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Woodland Owners Notes eNewsletter
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The Effect of Longleaf Planting Rates on Timber Quality and Wildlife Habitat
Read about this recent study that looked at the effect of longleaf planting
rates on timber quality and wildlife habitat. Not surprisingly, lower planting density resulted in more open stands, more herbaceous ground cover, and higher quality wildlife habitat. The results for timber were mixed. Denser planted stands had greater basal area and trees had fewer knots (from dropping lower limbs sooner), but in more open stands the remaining longleaf had larger diameters and were straighter (the later finding contrary to hypothesis), meaning that individual trees were more valuable in more open stands, resulting in economic tradeoffs from increased density.
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Forest Landowner 2023 Resources
Resources from the 2023 Forest Landowner Conference are now available. Find information on Estate Planning, Heirs Property,
Farm Succession Planning, Keeping the Land Worksheets, Private Lands Conservation, Insurance on Forestland, the Nature4Justice Program Strategy, the Forest Stewardship Program, and NRCS Conservation Programs.
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What To Do With Your Old Christmas Tree
Now that Christmas is over, you may be wondering what to do with your live Christmas tree. Your Christmas tree is the gift that keeps on giving and you can extend its life to benefit your ecosystem. If you live near the coast, many organizations ask you to donate your Christmas trees for sand dune restoration. If you have a local body of water, you can sink your tree in the water to serve as a sustainable aquatic habitat and food source. Another simple solution is placing your tree in your backyard to
serve as a new wildlife habitat for many critters and birds to enjoy all year long. Many local governments also have a Christmas tree collection site for tree recycling or mulching.
Need more creative ideas? Learn More »
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Wildfire Prevention Tips
In 2023, 4860+ wildfires were reported in North Carolina according to the NC Forest Service. North Carolina experiences some of the greatest number of wildfires in the country as compared to other states. Coupled with the fact that we also have the most wildland-urban interface in the country, wildfire risk is high in our state. Many wildfires are human-caused, by accident. Let's reduce the number of wildfires in 2024 by learning how you can prevent wildfire.
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Coming Events of Interest to Woodland Owners
January 9th, 2024 (Tu),
9 AM - 3:30 PM ET, Project Learning Tree Explore Your Environment Workshop. Join preservice teachers, K-8 classroom and nonformal educators as we explore activities in the newly released Project Learning Tree Explore Your Environment K-8 Activity Guide at Belmont Abbey College. Every participant will leave the workshop with a copy of this guide that includes 50 hands-on, multidisciplinary activities to connect children to nature and increase young people’s awareness and knowledge about their environment. Registration is $20, due Thursday, January 4th by noon. Get more information and register in advance on the NC PLT Belmont event portal.
January
13th, 2024 (Sat), 9 AM - 4 PM ET, Project Learning Tree Explore Your Environment Workshop. Join preservice teachers, K-8 classroom and nonformal educators as we explore activities in the newly released Project Learning Tree Explore Your Environment K-8
Activity Guide at the Fort Fisher Aquarium in Kure Beach, NC. Every participant will leave the workshop with a copy of this guide that includes 50 hands-on, multidisciplinary activities to connect children to nature and increase young people’s awareness and knowledge about their environment. Registration is $25, due Friday, January 5th. Get more information and register in advance on the NC PLT Aquarium event portal.
January 18th, 2024 (Th), 11 - 12:30 PM ET, Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series - Phenology of Fire: Listening to the Plants and Animals. Season of fire. Opening the burn window. Both of these focus on one of the elements that make up a fire regime – frequency, intensity/severity, extent/scale, and seasonality. Decades of spring-and/or autumn-centric fire can cause a site or landscape to respond very differently than when burned repeatedly across all flammable seasons. Summer burns can produce differing fire effects including increased species richness averages, biomass, and stem counts (especially forbs), and breaking up the plant species dominance resulting from dormant season burn windows. Panelists will bring fresh voices to how we can learn from listening to our fire-dependent plants and animals and let the fire effects lead us toward desired outcomes. Get more information and register on the Fueling Collab event page.
