The DEC periodically updates management plans for each forest unit. I don’t know the details of Connecticut Hill, but I did become involved with the Hammond Hill plans. I met with DEC personnel to suggest some alterations in their plans for successional habitat. On balance I strongly support them. The intention is to create habitat that supports a greater diversity of wildlife. In particular, for Hammond Hill State Forest there is a conscious attempt to create more early succession habitat by forest cutting. The background is that in New York most forest species are increasing while most successional species are declining. Even so called forest species frequently use or even require successional habitat for part of the annual diet. Bear fatten on berries, turkey feed their poults on seeds of successional plants, tanagers feed on berries, and deer browse on small woody stems as an important and perhaps critical winter food. etc. Of course, early successional habitat supports a variety of early successional species, but it also provides forage for deer and many other forest species for parts of their annual life. I offer these thoughts after 35 years of research on successional species. I wouldn’t throw out the baby with the bath water on this effort.
John Confer From: bounce-121728155-25065...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121728155-25065...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Gislason Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 12:11 PM To: Martha Fischer <m...@cornell.edu>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: New post published Meeting on Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Plan They're just telling us about this now, but they've been working at it for a couple of years at least. Living close by, I've seen 3 areas turned into YFIs (one a camping area), and 3 areas of clear-cutting. There other areas with the telltale Blue paint marks indicating "treatments" to come. I would say that communication with the public has been quite poor so far. Only recently did they construct a couple of message boards with a flyer on the Young forest Initiatives -after they had cut down many trees. Maybe they've been barraged with questions and/or complaints. On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 9:03:46 AM EDT, Martha Fischer <m...@cornell.edu<mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Here’s an FYI… There's a new post at TownOfEnfield.org. Meeting on Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Plan Meeting on Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Plan Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Newfield Fire Dept., 77 Main St. Newfield, NY NYSDEC will host an open house to provide information on a recently finalized habitat management plan for Connecticut hill Wildlife Management Area located in the Towns of Catherine, Cayuta and Hector, ... You may view the latest post at http://townofenfield.org/meeting-on-connecticut-hill-wildlife-management-plan/ You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. Thank you. Town of Enfield -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
