Tree Famer Alert 05-04-12

	Tree Farmer Alert
	Friday, May 04, 2012 Over 700 readers and growing!

Colorado Tree Farmers are a network of land- owners that share forestry resources.

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Forestry Field Workshop and Networking Opportunity

June 16, 2012 10 AM – 3 PM

from:
Ben Pfohl
Assistant District Forester
CSFS - Boulder District

Come meet your neighbors to see active forest management, explore utilization options, and network with fellow forest landowners.

The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), Colorado Tree Farm Association, and the Colorado Forestry Association (CFA) invite you to visit the Carpenter Mountain Forest Property, home of Bill Carpenter, and actively participate in a discussion about forest management and wood utilization in your back yard.

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Sawmill explosion has thrown B.C.’s forest industry into turmoil

From:
Jeffrey Witcosky
Lakewood Service Center Leader
USDA Forest Service

VANCOUVER— Sawmill explosions in the B.C. Interior have thrown the province’s forest industry into turmoil, raising concerns that the mountain pine beetle’s damage to the sector may be entering a new and more deadly phase.

The potential for dry beetle-killed wood to pose a safety hazard comes at a time when the industry is struggling to cope with pine beetle impact.

Got a question about your woods?

You can find the answers to many of your questions on our website, www.treefarmer.com, but that's a big place. If you get lost, write us and we'll help you find the answers.

We're your neighbors just down the road, behind the green and white Tree Farm signs and we care about what's happening in our forests.

Send your questions to stumpmaker@gmail.com

Join Us if you would like to go on our tours, question our experts, or share information on forest ecology and forest management with our members

Landowners who attend one of our tours in 2012 will receive the Colorado Tree Farmer's forest management manual, "Saving Your Forest". Currently certified Tree Farmers can get a manual by bringing a neighbor or friend to one of our tours.