av~to make with regard to myfuture w,ith the New York For es't Owners'A~sociation •. ,: ;·"1· have, been advised to reduce my.•a;ctivitiescirasticall y and get some rest--

"1; i ~It.isunneces~ary to'go further intodetai.l,except to say that I,must conclude,t@at :t.hisgrowing ASSOciation has reachedthe:point where it wi 11 require more andmore time and attention, while I find my-

self with decreasing capa c i t.y rto serve. The setwo s1 tuaU.oD;s are deHni tely incompatib1e.

'~Itherefore submit my resignati·on asDi.re.c trrr and Pr-e s.i.derrt 'Of 'the New York Forest~mer:~ Association" Inc .•, =. take .effect '1Jllftlted ll.ate 1y -,--

"PLe ase extend to all, my gratitude foreprivilege of serving with such wonderful

?eople,.. My bes t wishes with you all aIways,"Sincerely your s , U

(:Si<gned) Theodore T. Buckley

MARKETING IMPORTANTTHEMEOF NYFOATHIRDNUAL MEETING

Coming up at the College of ForestryApri 1 24 is the Third Annu.al Meeting of

he N'€w York Forest Owners Association, Inc.eaturing the all-important theme of '~Mar-

~eting ", Ready and favorable markets are in-espensable to the forest owner when hisimber is ready for harvest." The Third Annual Meeting of the NYFOA

will ernphas i ze the importance of marketingy two panels and a unique event, "The Forest

llarket Place". On the first panel on "Marketve Iopmen t" pr.es.ented at mid-morning, fea-

tured speakers wi 11 be Henry Gallien, Jr.,"rector of Bureau of Industrial Development,

"ew York state Department of Commerce, onImportance of Privately Owned Woodlands in

Economy"; Russell C. Deckert, Associateofessor of Wood Products Engineering at

the College of Forestry, discussing "Marketvelopments for Northern Hardwoods"; Thomasearer, Utilization Specialist, New Yorkate Conservation Dept., talking on "Mar-

et Developments for Northern Softwoods" and_. Eric A. Anderson, Chairman of Wood Pro-cts Engineering Dep t ,, College of Forestry,

speak inq on "Forest Utilization and theatural Resource5 Committee". Alex Dickson,tension Forester at Cornell UniVersity,"II serve as moderator.

In the early afternoon another panel"11 discuss: "The Market Outlook". 'On thisanel Francis (Mike) Demeree will view "Therket as Seen By the Woodlot Forest Owner".

ack B. Webb, President Webb Lumber Col ,rnhards Bay, N.Y., will discuss "Therket Viewpoint as Seen by the Timber Har-ster and Log Buyer"; and Henry R.South-d , Wood Procurement Supervisor - West .irginia Pulp and Paper Co~, MechaniCvill~,"11 discuss "The Market as Seen from the

1liew]:Doint of the Hardwood Pu.Iowood Buyer" •.NYif'OASecretary F10yd Carlsol1l' wiB serveasmod.erat,oron this .pane l,

In the mid-afternoon .ths "College's. Marshall Hall Lounge will be transformedinto "The Forest Market P'l acc'", On d15'-

. play will be exhibi tsof 15. to 20 represen-tatives of New York Forest Indus t.r i.es whopurchase timber, 1995, pu Ipwood, woodshavings, e tc , for manufacture into avariety of products in vcluding. paper" lum-ber, f Ioor-Lnq , toys, piano 'parts, baseballba ts , char-cca l , shoe lasts, paneling, etc.Both the nature of vthe raw material usedand samples of the fini~hed prod~cts~illbe. displayed. Each exhibitor at his 'table~in addition to explaining. his fotre s t woodproducts, wi11 provide 1iterature and in~forma tion to members of the Forest OwnersAssO'ciation. His an unusual oppor-turri tyfor NYFOAmembers to meet with buyers i'n"The Forest Market P1ace" and to learn f irs t;hand, the important needs of .our wood usingindustry. .

Regis trati on for the Third AnnualMe.eting takes place at Marsha H Hall at theCoLleqe of Forestry at 8 :30 a.m, on Apri r24. Presiding will be First Vice PresidentOr. Eugene Klochkoff -. Following a Welcome'from newly appointed Ass·ociate Dean PaulF. Graves of the College of Forestry, ther~will be reports f r orn officers - Dr. Kl och-koff as Acting President; Mrs. Luella "B.Palmer, Treasurer; and Floyd C. Gar Lson , 'Secretary. .

