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It is great that this is offered to all of us in NJ.

Too bad the state seems to have little interest in managing it's lands for Bobwhite Quail, which was extinct in New Jersey until reintroduced onto private lands near Speedwell. Lands which are actually managed. Vast acres of easy to burn uplands exist in central Wharton State Forest, and could be thinned for forest improvement, or even just burned frequently to produce suitable habitat.

I was surprised, to say the least, that a group concerned with conservation would have put on this kind of presentation. Maybe we should have had an entomologist on to discuss this topic? 😳

Hello! Nice to catch up on TH-cam.

At 15:50 I heard a number of interval variations, but no mention of the seasonality of the fire frequency. If they're only doing dormant season burns in plots, they are not getting the full picture. They need to have plots that include May to August fires. The state of NJ also needs to start varying their burning season, especially in locations within the state forests that are capable of being burned in growing season. Basically areas with recent dormant season fire and lower fuel loads, but also areas which hosted wildfire, but would be able to burn by either carrying fire, or where fire would not conflict with tree regeneration unless desired. The difference in season is really appearant in areas that have had a wildfire in summer, with a greater response of herbaceous vegetation which is better for quail, as well as other species. You don't need to look further than the SE USA where dormant season burns produce similar galberry shrub layers, but growing season burns greatly reduce shrubs in favor of grasses and forbs when utilized. You also can see a difference in herbaceous plant responses by varying between early and late growing season fire. It is great that NJ has a prescribed fire regime, but it is so limited to only "fuels reduction" that it is still not going to sustain the region ecologically. Of course, large scale wildfires can and do seem to achieve this on some level. The 1:02:50 duff layer is artifact of either too infrequent fire, or only burning in cool winter.

This was a great presentation! Cornell says we have lost 3 billion birds in a decade. I have been a citizen science volunteer to help salamanders cross the road in South River. The general public doesn’t know how we are negatively impacting wildlife😢 destroying habitat for progress. Thanks

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Nice to be able to go back and review

Thanks for the TH-cam.

Not sure if this would work but in organic farming small farms come together to be competitive in the market.

On the topic of plants impacting our forests why hasn’t NJ banned the sale of some of the horticulture plants that alter our forest structure when surrounding states have?

I’ve shared this with Sierra Club members who are concerned with a plan to conduct “thinning” (Bass River Plan) officially called the “Allen and Oswego Road fire Mitigation and Habitat Restoration Project “.

Thanks so much. Missed the meeting but still could get the info. 20 years in program and still learned something new. These are so valuable.

Thanks for having this avail for those who missed the live event.

so thankful for this great series!!

Excellent teacher thank you!

And do you think the Spotted Lantern fly are in long term management at this point?

Are all the foliar sprays broad spectrum?

This is confusing because today is August 12

Lori, does NJFA have a forestry library?

Nice program!

Thank you, enjoyed this presentation and with an excellent instructor!

excellent !

Need a part 3 for winter ID of NJ trees. Consider Dendrology is a full semester course.

Lori, Thank you very much for making this series available on you tube. Very convenient for review and can stop to take notes.