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'Woods Walks' Saturday in Pierrepont

Posted 8/12/19

PIERREPONT -- Northern Adirondack Members of NYFOA and all forest enthusiasts are invited to participate in a woods walk on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Glenmeal Maple Lane Farm located at 673 Glenmeal …

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'Woods Walks' Saturday in Pierrepont

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PIERREPONT -- Northern Adirondack Members of NYFOA and all forest enthusiasts are invited to participate in a woods walk on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Glenmeal Maple Lane Farm located at 673 Glenmeal Road at 9 a.m.

This 230-acre property owned by Scott and Donna Bonno has 210 woodland acres and has been managed by the current owners since the late 1980's. The Bonno family is only the second surname to hold the deed since the civil war.

There will be two woods walk sessions in the forest.

The morning session will highlight a young sugarbush growing on a site which was clear cut between 1961 and 1975 and shows some of the residual effects of Ice Storm '98.

The afternoon session will visit the harvest site of large sugar maple completed in February of 2019 and proceed through a stand of mixed forest which was thinned in 1987.

Mike Corse a local mushroom grower will discuss how he grows mushrooms and makes his living selling to area restaurants and local markets.

NYSDEC forester Steve Sherwood will speak about Emerald Ash Borer, Forest Tent Caterpillar and Spotted Lantern Fly.

A “build your own“ sandwich style lunch with beverages and light desert will be provided.

The woods walk will total a distance of approximately 1.5 miles on terrain which is generally easy to moderate in degree of difficulty. Walkers will be on good trails which will accommodate off-road golf carts or ATV's. Attendees must bring their own transportation if they prefer to not walk.

Glenmeal Maple Lane farm has exercised two commercial timber harvests in recent years along with the occasional pulpwood sale or salvage operation. The owners remove 100 cords of fuel wood annually as a byproduct of their silvicultural practices.

Scott Bonno is recently retired and stays very active on the farm. He continues to work on a project to grow young forest with a focus on propagating red oak and bitter nut hickory. Broadcast spreading or hand plunging acorns and hickory nuts and installing tree tubes highlight this endeavor. Scott also monitors 50 selected hardwoods by taking a diameter growth measurement each year.

Participants should pre-register by contacting Scott Bonno at 315-854-7788 or preferably by email atglenmeal@yahoo.com.

Bring weather appropriate gear and footwear for the day.