WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST? This is apparently a lithograph of the hamlet of Samsonville, Ulster County in 1855 which Historian Harry Haring said was “the most important town in the entire Catskills” in its heyday. The largest employer was Henry Samson’s tannery that employed over 70 men! HeContinue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST? This map shows states with Prescribed Fire Councils (PFC). Forming a PFC is one step a state can make to bring “good” fire back to field and forest to meet a variety of goals (i.e. ecological, safety, wildlife, forest health, etc.). It’s also aContinue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST? Never tried this before. This year will be the first year I’ll be hanging my deer for at least a week–with the hide off–in a walk-in cooler at around 36 degrees to improve tenderness and taste. I’m curious about the results. If it doesContinue Reading
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST? Old “crop walls.” Find a lot of these in the woods while hunting. Instead of neatly squared off rock walls that were probably used to fence in livestock, these walls were just thrown together after plowing. Sometimes they are really wide and sometimes lookContinue Reading