Spring 2016
Issue #58
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Contents:
Comments from
the State Forester... 2
New Employees....... 3
Clean Water............ 3
Forester
Highlight.................. 4
Prepare for
the Spring
Fire Season.............. 6
What’s a Sawyer?.... 7
Calendar
of Events.................. 8
he Conservation Tree Planting
Program provides seedlings and
technical assistance for conservation
plantings. Conservation plantings can
be for a variety of purposes, such as
windbreaks, riparian
buffers, wildlife,
woodlot, and
educational programs.
Trees help protect
livestock, reduce heat
or winter winds, clean
rivers, and provide
many more benefits
to landowners and
wildlife. Conservation
tree distribution takes
place in early fall and
throughout the spring,
paralleling the best
times for planting.
These plantings help
preserve Kansas lands
and livelihoods.
need. You can order online at
kfs.mybigcommerce.com. Orders also can
be placed by phone at 1-888-740-8733.
Order forms may be mailed to the
Kansas Forest Service, 2610 Claflin
Road, Manhattan, KS
66502. Order forms
are available at your
local K-State Research
and Extension office,
Natural Resources
Conservation Service
office, conservation
district office, and
on our website
www.kansasforests.org.
Orders are available
for delivery or pick-up
starting mid-March
as weather permits,
and will continue
through the first Friday
of May. Be sure to
submit your correct
These seedlings are
shipping address, P.O.
1 to 2 years old, and
box addresses are not
Mark Haller, conservation specialist with
sizes vary from 8 to
acceptable for shipping.
the Kansas Forest Service.
18 inches, depending
If you wish to pick
on the species.
up your order at the
The minimum order is 25 bare-root or
Manhattan office, you may do so at 2610
container-grown seedlings. Bundles and
Claflin Road. Please call 1-888-740-8733
other items must be ordered in whole
before arriving to ensure the items you
units. Bare-root seedling units are $20 for
ordered are on hand. Our pick-up hours
25 seedlings, and container-grown are $50
are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to
for 25 seedlings. Sales tax and shipping
11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and handling are not included. The prices
Please call 1-888-740-8733, or email
of bundles vary based on the number of
kfs@ksu.edu with any questions.
seedlings ordered.
Orders will be accepted through
May 2. Order as soon as possible
to ensure receiving the items you
Leah Scott, Conservation Forester, promotes
and assists with the Conservation Tree Planting
Program for the Kansas Forest Service.
Comments from the State Forester
Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association Celebrates 50 Years
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Larry Biles, State
Forester, Kansas Forest
Service.
Newsletter
Publication
Information:
Kansas Canopy:
Newsletter of the Kansas
Forest Service
State Forester: Larry Biles
Contact Information:
Kansas Forest Service
2610 Claflin Rd.
Manhattan, KS
66502-2798
(785) 532-3300
KFS@ksu.edu
www.kansasforests.org
Contributors: Kansas
Forest Service Staff
To receive an electronic
version of this newsletter
instead of a paper copy,
please contact the Kansas
Forest Service by mail,
phone, or e-mail.
ver the last several years, the Kansas
Forest Service has had the privilege
of working with Kansas’ Christmas
tree growers. Through that relationship,
we’ve assisted in the formation of the
Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association,
and recently helped the association
celebrate its 50th anniversary. Two historical
documents served as foundation for the
50-year celebration. The authors are charter
members of the KCTGA, Cecil Delp and his
son, Tony Delp. Extracts from the two Delp
reports include the following:
In the early summer of 1965, 51 people
assembled in Manhattan for a Christmas
tree growers meeting. One of the outcomes
of this meeting was a decision to form the
Kansas Christmas Tree Association. Central
to that decision was the formation of a
steering committee for purposes of crafting
bylaws. Much of the direction leading to an
association was fostered by Oscar Urquhart,
chairman of Missouri’s Christmas Tree
Growers Association.
Among other things, Urquhart cited seven
reasons for forming an association. They were:
1.To help people get started in the business
and assist those already growing trees.
2.To set standards.
3.To educate the buying public.
4.To promote the sale of species grown in
the state.
5.To cooperate with federal, state, and local
agencies in standard maintenance.
6.To keep members informed concerning
research and development.
7.To assist local groups in organizing
Christmas tree marketing associations.
