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Notes and tips for woodland stewardship in Minnesota's forests
Oak wilt status in Minnesota: High risk
As of March 30, the state of Minnesota is in a high risk period for oak wilt. We recommend avoiding pruning or wounding oaks until midsummer to reduce the risk of a new oak wilt outbreak. Read more about oak wilt here.
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Gathering Partners of Natural Resources: Register now!
You are invited to the 2015 Gathering Partners of Natural Resources Conference, held May 15-17, 2015 at the Sawmill Inn in Grand Rapids, MN. Join us for one of several sessions on enjoying your forest and woodland stewardship, including:
- Gathering woodland products
- Conducting a woodland inventory
- Forest management and emerald ash borer
- What trees should I plant?
- Early detection of invasive plants
Click here for more info.
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Forest Management Guidelines: Join us online April 21
Minnesota is a leader in the development of voluntary forest management guidelines to protect our natural resources. In this webinar, information will be presented on recent guideline revisions, a new user-friendly field guide, and a new approach being used to monitor guidelines across Minnesota's watersheds.
Click here for more info.
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Nontimber Forest Products Spotlight: Fiddleheads from the ostrich fern
Harvesting fiddleheads is best done when the fern has recently sprouted from the crown of the plant and is 4 to 8 inches long.
Click here to read more about harvesting fiddleheads this spring from the Minnesota Harvester Handbook.
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EAB confirmed in Anoka County
The emerald ash borer was
recently observed in Ham Lake, making it the seventh county to be quarantined for the invasive insect. County residents are invited to an upcoming
public meeting on EAB to learn more about the insect and quarantine.
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Meet The Junkers: Logging is all in the family
"The dairy cattle put food on the table, but if you wanted to get ahead, you'd better be logging because you weren't going any place with the dairy cattle." The Junker family has been logging in the Littlefork area for four generations. Read more from the International Falls Journal.
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Planting trees this spring?
As the frost leaves the ground, April and May are great times of the year to plant trees. Do you know how to properly handle seedlings before you plant? How can you protect your new seedlings from damage like deer browse? Check out
our page on planting trees for a number of useful resources, including videos and fact sheets to use this spring.
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- What's in your woods in April?: University of Minnesota Extension Educator Julie Miedtke has our calendar of things to look for this month: http://t.co/sj1Yx3szuK
- Want to see the impacts of EAB?: Join the Minnesota Department of Agriculture at an upcoming workshop in St. Paul or Apple Valley, MN: http://bit.ly/1ykZZLw
- Minnesota Agroforestry Institute: Find info and register for the 2015 Minnesota Agroforestry Institute happening in Pine River, MN this summer: http://wp.me/pC2qg-2Dj
- Aitkin County fire: A downed powerline caused over 4,000 acres of swamps and grasslands to burn in Aitkin County earlier this month: http://bit.ly/1O1RNBz
- Spring burning restrictions: Keep up-to-date on burning restrictions by following the MN Department of Natural Resources webpage: http://bit.ly/1DTtLcs
- Dead wood in forests: There's nothing rotten about it! Read more from a piece written in the Northern Woodlands magazine: http://bit.ly/1PwQVbz
- Oak diseases in the Midwest: Check out this new publication from the US Forest Service on how to recognize common diseases of oaks: http://bit.ly/1FRITFL
- Oak wilt versus bur oak blight: Watch our webinar from last month that highlights the differences in these two tree diseases: http://bit.ly/1aAHdVa
More MN woodland news
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- Weed 'Em Out! Identify Early Detection Invasive Plants Workshop (Grand Rapids, MN) April 16, 2015
- Recreational Trail Design (St. Paul, MN) April 18, 2015
- Minnesota's Forest Management Guidelines: Revision, implementation, and monitoring (Online) April 21, 2015
- Emerald Ash Borer... What's Next (Mantorville, MN) April 21, 2015
- Tree Husbandry (St. Paul, MN) April 25, 2015
- Gathering Partners of Natural Resources Conference (Grand Rapids, MN) May 15-17, 2015
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