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Students Harvest Christmas Trees They Planted in 2016
Students begin the program in kindergarten by planting their own Christmas trees at The Rocks.
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Women in the Woods Program Educates on Safe Tractor Use on Woodlots
The program is aimed at connecting women forest landowners, managers, and stewards with new resources and skills.
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Tree Farm Field Day: Colorful Autumn Tradition
Tree Farm of the year hosts annual field day.
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Forestry Friday: Searching for Female Ash Trees
Since a single ash tree is either a male or a female (in some tree species this isn’t the case and a tree may have both male and female parts), it will be important to make sure we leave some of each uncut during the harvest, to provide the species an opportunity to pollinate and set viable seed.
Forestry Friday: Visit an Insectary to See How Farming Beetles Can Help Control an Invasive Insect Harming Hemlocks
What is an insectary and why does it matter to forestry?
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- Working Forests,
- Forestry
Forest Friday: Planting Trees This Spring?
Spring is the best time of year to plant trees so we thought now is a good time to share the basics of tree planting with you.
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- Working Forests
Caledonian Record: Nigel Manley Retires As Forest Society Christmas Tree Farmer
April 13, 2022Through the decades, Manley established a thriving operation with some 32,000 Christmas trees in the fields, has greeted thousands of families making the annual tradition to The Rocks to cut their own trees, and has developed a robust set of education programs,.
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