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You Are Invited to: An evening in the woods

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Your woodlands can provide a wide array of benefits ranging from wildlife viewing and hunting to periodic income to supplement your farming operation. This program will focus on Invasive and Wildlife Management, and Timber Harvesting. You will learn about the programs and people who are available to help you to set and achieve realistic goals for your woodland property.

Date: August 29, 2024

Mark & Paul Mechling Forest

Address: Just west of Glenford, from 204 turn onto Township Rd 22 (Follow Yellow Day in the Woods Signs)

Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm

Cost: Free to Attend!

Thank you to the Perry and Muskingum County Farm Bureau and SWCD for sponsoring our meal!

Please RSVP by August 23rd: https://go.osu.edu/eveninginthewoodsp29

Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Course

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OSU Extension Muskingum County and the Muskingum County Park District are pleased to announce an upcoming opportunity to become an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. The Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist (OCVN) program is an environmental and natural resources outreach and service program led by OSU Extension in collaboration with parks and arboretum. The mission is to promote awareness and stewardship of Ohio’s environment and natural resources through science- based education and community service. The OCVN education course helps participants gain practical knowledge of Ohio’s diverse ecology, environmental education and interpretation techniques, and the skills needed to participate in education and outreach, community science, program support, and stewardship activities.

Our program begins August 24 and the application is currently available.

Information about this course can be found at this link: Muskingum OCVN Course Webpage

More information about the program in the State of Ohio program is available here: https://ocvn.osu.edu/

Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio Forests: Ailanthus

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This is yet another activity to add to your fall management and clean up activities: work on eliminating those tree-of-heaven infestations.  To understand your options, we have a great resource available here: Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio Forests: Ailanthus

Ailanthus (Ailanthus altissima), also known as tree-of-heaven, is a moderate sized (60 to 80 feet in height), deciduous tree first introduced into the United States from Asia in the late 1700s for use as an urban landscape tree and in strip mine reclamation in the Eastern United States. In many ways ailanthus is an ideal invasive—it grows rapidly (sprouts can attain a height of 6 to 12 feet the first year and grow 3 feet or more per year), is a prolific seeder, a persistent stump and root sprouter, and an aggressive competitor that thrives in full sunlight. It also produces an allelopathic compound that suppresses the growth of many native woody and herbaceous species. It will grow in relatively infertile, shallow soils of varying pH, and is highly tolerant of poor air quality.