Repor-ts wi 11 include Committee on Legis-Lati on , John F. Daly, .Chairman; Committee onMemberShip and State Fair, Director AugustusMiller, Chairman; Comm.i ttee on Program, .Director Erniel D. Palmer~ Chairman; TimberHarvesting and Marketing Committee, DavidHanaburgh, member; to be followed by electionof five directors for a term of three'years,and one director to fili oDt the one yearremaining in Director Buckley's three year,term. . . ., A coffee b~eak is schedule~ for 10:30,

. a box lunch at 12: 15 and refreshments from3:.30 until adjournment at 4:00 pvrn,

Serving on the Program Committee areEmi eI D. Palmer, Chairman; Lloyd G. Strom-beck,;Secretary; Dorothy Wertheimer, FredWinch, Alex Dickson,. Tom Shearer and Ger-a l d R•. Stairs. The Arrangements Committeeis chaired by Leslie R~ ~orland and D.John'Ridings, Se~retary; assisted by RussDeckert, E~ Killeen, Barbara Pittenger,

DUES ARE DUE!

Savel Silverborg, Philip Turner andwith'regis-tration handled by Luella B. Pa Irne r , Jean Mill-er and Kathleen Smith.

PACK' FOREST SLIDE SHOWINGS BRING NEW MEMBERS

From Howatd Fish, RD 1, Schroon take,N.Y., up in Essex County, comes this letter toSecretary Carlson,

"I enclose application and check for$3~00 for membership of Wilson Murdock,SouthSchroon, N.Y., in the New York Forest OwnersAssociation. I am returning the slides andhope you will get the~ OK. Thanksfor~se ofthem~ They were seen by more than 30 adultsbesides children. Have promises of more mem-bers soon."

Who's ready next to use the Pack Forestslides and interest neighbors in NYFOA? Let'sg70w!. Let's GROW!

CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO GOOD HARDWOOD GROWTH -Part IV. (final)

(Editor,'s Note: Norman H. Richards, ResearchAssistant, Department of Silviculture, Collegeof Forestry and NYFOA member, - was a speakerat oui Fall Meeting in Cayuga County,October8,1964. F.E.C.)

I think we should frankly recognize andemphasize the value of woodland olJVnershipandmanagement as a satisfying source of "roots"in our otherwise highly mobile lives, for weall stand to,benefit from longet woodlandtenure. Few of us can prodUCe enough timberto suppo:rt a forest industry by ourselves;the more woodland holdings around us offer-ing some assurance of sustained yield pro-duction, the better are our own chances forgood future markets.

The third element that partitu1~rlyinterests me is that of enjoyment of woodlandmanagement as a productive activity~ Howmuch of our increasing n~tional leisure andsurplus income might be harnessed for under-takihgs in conservation practices in gener~1and woodlot improvement in particular?- West~nd to gain when more people can get en-joyment out of work in the woods ccimpCirableto enjoyment of a day on 'the golf course.However, enj oyment requires the mastery ofskills; in this case, some understanding of

what can ~e done productively and how to doit safely. It is not very different for awoodland owner who hires work -done in his'woods; he must likewise have the assurancethat the work is bein~ done' properly andhis interests are adequately safeguarded,ii the ~anagement effort is to be-an en-joyable experience'. This suggests, somespecial landowner education needs thatmight be met by this association,prciVidedthat we have a'clear understanding of ourwoodland problems as they really exist.

These_ three elements conductivE? to~ood woodland management which I havechosen to tOuch upon here are well illus-trated in the two woodlots we have visitedtoday. In both, there has been considerablresourcefulness in finding uses and marketsfor the timber removed in improvement cutt-ings. Both woodlots have been in the fami-lies long enough for management efforts tob~ rewarded in highe~ value, more product-ive stands. Both owners clearly get greatenjoyment from their woodlot managementand have developed the skills necessarythem to do a good job in their woods.

The furtherance of these and otherelements conductive to good' woodland mana-gement is a most worthwhile objective forthis association, so that we might lookforward to the day when most of us will nothave to travel so far to see so few fineexamples of favorable conditions for goodhardwood 9:rowth.

Or how to make a membership secretarybeam with pleasure? Yes, it's March andeverywhere in nature there are signs ofgrowth coming up right soon. The bestsign of healthy growth on the part of theNew York Forest Owners Association at themoment will be your check for $3.00 inpayment of dues for your membership in theNew York Forest Owners Association, Inc.frOm April 1, 1965 to March 31, 1966. How.abou t making somebody happy right now -our membership secretary. She will beill.2.§.1 happy to receive your check and sendyou a membership card with the -next issueofc.the Forest Owner. .Please inc Iude yourpayment of dues when you sign up for theThird Annual Meeting on April 24. Dues grenow due!

