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Corley5 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 12, 2002, 03:36:21 pm »

I don't do any guiding but considering I spend most every day in elk country I can give some pretty hot tips

. The last couple years I've let a hunter on the property for the Aug. and Sept. hunts. They haven't done any good. In Sept. my herd is off chasing cows somewhere and my selection of a hunter for Aug. wasn't as good as I thought

. The December hunt usually runs pretty close to the muzzleloader deer season and having someone chasing elk on the place screws up Dad's deer hunting so Dec. if off limits. It was during last years Dec. hunt that the big one was shot just a little west of us

. Frank, you speak of elk tearing up your cottonwood whips. In the Pigeon River State Forest the state foresters have been complaining that they haven't been able to get good aspen regen in some areas because of elk browsing. I've seen this. Clearcuts end up as grassy openings because of it.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #41 on:** March 12, 2002, 05:28:34 pm »

I've seen them walk 4-6" aspen right down to ground level there in the Pidgeon River State Forest. A little tough on the regen.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #42 on:** March 19, 2002, 05:29:31 pm »

North Carolina

In an unusual move, the North Carolina Forestry Association (NCFA) recently adopted a resolution against financial support of organizations opposed to active forest management.

Noting that american companies are increasingly looking for opportunitiies to demonstrate their concern for the environment by funding non-ptofit organizations, NCFA cautions corporations to look carefully at how their dollars are being spent and the impact on those practicing sound forest management.

woodman · « **Reply #43 on:** March 19, 2002, 07:54:09 pm »

Glad we don't have jobiwackeys here in Mass. But we do have birds that live on sandy beaches on Cape Cod (can't get that all over tan)

Ron Scott · « **Reply #44 on:** May 11, 2002, 05:29:49 pm »

Michigan

The Michigan Forest Association (MFA) has taken a strong stand opposing the Sierra Club's lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service's management of aspen forests.The suite is attempting to block aspen timber sales on National Forests in the Lake States, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #45 on:** May 13, 2002, 06:15:59 pm »

Michigan

Results of the most recent Wolf Survey conducted by the Michigan DNR indicates there are at least 278 wolves now roaming Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #46 on:** May 13, 2002, 06:20:30 pm »

Wisconsin

Wisconsin DNR Secretary Darrell Bazzell announced that the department would begin issuing special deer harvest permits during the week of May 6 to landowners to reduce the deer herd within a core area where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been documented in western Dane and eastern Iowa Counties.

Corley5 · « **Reply #47 on:** May 14, 2002, 09:39:56 pm »

I hope that s*#t never shows up over here. Our TB problem sounds mild compared to it

Jeff · « **Reply #48 on:** May 15, 2002, 03:09:24 am »

CWD, never heard of it. Do you have information on this Ron or Corley5? Might be good to post it in a new thread if you do.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #49 on:** May 15, 2002, 06:36:25 pm »

Jeff,

I don't know much about it, except that it is "bad" stuff. It affects a deer or elks brain and their physical nourishment. I'm told that the Wisconsin DNR web site has information on it. It should be in the Forum links. I'm sure we'll hear more on this.

Wisconsin's Governor is currently seeking Federal aid to fight the disease. He states that "we are facing the most serious animal health crisis in our history". As Corley5 said, our TB problem here will be insignificant to this and he may know a lot more about it.

It may be time for the MDNR Commission to take a serious stand on the deer baiting issue.

Corley5 · « **Reply #50 on:** May 15, 2002, 07:44:58 pm »

I don't know much about it other than it's bad. I'll ask the biologist about it and see what he has to say.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #51 on:** June 03, 2002, 04:01:36 pm »

West Virginia

The legislature has added a new criminal penalties section to the Logging Sediment Control Law.

A new "Bad Actors" amendment makes it a misdemeanor to harvest timber without a valid logging license, or without having a certified logger supervising, or failing to file a notification form, or continuing to operate when a suspension order has been issued. Changes effective July 1, 2002.

Tom · « **Reply #52 on:** June 03, 2002, 04:09:19 pm »

Yep, that's how the governments get involved in Industry Supervised (Policed) programs. I'm a little surprised that it came from West (by God) Virginia though. I thougt they were a state of Individualists.

Do you reckon that we are seeing the decline of individual wood lots and managed forests in WV now? Intimidation is a great supressor.

Ron Wenrich · « **Reply #53 on:** June 03, 2002, 05:18:28 pm »

I'm not sure there is an industry supervised program that has any teeth. SFI is pretty much disregarded unless you want to sell some pulpwood, in my area.

Intimidation does not surpress nearly as well as taxation.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #54 on:** June 03, 2002, 06:30:02 pm »

Minnesota

The Minnesota Supreme Court is allowing forestry products company Boise, formerly known as Boise-Cascade, to increase its timber harvest near International Falls.

The ruling reverses a lower court order to further scrutinize the company's plan to increase its harvest in the area by 16 percent per year.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #55 on:** June 16, 2002, 04:12:04 pm »

New York

The Nature Conservancy of New York has announced a landmark deal to preserve 44,650 acres of forestlands in the Tug Hill Plateau in Lewis County, approximately 30 miles north of Syracuse.

This is the largest land acquisition that the conservancy has negotiated in the state of New York.

The conservancy, with the help of New York State, will buy the properry for $9.1 million from Hancock Timber, a private timber investment company that has owned the land since 1966.

L. Wakefield · « **Reply #56 on:** June 17, 2002, 05:24:25 am »

Nothing wrong with that. Too bad there isnt an owner/manager of another similar parcel 'next-door' who would do active management for however many years and see whose looked better at various stages. 'Looked' on a lot of levels- animal habitat, productivity in terms of bd ft, resource for receating and etc. It would be a great 'put up or shut up' study. lw

Ron Scott · « **Reply #57 on:** June 17, 2002, 06:22:44 pm »

New Hampshire

The White Mountain National Forest has been enlarged by 325 acres, purchased with $360,000 from the federal Land And Water Conservation Fund. The additional land will help protect the trails system within the forest and prevent it from being sold for development.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #58 on:** July 01, 2002, 05:04:44 pm »

Idaho and Montana

Environmental groups in Idaho and Montana have filed suit to prevent forest products companies from harvesting a stand of charred trees in the Burnt Flats area of Idaho's Nez Perce National Forest.

The sale of 3 million board feet of timber from 3,440 acres was approved bt Nez Perce Forest Supervisor Bruce Bernhardt last February.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #59 on:** August 06, 2002, 06:32:36 pm »

Ohio

Ohio's native black bear return. Gone for 150 years, black bears are slowly returning to woodlands in Ohio. Once native to the region before settlement, bears were hunted out by 1850.

Their habitat was cleared for farms and communities. Now with forests returning to the eastern and southern parts of the state, black bears are making a comeback too, migrarting in from Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Some 41 sightings were reported in 2001, and bears have been seen in 32 counties since 1993.

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