In addition to association counsel, Urquhart
advised the following:
1.Produce nothing but quality trees.
2.Exchange problems and ideas.
3.Assist each other in every way possible.
4.Think big.
That modest beginning has withstood
the test of time. Although the name was
changed to Kansas Christmas Tree Growers
Association in 1979, and member numbers
are declining, passion for Urquhart’s
guidance is evident as at each gathering
of the association, the growers share
production, maintenance, sales, and other
information. Through their camaraderie, it’s
common to see growers join in scheduling
commercial tree shearing contractors, as
well as ordering seedlings, chemicals, tree
wrap, and other supplies. Moreover, there’s
significant camaraderie in the Trees for
Troops program, and annually sharing the
role of providing a locally grown tree to the
state Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion.
Through the years, members have reached
outside Kansas by serving as leaders and
board members of the National Christmas
Tree Growers Association. Moreover, some
members have served in the Kansas Legislature.
As novel as it may seem, Kansas — without
native pines — can grow and market
Christmas trees. About 10,000 trees were
purchased from Kansas Christmas tree
farms in 2015. In addition, more than 2,000
wreaths were designed, constructed and
marketed, and sold to customers as far away
as Lubbock, Texas.
For more info on the KCTGA, visit their
website, kctga.com.
Larry Biles, State Forester, oversees all operations
of the Kansas Forest Service.
To discontinue receiving
this newsletter, please
contact the Kansas Forest
Service by mail, phone, or
e-mail.
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The Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association 50th
anniversary celebration in January.
Kansas Canopy: Newsletter of the Kansas Forest Service
New Kansas Forest Service Employees
W
e would like to welcome Andy
Klein and Ashley Stiffarm to the
Kansas Forest Service!
Andy Klein joined the Kansas Forest Service
in January as the water quality forester. He
provides professional forestry education and
technical assistance to private landowners
and cooperating natural resource agencies
in Kansas, with geographic emphasis on
those watersheds — mostly eastern and
central Kansas — deemed high priority by
the Watershed Restoration and Protection
Strategy State Committee.
Andy was raised on a farm in central
Minnesota, where he roamed the
woodlands, wetlands, and grasslands
developing his love for the outdoors. He
graduated with a bachelor’s degree from
the University of Wisconsin, River Falls in
2005. Before taking on his role with Kansas
Forest Service, he worked as a wildland
firefighter with the Alpine Interagency
Hotshot Crew based out of Rocky Mountain
National Park; as a fire protection specialist
for the Kansas Forest Service; and as a
soil conservation technician for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Natural
Resources Conservation Service, and
the Conservation Districts in
Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Riley
and Geary counties. Outside of
work, Andy spends as much time
as he can with his two young
children and wife, fishing, cycling,
hunting, paddling, and gardening.
Ashley Stiffarm is the new district
forester for District 4 in southeast
Kansas. She also joined us in
January. Stiffarm serves seven
counties, assisting landowners
with tree planting projects, forest
management, Natural Resources
Conservation Service cost-share
programs, and forest health.
Andy Klein.
Ashley was born and raised in
Kansas City, Missouri. She has
an associate’s degree in natural
science and a bachelor’s degree
in environmental science from
Haskell Indian Nations University
Ashley Stiffarm.
in Lawrence, Kansas. In 2015, she
graduated with a Master of Science
in horticulture from K-State.
Larry Biles, State Forester, oversees all operations
of the Kansas Forest Service.
How Much Clean Water Can $8 Million Buy?
A
total of $8 million is available to
Kansas farmers, ranchers, and
landowners, with up to 90 percent
of project costs covered to plant trees
and improve woodlands. Funding for the
program has been made available through
the Regional Conservation Partnership
Program (RCPP) and is delivered through
the Environmental Quality Incentives
Program (EQIP). The program targets highpriority watersheds in the eastern third
of Kansas. A huge number of partners
are involved, including local Watershed
Restoration and Protection Strategy groups
(WRAPS) who are providing additional
financial incentives on top of EQIP.
The Kansas Forest Service at Kansas
State University delivers the program
through professional foresters that provide
on-site visits to help landowners develop
project plans. The goal of the program is
to improve the overall health of Kansas
watersheds above federal reservoirs that
provide two-thirds of the water supply to
Kansans. These reservoirs are filling up with
sediment from failing streambanks. Planting
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trees and caring for woodlands can help
reduce erosion — and in the long term, the
expensive cost to dredge reservoirs.
