Strongly second John's comments for both the Connecticut Hill plan and for the FLNF. So often a great hue and cry is raised before we understand the process and benefits planned.
John --- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818 42.443508000, -76.758202000 On 2017-08-16 17:25, John Confer wrote: > 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 > support! s 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> wrote: > > Here's an FYI... > > There's a new post at TownOfEnfield.org. 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