TREE TALES


			TREE TALES
			"Tree Tales," co-produced by the Kansas Forest Service and the K-State Radio Network, Each week, you'll find advice on tree care issues, tree selection and planting, and upcoming events and publications from the Kansas Forest Service.


May 12, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	AGROFORESTRY FIELD DAY– Here’s another reminder about the special field day coming up later this month for those with an interest in agro-forestry: incorporating trees and shrubs into contemporary agricultural systems. This event will take place at the Vaughn Juhnke farm near McPherson on Thursday, May 29th. With more on this educational opportunity is K-State forester Charlie Barden.
May 5, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	AGRO-FORESTRY FIELD DAY – Spring is a great time of year for landowners to plant trees and the Kansas Forest Service has an event coming up for anyone who wants to learn more about tree planting. On this week’s edition of tree tales, K-State forester Bob Atchison discusses the upcoming agro-forestry field day.
April 28, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	SIGHTS IN THE WOODS – Now that spring is here in earnest, this is a great time to get out and enjoy the splendor of the neighborhood woodlands. That encouragement goes out from K-State forester Charlie Barden, who invites you to appreciate, first hand, the variety of plant growth in our wooded areas around Kansas. On this week’s program, he lists several features to look for specifically.
April 21, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	AGROFORESTRY FIELD DAY – Integrating woodland plantings with agricultural production systems is the essence of what’s called agro-forestry. And a success story along that line will be on display at the upcoming K-State Agro-forestry Field Day. It will take place on the Vaughn Juhnke farm near McPherson in central Kansas, on Thursday, May 29^th. Full details can be found on the Kansas Forest Service web site: www.kansasforests.org. Here, K-State forester Bob Atchison talks about the concept and the field day.
April 14, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	SELECTIVE TREE PLANTING – Spring weather makes many folks eager to plant landscape trees. That’s always a good thing, according to K-State forester Charlie Barden. At the same time, he advises homeowners to think ahead before selecting a tree for planting. Project its growth, and be sure that it won’t become a problem tree in the future…especially when it comes to interfering with home utility services.
April 7, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	PLANTING AMERICAN PLUM – Conservation tree plantings should be complemented with conservation shrubs, according to K-State forester Bob Atchison. And one of the preferred choices there is the American plum. It grows very well in this climate, and is readily available through the Conservation Tree Planting Program at K-State. This week, Bob talks of the many attributes of the American plum, conservation and otherwise.
March 31, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	RETROSPECT ON KANSAS TREES – Forestry experts, conservation specialists and others gathered recently in Wichita for the Kansas Natural Resources Conference. The featured topic there was the state of tree resources in Kansas. And the conference put that into a historical perspective which may come as a surprise to some people. K-State forester Charlie Barden talks about that this week.
March 24, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	PLANTING CONSERVATION TREES – K-State forester Bob Atchison notes that the number of new conservation tree plantings in Kansas have been declining for several years. While there may be reasons for that, Bob stresses that there are abundant opportunities for conservation improvements through spring tree plantings. And the Conservation Tree Planting program operated by the Kansas Forest Service still makes available low-cost seedlings for planting this spring.
March 17, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	FIRE-WISE PROGRAM – As spring gets closer, many landowners will soon be burning many pastures through controlled burns. Today, K-State forester Charles Barden discusses what landowners living in the rural-urban interface can do to protect their property during this fire season.
March 10, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	PRUNING TREES AND BUSHES – With spring just around the corner, March is an ideal time to prune trees, shrubs and woody plants, according to K-State forester Charles Barden. On this week’s edition, Barden explores several benefits associated with pruning.
March 3, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	PROMOTING FIELD WINDBREAKS – Spring is on its way. And K-State forester Bob Atchison is encouraging farmers and other landowners to reconsider the merits of field windbreaks. Soil erosion remains a substantial problem in Kansas. And well-designed, well-placed field windbreaks have proven a perfect compliment to other erosion control practices on the land. Bob talks about those attributes on this week’s edition.
February 25, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	NEGOTIATING TIMBER SALES – Each year, as much as 30 million board-feet of lumber is cut by Kansas saw mills. That’s enough to build more than 2,000 homes. Most of the lumber comes from private woodland owners in eastern Kansas. In this week’s Tree Tales, K-State forester Bob Atchison offers advice for selling timber for its fair market value.
February 18, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	MANY FORESTS FOUND IN KANSAS – Although many people probably don’t think Kansas is filled with forests, K-State forester Bob Atchison says there are nine different types of forests found in Kansas. That’s the focus of this week’s Tree Tales.
February 11, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	A VALENTINE’S DAY BOUQUET – After the recent ice storm, homeowners should have no shortage of trees and woody shrubs to prune. K-State forester Charles Barden encourages homeowners to not throw those clippings away, but to create a Valentine’s Day Bouquet from them.
February 4, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	RIPARIAN FORESTLAND – A riparian area is defined as the forestland adjacent to a streams and rivers. These riparian forests serve a host of beneficial purposes. Today, K-State forester Bob Atchison discusses many of these benefits, ranging from wildlife habitat to controlling stream bank erosion.
January 28, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	LOW-COST SEEDLINGS – Landowners looking to add conservation trees to their property have several options to consider. One such option is the Kansas Conservation Tree Planting Program. This week, K-State forester Charles Barden discusses how landowners can utilize low-cost seedlings from the Kansas Forest Service.
January 21, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	WOODLAND ICE DAMAGE – Landowners with woodlands that were damaged by last month’s ice storm may be wondering if and when those damaged trees will recover. K-State forester Bob Atchison advises woodlot owners to scout their timber in the coming weeks, before the trees leaf out again, and evaluate the damage. And more than anything else, he asks woodlot managers to be patient with the natural recovery process.
January 14, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	TREE ICE DAMAGE – The massive ice storm in December took its toll on thousands of trees around Kansas. The durability of individual tree species became very evident, reminding us which trees are the hardiest in Kansas’ weather extremes. K-State forester Charlie Barden talks about that this week, and gives advice on cleaning up and rehabilitating ice-damaged trees.
January 7, 2008	MP3 with music MP3 without music	CARING FOR WOODLANDS – Yes, we are in the heart of winter. But this is a good time to think about the tree resources on your land, and how they might be better managed. K-State forester Bob Atchison reminds landowners that cost-share assistance for improving timber stands is available through the USDA. He tells how one can find out more about that support.