History, Natural History & the Arts
During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, under the 1929 State Reforestation Act and the 1931 Hewitt Amendment, made it possible for hundreds of young men to secure jobs working on the reforestation of many unproductive and abandoned farms.
One of thosee areas is now the Taylor Valley State Forest (Seacord Hill) in Cortland County, NY. [Read more…] about Cortland County Tree Plantations: Some History & An Update
Red pine scale is a scale insect native to Japan that feeds on red pine trees. Red pine scale nymphs settle down on a tree’s terminal end branches, feeding on sap and eventually causing the tree to die. It is thought that red pine scale is responsible for the historical loss of thousands in red pine trees across the Northeast, including the near complete loss of red pine in Maine.
However, due to the difficulty of detection and identification of the tiny insect, the extent that red pine scale was responsible for the historical tree loss is unknown. [Read more…] about The Return of Red Pine Scale: Adirondacks, Lake George Under Threat
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