To qualify for the program, landowners
must own property within an eligible
watershed and have a “resource concern”
such as streambank erosion or woodlands
in need of improvement. The map on page
5 identifies the eligible watersheds (crosshatched) and the Kansas Forest Service
Districts where they occur.
Landowners who are unsure whether their
land falls within an eligible watershed can
type in their address at www.kansasforests.
org/streamside_forestry/rcpp.html on the
Kansas map located at the bottom of the
page. Landowners also can contact the
Kansas Forest Service at 785-532-3300, or
a local county Farm Service Center, Natural
Resource Conservation Service office
(NRCS), which can also be found on the
web at www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov or by calling
785-823-4565. Interested landowners will
need make an appointment at their local
continued on page 5
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Forester Highlight: Katy Dhungel
Landowner Thoughts About Streamside Vegetation
I
t had been a long day, and I finally
finished my last visit and had turned my
truck toward home. It was a cold gray day
in January, and snow still covered the roads
and ground.
As I crossed the bridge over the Neosho
River and out of Neosho Falls, I looked over
and saw lots of gulls flying
over the river. I looked to
the other side and saw big
birds flying; I could tell they
weren’t turkey vultures.
I stopped right on the bridge
and got out to get a better
look. The big birds turned
out to be two juvenile and
two adult bald eagles flying
and landing in the big trees
by the river.
A bald eagle in flight. Caleb Slemmons,
National Ecological Observatory Network,
Bugwood.org
As I moved to the edge of
the bridge to get a better
look, I scared up a great blue
heron that had been fishing on the bank. I
stood watching the great birds and trying to
snap a few pictures until I got cold enough
to retreat back into my truck.
It had seemed like an empty and still day in
the dead of winter to me until these lively
active animals reminded me how busy daily
life is for Kansas wildlife. I see evidence
of the busy goings on of our wildlife each
time I step out of my truck. Everything from
coyote and coon tracks to deer rubs to blue
jays and bald eagles. This encounter with
the baldies reminded me that I had actually
seen a bald eagle out in the woods the day
before along the Marais Des Cygnes River
in Linn County. I was up to two bald eagle
sightings in riparian forests along two major
Kansas rivers in two days!
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These captivating and impressive animals
make their livelihood on the water, fishing
and scavenging on aquatic animals, nesting
and roosting in the forests that grow
along the water’s edge. Riparian forests
are essential to so much of the Kansas
ecosystem. Every watercourse large and
small connects upstream with downstream
and nearly every part of Kansas life is
connected to the water that flows through
them. Whatever affects the water also
affects all the other interwoven threads in
this dense ecological web.
Historically, water has been an important
issue in our state, but recently, a spotlight
has been placed on the resource. The
governor released his 50-year water plan,
which includes dredging, diversion from the
Missouri River, and collaboration among
states and agencies. Riparian forests are the
first line of defense for water quality and for
our states reservoirs. It’s far better to hold
the river bank in place with tree roots than
to dredge it out of the lakes to the tune of
millions of taxpayer dollars.
The Regional Conservation Partnership
Program (RCPP), partnered with the Kansas
Forest Service, has a goal of educating
people, planting trees, and improving forests
on thousands of riparian acres in Kansas.
There’s a tremendous amount of time and
effort underway to get this program off the
ground. It will take continued and everexpanding effort by the many dedicated foot
soldiers of conservation to make it work. But
the most important part is landowner buy-in.
After all, government agencies don’t make
the decision to plant trees, you and your
neighbors do. The Kansas Forest Service is
here to help you!
At the Kansas Forest Service, our motto is
“Care of Natural Resources and Service to
People through Forestry.” Our ideals are to:
• Advocate for ethical land management.
• Educate the public on the importance of
trees and conservation.
• Share our expertise and land ethic.
• Help landowners who share our land
ethic to do their part to conserve the
land they love.
• Assist landowners already doing their
part to utilize the forest resource in a
sustainable way.
• Foster meaningful connections with
those who own and work the land and
develop a relationship of trust.
• Earn landowners’ trust because, like
yours, our motives come from a desire to
leave the world better than we found it!
