SVEND O. HEIBERG MEMORIAL FOREST FACT SHEET

Established: 14 June 1948 through a 1650 acre transfer from the New York Department of Conservation (NYSDEC) in exchange for the College's Salamanca Forest in Cattaraugus County.

Current Area: 3900 acres in Cortland and Onondaga Counties; Towns of Truxton, Preble, Fabius, and Tully.

Purpose: To provide a field laboratory setting within which students, faculty, and staff of SUNY-ESF can conduct educational, reasearch and demonstration activities as chartered under the State Education Law.

Facilities:

• Classrooms- Four with capacities of 30 to 100.
• Research Structures- 9
• Support Structures- 11
• Road System- 18.9 miles
• Trail System-12.6 miles

Forest Composition:

• Allegheny Hardwoods-1395 acres
• Conifer Plantations- 1640 acres
• Open and Brushy Areas- 590 acres
• Miscellaneous- 245 acres
• Water- 30 acres

Current Programs:

Wildlife Management-

• Ruffed grouse habitat management
• Beaver population dynamics
• Pond fishery dynamics

Forest Management-

• Forest Health
• Forest Productivity
• Species diversity
• Genetic election and improvement
• Sugarbush management
• Christmas tree production

Other sciences-

• Soils
• Watershed Management
• Meteorology/Climatology

Miscellaneous Facts:

Plant Species-

• 141 wildflowers
• 76 fungi
• 13 ferns

Animal Species-

• 94 species of birds reside or visit annually
• 32 species of mammals have been ID'd
• 6 species of fish are in the forest

• The forest sustains an estimated 19.5 cubic million feet of wood with an estimated value of six million dollars.
• This forest is actively managed for the perpetual production of quality forest products.

Public Sercive and Demonstration-

• self-guided nature trail
• permit fishing program
• cross-county skiing program
• birding and hiking
• maple syrup production
• Christams Tree Production
• hunting in season