January 24th, 2024 (W), 6 - 7:30 PM ET, Keeping Forests as Forests – Incentive Programs for the North Carolina Landowner Webinar. Join the Forest Stewards Guild for an evening learning about ways to keep forests as forests. We will be joined by experts on tax incentive programs,
conservation easements, and carbon markets. Come prepared with questions about your land! Sign up now and get more information on the Forest Stewards Guild event page.
January 30th, 2024
(Tu), Woodland Woodland Stewards Webinar Series. Join us each Tuesday in February for a Woodland Stewards Webinar series on silvopasture starting Tuesday, January 30th. More details coming soon! Keep an eye on Forestrywebinars.net for registration details.
January 31st, 2024 (W), 9 AM - 3 PM ET, Heirs Property Summit (Guilford County). Attend our hands-on, practical workshop about heirs property in Greensboro, NC! Learn about the origin and history of heirs property and
estate planning and legal strategies to secure their land. Come to connect with resources and other technical assistance including some potential opportunities to listen from a panel who are dealing with heir’s issues. Registration is free and open to all in surrounding counties. Get more information and register now with the NC A&T Heirs Property Summit page.
February 7th, 2024, (W), 9 AM - 3 PM ET, Heirs Property Summit (Stokes County). Attend our hands-on, practical workshop about heirs property in Danbury, NC! Learn about the origin and history of heirs property and estate planning and legal strategies to secure their land. Come to connect with resources and other technical assistance including some potential opportunities to listen from a panel who are dealing with heir’s issues. Registration is free and open to all in surrounding counties. Get more information and register with the NC A&T Heirs Property Summit page.
February 8-9th, 2024 (Th-F), Nature of Fire - A Project Learning Tree Special Topic Workshop. This special topic workshop in Elizabethtown, NC is being offered as part of FLAME Week events curated by Turnbull Creek ESF and partners. “F.L.A.M.E.” stands for Fire Learning and Mitigation Education, and events are open to anyone interested in prescribed and wildland fire. Register for $10 by Wednesday, January 31st at 5pm on the PLT FLAME event page.
March 3-9th, 2024 (Sun-Sat), Engine Academy. North Carolina State Parks, The Nature Conservancy, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, North Carolina Forest Service, and North Carolina State University, in coordination with the North
Carolina Prescribed Fire Council Implementation Committee, are providing an Engine Academy. This training will take place at Haw River State Park. Students will complete S-211 Portable Pumps and Water Use and S-214 Southern Area Engine Operations through several hands-on exercises and some classroom time. Applications are due January 12th and applicants will be notified on January 19th if they’ve been selected. There is no registration fee, but students will be responsible for their lodging and meals through the Summit Environmental Education and Conference Center. Apply now on this Engine Academy form.
Webinars & Online Learning
Forestry Webinars on
Demand Webinars are a great opportunity to learn about different forestry topics from experts in the field. We have collaborated with professionals from a variety of backgrounds, including forestry, economics, law, and more to bring you relevant topics at home.
eFire This interactive site allows you to choose your own eFIRE experience! Become virtually immersed in a prescribed burn, learn why and how burns are conducted, read the
provided resources, and/or hear from the multiple types of people who use prescribed fire as a land management tool!
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Woodland Owner Notes E-news is a monthly email newsletter from Extension Forestry at NC State University. This newsletter is made possible through support from the Renewable Resources Extension Act and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The
2024 editors are:Mary Lou Addor, NC State University, Extension Forestry, Raleigh, NC
Robert Bardon, NC State University, Extension Forestry, Raleigh, NC
Jim Hamilton, NC Cooperative Extension Service, Boone, NC
Alton Perry, Roanoke Electric Cooperative, Rich Square, NC
Colby Lambert, NC Cooperative Extension, Lillington, NC
Rajan Parajuli, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
Jennifer Fawcett, NC State University, Extension Forestry, Raleigh, NCSend Comments and Suggestions to the Editor, at NC State University, Email: extension_forestry@ncsu.edu.
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