Katy Dhungel, District Forester, provides direct
technical assistance to Kansans in 12 southeast
Kansas counties for the Kansas Forest Service.
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Clean Water, continued from page 3
NRCS office and complete a Conservation
Program Application (CPA-1200 form) to
apply for the program.
If your land is not included in one of the
priority watersheds, funding for forestry
practices through EQIP for Forestland
Health is available statewide. Kansas Forest
Service District Foresters are available to
help landowners through that application
process.
Funding for RCPP/EQIP is awarded
on a first-come, first-served basis, and
applications are processed as they are
received. Forestry contractors are also
available to undertake projects from start
to finish and the majority of their costs
are also covered through the program.
A list of contractors may be found at
www.kansasforests.org/rural_forestry/
consultantsandcontractors.html.
There are 19 different eligible NRCS
conservation practices in the program that
support the implementation of the two most
common practices: 391 - Riparian Forest
Buffers and 666 - Forest Stand Improvement.
Landowners are reimbursed for their
expenses based on regional payment rates.
Listed in the adjacent table is a partial listing
of some of the payment components that a
landowner can choose from to accomplish
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Decatur
Phillips
Norton
Smith
Brown
Nemaha
Marshall
Washington
Republic
Jewell
Doniphan
Sherman
Thomas
Sheridan
Graham
7
Atchison
Cloud
Rooks
Osborne
Ellis
Russell
Clay
Mitchell
5
Ottawa
Wallace
Lincoln
Logan
Gove
Trego
Pottawatomie
Riley
Dickinson
Jackson
1
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Shawnee
Wyandotte
Wabaunsee
Geary
Douglas
Johnson
Saline
Greeley
Scott
Lane
Ness
Rush
Barton
McPherson
Marion
Chase
Kearny
Finney
8
Pawnee
Hodgeman
Coffey
Butler
Sedgwick
Pratt
Greenwood
Woodson
Kiowa
Kingman
6
Wilson
Elk
Stevens
Seward
Linn
Allen
Bourbon
Harvey
Reno
Haskell
Meade
Morton
2
Anderson
Stafford
Ford
Grant
3
Miami
Edwards
Gray
Stanton
Franklin
Lyon
Wichita
Rice
Hamilton
Osage
Morris
Ellsworth
Clark
Sumner
Barber
Comanche
Harper
Cowley
Montgomery
Neosho
Crawford
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Labette
Cherokee
Chautauqua
Kansas Forest Service District Foresters
Delivering RCPP/EQIP
District 1: Dave Bruton, dbruton@ksu.edu,
785-945-6147
District 2: Katy Dhungel, kdhungel@ksu.edu,
785-477-6412,
District 3: Howard Freerksen,
hfreerksen@ksu.edu, 620-699-3372
District 4: Ashley Stiffarm, stiffarm@ksu.edu,
620-431-0380
District 5: Thad Rhodes, trhodes@ksu.edu,
785-776-5182 ext. 1517
District 6: Dennis Carlson, dcarlson@ksu.edu,
620-663-3501, ext. 3
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Activity
Mechanical Mowing
Herbicides (banding)
Weed Barrier Fabric (squares)
Mechanical Tree Establishment
Tree/Shrub Site Prep (medium)
Tree/Shrub Site Prep (heavy)
Direct Seeding (riparian buffer)
Tree Planting (machine and tubes)
Tree Planting (hand/browse protection)
Tree Planting (machine)
Riparian Forest Buffer Tree
(planting, container, and machine)
Riparian Forest Buffer Tree
(planting, bare root and machine)
Barbed Wire Fence (multi strand )
Forest Stand Improvement (single stem)
Competition Control, Mechanical (heavy)
Payment
$11.62/acre
$31.06/acre
$1.79/each
$151.56/acre
$212.72/acre
$240.54/acre
$741.19/acre
$7.20/each
$4.07/each
$2.14/each
$1,809.32/acre
$1,125.74/acre
$1.31/linear foot
$253.58/acre
$389.22/acre
their project. These are the actual payments
rates a landowner could receive.
