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WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST CFA completed its largest prescribed burn over in Sullivan County for a member on 6.8 acres. Currently, we’re focusing on burning grassy fuels before moving to the forest to gain experience, raise awareness of prescribed burning, and increase forage for wildlife. We’re hoping toContinue Reading

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WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST Found this mess while scouting for deer the other day. I see this commonly throughout the Catskills. I call it “bear roulette.” Bear roulette is where someone gambles whether the garbageman will pick up their barrels of trash before the bear does. I alsoContinue Reading

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WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST Another fire set on private land in New York State. This one was in Dutchess County to improve wildlife habitat & learn about fire behavior. Thank you to Zach Prusak of Tall Timbers who came up from Florida to show us how it’s done.Continue Reading

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WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, Ulster County surely is a blast from the past. It’s the last of the 19th century mountain houses that were once popular throughout the Catskills (and Shawangunks). The Shawangunk Ridge was “the mountain” that I grew up lookingContinue Reading