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Game of Logging – Level I
Level I focuses on introducing the participant to open face felling and the development of techniques to safely use it. Topics covered include personal protective equipment, chainsaw safety features, chainsaw…
Find out more »Improving Habitat for Forest Birds – With Audubon NY
Learn about the habitat needs of a suite of forest birds, and how we can manage forests to provide quality habitat. Management recommendations to improve habitat will be discussed and…
Find out more »Tree Listening
Ryan Trapani - Director of Forest Services for the Catskill Forest Association - will help you identify a few (or more) of some of the Wallkill Valley's commonly found trees.…
Find out more »Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshop w/ Catskill Fungi
Learn from the experts at Catskill Fungi all about mushroom inoculation! Mycelium, or actively growing mushroom culture, is placed on a substrate — usually sterilized grains, such as rye or millet…
Find out more »Game of Logging Level 1
Level I focuses on introducing the participant to open face felling and the development of techniques to safely use it. Topics covered include personal protective equipment, chainsaw safety features, chainsaw…
Find out more »Backyard Edibles & Medicinals
Learn to ID a few plants in your backyard for edibility & medicinal use with Amy Metnick. Members free; $10/non-members. Call CFA to Pre-Register (845) 586-3054.
Find out more »Forest History and Tree ID
We will take a walk to both Identify Trees as well as figure out why that tree might be growing there using a little forest forensics. Learn about how past…
Find out more »Tree Listening
Our beloved Catskill trees, their impact for human's is vast. Their attributes go beyond sheltering and shading us, their fruiting for food and medicine. Join Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower, forager and herbalist…
Find out more »9th Annual Catskill Forest Festival 2018
VISIT WWW.CATSKILLFORESTFESTIVAL.COM FOR A COMPLETE EVENT LINEUP, VENDOR INFORMATION, SPONSOR INFORMATION, AND MORE! An annual celebration of the beautiful Catskill Mountain Forests! Over 65 forestry-based vendors, live lumberjack shows, food…
Find out more »Ginseng Walk
Learn about where ginseng grows 1st hand & how it can be preserved. BE PREPARED TO HIKE OFF-TRAIL & UP-HILL. Members free; $20/non-members. Call CFA to Pre-Register (845) 586-3054
Find out more »Wild Mushroom Woods Walk w/ Catskill Fungi
“There are old mushroom hunters & there are bold mushroom hunters, but not old & bold mushroom hunters.” John Michelotti – from Catskill Fungi – will help you identify a…
Find out more »The Winter Life of the Monarch Butterfly
Join us at the Union Grove Distillery for The Winter Life of the Monarch Butterly: A look at the incredible migration of the Monarch butterfly to Mexico, with photos taken…
Find out more »Game of Logging Level 1
Level I focuses on introducing the participant to open face felling and the development of techniques to safely use it. Topics covered include personal protective equipment, chainsaw safety features, chainsaw…
Find out more »Game of Logging Level 2
Game of Logging Level 2 focuses on maximizing chainsaw performance through basic maintenance, carburetor setting, and filing techniques. Limbing and bucking techniques are introduced, spring pole cutting is covered and…
Find out more »2018 Annual Membership Meeting
Calling all members - Join us for our Annual Membership Meeting on October 13th, 2018. Information and details to follow.
Find out more »The Art & Craft of Catskill Leather Making
Ryan Trapani - Director of Forest Services for the Catskill Forest Association - will discuss the impacts of the hemlock bark tanning industry on Catskills communities and forests. He will…
Find out more »Catskill Wildlife at Scribner Lodge
Information and details to follow.
Find out more »Wreath Making with CFA’s Board President, Mike Porter
'Tis the season! Join CFA President Mike Porter to learn how to make wreaths, and to make your own to celebrate the festivities. Make it a family event! Members free;…
Find out more »Deer Processing Workshop
So you got a deer... Now what? Sending a deer away to be processed might cost you over $100. Why not learn how to do it yourself? We will be…
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