Kansas Forest Service District Foresters are
available to meet with landowners
“on-site” to document the resource
concern and help select the
activities needed for a successful
project. Foresters also can help
estimate total project costs and will
prepare the project plan required
for an application to be considered
high priority. Any project with
a resource concern and plan
will most likely be approved for
Tree planting and forest stand
funding.
improvement will be two of the
Foresters also can help landowners most common forestry practices
accomplished through RCPP/EQIP.
connect with their local WRAPS
groups to explore the opportunity
for additional financial support on top of
EQIP or landowners can contact Kansas
Department of Health and Environment –
Watershed Management at 785-296-3015
for more information.
This program is designed to improve the
overall value of a farming or ranching
operation by reducing the loss of valuable
farmland through tree planting while
increasing the productivity and health of
Kansas woodlands. Farmers, ranchers and
other landowners will be doing themselves
and the state of Kansas a favor by
participating in this program.
Bob Atchison, Rural Forestry Coordinator,
coordinates rural forestry activities for the Kansas
Forest Service.
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Prepare Now for the Spring Fire Season
S
pring is here, and soon smoke will be
in the air. While we have to maintain
the prairie and sustain the Kansas
economy, we need to cautiously approach
the annual burning of thousands of acres.
Now is the time to put in a fuel break. A fuel
break differs from a fire break
in that it does not require all
vegetation to be removed.
Make a fuel break by mowing
the vegetation as short as
possible, then raking the loose
fuel to the side to be burned.
Raking serves several
purposes. First, it reduces
the volume of fuel within the
prepped area. Secondly, if the
dead vegetation is removed,
A fire break in a wooded area.
that area will green up earlier
in the spring. Do not rely
solely on the fuel break for complete control
of your anticipated burn. Fuel breaks act as
strategic “defensible landscape” to reduce
fire speed and severity, and they are only
one tool to use.
In an ideal setting, it is recommended that
the fuel break be on level ground; be ten
times wider than the height of the fuel
on grass, cropland, or other non-forested
sites; and a minimum of 10 feet wide on
hardwood forested sites. With increased
slope, the width should increase, adding one
foot in width for each one percent of slope.
These are general recommendations and
represent the ideal. If you create a 50- foot
wide break, you should have a good break
in grazing land or CRP grass. Using the
fuel break, you can then put in a black line,
(where there is no fuel for the fire) using the
edge of the fuel break as the starting point
to double or triple the width. By doing so,
you have created a fire break and a safe
border around your controlled burn.
Another way to create a good barrier is to
put down a good wet line and back burn
against it. This is more labor intensive,
but with the right resources, it can be
accomplished. Ideally, use two wet lines,
and keep the fire between the two lines.
There is no ideal width, taking note that
heavy fuels and steep slopes require wider
space. Always start lighting on the edge
of the wet line. It’s also recommended to
add some form of “wetting” agent to the
water. The simplest and most cost-effective
solution is dish soap, and the cheaper the
soap, the better it works. Cheap soap has
more surfactant, creating more foam. Soap
also breaks down the surface tension of
the water, allowing it to remain on the
vegetation longer. Aerator nozzles work the
best. The secret is to get as much air into the
water/soap mixture as possible.
Land managers sometimes resist the idea of
putting in a fire break. The ideal fire break
requires all vegetation be removed, and the
rational for not using one is understandable.
Good management dictates we not disturb
native grass in shallow soil, exposing it to
wind and water erosion.
Cropland can be a good candidate for a fire
break. Just before burning, deep disking or
plowing provides a clean break from which
to light a back fire. One caution with regard
to no-till farming and cropland burning:
no-till farming leaves large amounts of crop
residue. Leaving even a small amount of
fuel in the fire break can allow fire to creep
across the break, and have disastrous results.
Whether you use a fuel break or a fire break
depends on the fuel, topography, resources,
and anticipated use of the land. If you plan
to practice controlled burning this spring,
serious consideration should be given to
using one of these control practices. In
addition to building breaks, always have
ample help, water, hand tools, and time.
Time is perhaps the one component of
controlled burning that gets overlooked.
More than just the day of the burn is
needed to monitor any fuel that could send
sparks into unburned fuel should there be
a change in weather conditions. In 2014,
Sunday became the busiest day of the week
for wildfires. Controlled burns typically
occur on Saturday, and landowners assume
they’re out, but the fire rekindles on Sunday.
Rekindled fires are avoidable, and with good
patrolling of the perimeter, don’t need to
happen.
