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Managing for Black Walnut

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Managing for Black Walnut

Webinar Description

The Managing for Black Walnut webinar was held on March  15, 2012.  The powerpoint presentation slides are now available. Watch the webinar below. 

When you plant and nurture black walnut, you are making an investment in the future.  This tree is valuable not only for its use in wood products, but it provides important food for wildlife, while also being a beautiful tree that protects soil and water resources. During this webinar, our experts, Mel Baughman and Lenny Farlee, will present on:

  • Why grow black walnut
  • Walnut products and uses
  • Where to grow walnut
  • Planting walnut
  • Thinning walnut stands
  • Pruning walnut
  • Pest and environmental problems
  • Marketing black walnut timber

 

Resources Discussed in this Webinar

 

CFE Credits

This webinar is eligible for 1.5 category 2 SAF CFE.  These credits are available for one month (March 15- April 15, 2012) after the original webinar date by watching the recordings.  Please be sure to fill in your member information when you sign in to watch the recording.

 Presenter's Bio

Dr. Mel Baughman is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota.  He has a B.S. degree in forestry, an M.S. in forest recreation, and a Ph.D. in forest policy.  Mel has 37years of extension experience developing educational materials for family forest owners and the natural resource professionals that serve these owners.  Among these materials are publications and slide sets on walnut management and oak management.  In recent years he has taught mainly income and property tax regulations and recreational trail design. The quality of his work is reflected in the numerous state and national awards he has received. 

Lenny Farlee is an extension forester with the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Lenny graduated with a B.S. in Forest and Wildlife Management in 1985, and a M.S. in Silviculture in 1991, both from Purdue University. He worked with the Indiana Division of Forestry at Vallonia State Tree Nursery from 1988 to 1991 as a nursery forester in charge of field operations, producing over 40 species of tree and shrub seedlings. From 1991 to 2006, Lenny was a district forester for the Indiana Division of Forestry serving landowners in a 10 county area, providing advice and assistance with tree plantings, plantation and forest management, and forest improvement, harvesting, and regeneration.

In January of 2007, Lenny joined the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources as the extension forester for the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center. Lenny provides programs and publications in a variety of media directed toward improving the regeneration and sustainable management of high quality hardwood trees and forests in the Central Hardwood Region.

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