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Namuth

State where you live or work?

New York

County where you live or work?

Columbia

What is your occupation relative to silvopasture? (for example, owner/producer, extension specialist, agency specialist, etc.)

owner

Please describe, with two or three sentences, why you are interested in silvopasture. Your answer helps us ensure that only those people truly interested in silvopasture are added as members.

I have for 20 years owned about forty acres of second-growth forest adjacent to farmland, a haven for wild turkeys, other birds and small forest mammals. I have invested in farm equipment to maintain abandoned wood lot roads, to thin the woods and clear fallen trees. I am proud to have found American Chestnut and Elm here (though I can't confirm it is alive today). I would like to continue clearing the understory of and new and invasive growth and to explore the possibility of converting it to fuel or soil.