LOOKS AT DAVE COOK'S LARCH

EsrOWNERS may be interested to learn thate of our members -- Dave Cook -.•.wi 11 beaying host to not one but three high-powered

rofessional groups at Coo~rox Forest thising summer. Present plans are for a joint

eting of the Northeastern Fore~t Tree Im-rovement Conference (NEFTIC) and members ofr Regional Research P~oject in Forest Treerovement (NE-27) in mid-August. Con-

sidering the interests of thi~ group, the"eld trip will be aimed at th~ genetics ofrch -- the cha~acteristics of the several

. eies, how well they get along in ourimate and especially what the hybrids look

and how they do. This should producesparkling discussion and enlightenment.Then; right after Labor Day, .the New

Section of'the Society of Americanresters will sp~nd a day looking at Larchf course -- andra lso at the results obtained·th other pl~nted species, including Norwayruce and R~d Pine,as well as with wild-ods of Ash, Oak, Maple and Hemlock. It

·11 also provide opportunity for discussionsome of Dave Coo'k's brighter heresies,e wide spatin~, early pruning and conver~

on of weed hardwoods.

ARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHES POLICY ONER SOLICITATION;

At the 14th meeting of the Board of"rectors on January 9,1965, the New York

est Owners Association reaffirmed itslook r~garding policy on solicitation ofmembers, for commercial purposes, estab-

"shed at ~ prior ~eeting. The Directorsquested that the Forest Owner inform our

ers regarding the policy adopted at itsth meeting in Syracuse on November 7,964. This po licy states that anyone,eluding members of NYFOA, who wishes toicit our members for commercial pur-

sesmust first secure approval of therd of Director~, and provided their

_roval is secured, then a token fee of.00 will be required, this to be paidthe NYFOA Treasurer, after which theIicant will be granted permission to usemembership list.

(March Issue)JOHN F. DALY ELECTED CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ONLEGISLATION

The NYFOA Committee on Legislation'convened by'President Buckley on January8, 1965, in Syracuse, elected John F. Dalyof Christman and Daly,'Attorneys-Cj.t-Law,111 Park Ave."Herkimer, N.Y., as Chair-man of the Committee on Le'qisLation ,Johnlives out on Route 1, Richfield Springs,N.Y., in the 'town of Columbia" HerkimerCounty.' As,a native of .New York' State heattended Syracuse University, received aLaw degree from~he Albany Law School in1942.

He 'served :with the United States Armyin North Africa arid in Italy. Followingdischarge from the Army in 1945 he enteredgenerai law practice in Herkimer, ,N.Y.,as amember, of the firm of Chr'Is.tmaniand Daly.For eight years, 1947-55 he served as Judg'e'of the Police Cou~t in He~kim~r, NeW York.From 1955 to, 1959 he served as Secretary,New York state Conservation Department,first under Commissioner Louis A. Whele,whoresigned, and then under CommissionerSheronJ. Mauhs.

John is anac~ive leader in 4-H Clubwork in Herkimer County. In the rural areadevelopment program of 'the County ExtensionService he Serves on the County Conserva-'tion Education Advisory Committee. NowJohn writes a column in the Sunday Obser-ver .Dd spa tch , Utica, N.Y., called "Outdcor-s ",In 1964 the State Isaac Walton League Con-~ention presented John Daly ariawardior"signi ficant contribution to conservation".He conducts a 50 acre Christmas Tree Farm'plantation in the town of Winfield, on thesouthern boundary line of Herkimer, County.

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LETTERS FROM OUR MEMBERS

From Earl Pfarner, Chafee, Erie County,N. Y. - L '/

'K-TS''~ am enclosing check for $3.00 a~ annualdues that ,are payable also an up-to--:Qateques-tionnaire.

'''Amwell pleased with the progress theNYFOA has made and 'hope it can continue. '

"I try to pub licize the NYFOA whenever IhaVe anoppbrtunity ,but I am down to my lastbrochure anQ application blank'and realize thatevery brochure handed out does not bring in amembership but I hope that a percentage of themdo.

"So h~re is my s\,lggestion: When themonthly Forest Owner is sent out to membe rs,why not occasionally include a biochure andapplication blank when this does not add eriouqhwei~htto go over the regular 5¢ postage."

(Editor's Note: We shall, an~ with pleasure, -a fine suggestion. Meanwhile please drop us acard if you can use some brochures ri~ht now.F .E .C. )

From Mr. and ~rs.Floyd D. Slater, 89 TerracePark, Rochester, N.Y. 14619 -

"I am enclosing $3.00 membership dues forNYFOA.

"On our. 140 retirement acr-es we have foundJ;'ed,sugar, striped and mountc;l.inmaples, flower-ing round leaf~ silky and red osier dogwoods,pinksters, arbutus, fringed Polygafa, pentste-mon, ladystresses, amelanchiers, ~ouf gums,fringed, bottle and stiff gentians, lobelias,spice bushes; sweet fern and other plantswhich we spend more and more time with,even inwinter."

(Editor's Note: The Slater's Christmas greet-ing card carries a picture of a portion of the"retirement acres" with a light dressing ofsnow on all the landscape, creating a be~0ti-ful sylvan setting for their new 12x12cabinon Slater Run, elevation 1767, located near Kei-fer Hollow, Dansville, Steuben County nearStony Brook Park. F.E.C.)

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