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History In Spring 2003 the SUNY-ESF SAF student chapter, with the support of generous donations, planted over 900 sugar maple seedlings at the Svend O. Heiberg Memorial Forest, located near Tully, NY.
Purpose
We thank the Memorial Grove Supporters that helped make this project a success. For more information about contributions, please click here. UPDATES:Fall 2006: Seedlings were inventoried and flagged where needed. Some were weeded; additional weeding will occur in the spring during planting. Spring 2006: Spring Cleaning, inventory, health assessment, and stake sprucing on May 6. This time the weather was with us, making this a very nice break from studying and final exams. Fall 2005: A plaque thanking Memorial Grove supporters was hung in Bray Hall, northeast of the Rotunda. The base of the plaque was made on campus by Dr. Bill Smith, Faculty of Wood Products Engineering. Please click on "Thank you" to the left to visit our web-based version.
Fall 2005: On October 8, we continued installation of tree tubes with the assistance of the First Year students. The weather was dreadful, but everyone pitched in to get the job done, and done well. Back to Top Spring 2005: On May 7, additional sugar maple were planted, and tree tubes were installed around a subset of trees in the next round of ESF-SAF v. the herbivores. Additional tubes will be installed at a later late. We thank Mike Farrell, Cornell Cooperative Extension, for the the tubes.Back to Top Fall 2004: On October 16, the 614 remaining seedlings were mulched. The mulch is intended to suppress weeds around the individual seedlings, with lower risk to them than an herbicide treatment. Unfortunately, sugar maple seedlings are sensitive to many of the chemical treatments that would most successfully control their competition. As they get taller, we will have a greater variety of options for their maintenance. With our volunteer labor force (thank you, First Year students!), borrowed buckets and wheelbarrows (thank you, Forest Properties!), donated mulch (Thank you, Willow Biomass Project!), we were able to try this treatment for the cost of cider and donuts. We would also like to thank Dick Schwab and the Forest Properties staff for transporting the mulch from the Genetics Field Station to Heiberg Memorial Forest. Herbivores remain a threat, and the Memorial Grove Committee continues to look into this.
Spring 2004: On April 28, 2004, SAF members returned to the Memorial Grove for maintenance and replanting. Seedlings from 2003 were staked and replaced where necessary. The stakes for 2004 and 2003 seedlings are differentiated by color to simplify future inventories. The biggest danger facing the seedlings remains deer browse; different methods of protection, including tree tubes and herbicides, are being investigated.
Spring 2003: The Memorial Grove site at Heiberg Forest is ~3 acres and large enough to expand in subsequent years. Volunteers began placement of flags to facilitate planting of seedlings on April 26, 2003. Planting occurred May 3 prior to the annual SAF BBQ, and continued May 9 with the assistance of local school children. The Committee continues to work with Dick Schwab, Forest Properties, and Chuck Maynard, Faculty of Forest and Natural Resource Management, on cost-effective means to deter local herbivores. Mr. Schwab has graciously offered his assistance in site preparation by administering an herbicide treatment (tbd), as well as the assistance of Forest Properties staff to mow between rows.
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