This spring when you decide your land
needs to be burned, plan ahead, prepare
your equipment, and enlist plenty of help so
you have a safe and productive year.
Ross Hauck, Fire Management Coordinator,
directs fire management activities for the Kansas
Forest Service.
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Kansas Canopy: Newsletter of the Kansas Forest Service
Logs to Lumber … What’s a Sawyer?
A
sawyer saws timber for a living. A
skilled sawyer was an essential part
of commerce for virtually every
community throughout the world. It was
a physically strenuous and dangerous
occupation passed on through years of
apprenticeship and training. Fast forward to
today and the word “sawyer” is most often
associated with the last name of a fictional
character created by
Mark Twain.
In Kansas, there are
currently two fulltime sawmills with
three to six employees
that produce mostly
pallet-grade lumber.
However, increasing
stands of diverse
timber as well as recent
advances in bandsaw
technology have created
opportunities for one- or
two-person operations.
orange, or honeylocust. In addition, several
mills offer value-added services like kiln
drying, planing, and custom
woodworking to produce unique
mantels, tabletops, benches,
flooring, paneling, or whatever
the client wants. Regardless of the mill, a
common trait among all sawyers is their
enthusiasm and passion for wood.
So the next time the wind
blows down a northern
red oak planted by Great
Grandpa back in 1927,
or the utility company
removes the sycamore in
the backyard, consider
it an opportunity to
create a family heirloom.
Today’s sawyer is capable
of producing a variety
Off-loading 16 board-feet of pecan lumber. of high-quality wood
products from local
woodlots, windbreaks,
and urban forests
in a sustainable and
environmentally sensitive
manner.
Most sawyers are parttime or “weekend
warriors” with a range of
interests, backgrounds,
Landowners, builders,
and capabilities. The
hobbyists, woodworkers,
simplest operations
and homeowners are
rely on manual band
encouraged to peruse
saws to produce roughthe list of more than 50
Sixteen-foot
green
ash
log
about
to
be
cut and green lumber.
sawmills for technical
sawn.
Mills with automated
and contact information
functions can quickly and efficiently convert
on the Kansas Forest Service website:
logs into lumber. Local sawmills gladly
www.kansasforests.org/forest_products
custom saw logs that are too short, too
Kevin E. Church, Ph.D., Sawyer and Kansas
crooked, or a species that is not available
Forestry Association Board Member, Tallgrass
Custom Wood Products, Emporia, Kansas.
elsewhere such as red mulberry, Osage-
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Links of Interest:
Kansas Forest Service
www.kansasforests.org
Now through May 2, 2016 — Order
Conservation Tree Seedlings. Order online at:
www.kansasforests.org, or call 1-888-740-8733.
April 27-30 — Kansas State Firefighters Association
Conference. Wichita, KS. Contact Steve Hirsch,
785-475-2296, ksffasecretary@sbcglobal.net
March 16-20 — State Capitol Area Firefighters
Association Fire School Kansas Fire & Rescue
Training Institute. Topeka. Contact 785-864-4790 or
jlummis@ku.edu
April 29 — Kansas Arbor Day. State Arbor Day for
Kansas: Last Friday in April, www.arborday.org
May 12 — Agroforestry Field Day Workshop.
Registration required. Ness County, KS. Contact Bob
Atchison, 785-532-3310, atchison@ksu.edu
March 23-24 — Tree City USA Recognition Day.
Newton, KS. Contct Tim McDonnell, 316-788-0492,
ext. 202 or tmcdonne@k-state.edu
April 2-3 — Kansas State Firefighters Association
Regional Fire School. Johnson City, KS. Contact Troy
Wolf, 620-492-1861 or wolffire66@hotmail.com
May 14-15 — Kansas State Firefighters Association
Regional Fire School. Wakeeney, KS. Contact Justin
Couse, 785-420-0465, justincouse1973@hotmail.com
K‑State Research
and Extension
www.ksre.ksu.edu
State of Kansas
www.kansas.gov
Kansas Department
of Wildlife, Parks and
Tourism
ksoutdoors.com
Natural Resources
Conservation Service–
Kansas
www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov
Farm Service Agency–
Kansas
www.fsa.usda.gov/ks
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For a current listing of events, check: www.kansasforests.org/news_and_events
Kansas Canopy: Newsletter of the Kansas Forest Service