<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Steve Gabriel <<a href="mailto:steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org">steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 14, 2013 11:52:06 AM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sustainability in Tompkins County <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] Mushroom farmers can help your woods</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>WOODLOT OF OAK, SUGAR MAPLE, OR BEECH?<br><br>Local mushroom farmers seeking woods comprised of small diameter (4" - 10") trees to harvest for log mushroom cultivation.<br><br>We will only cut if the activity improves your forest. In exchange for access to your trees, we will provide a free GPS property map and assessment of your wood's health, along with recommendations for ecologically sustainable management. Strategic thinning of young trees can be beneficial to forest health. If your woods have Oak, Sugar Maple, or Beach, our intervention may also benefit biodiversity and long term timber value.<br><br>We have years of experience managing small woodlots, are trained in chainsaw safety, and carry our own insurance.<br><br>Access to your woodlot via 4X4 truck is essential. Forests in eastern Schuyler and western Tompkins counties are preferred.<br>Please contact <a href="mailto:steve@agroforestrysolutions.com">steve@agroforestrysolutions.com</a> or (607)342-2825 to discuss further.<br><br>For more information visit <a href="http://AgroForestrySolutions.com">http://AgroForestrySolutions.com</a><br><br>You can read more about our forest management perspective and the role mushroom logging can play towards forest health at: <a href="http://ow.ly/gNlWe">http://ow.ly/gNlWe</a><br><br><br>-- <br><a href="http://www.agroforestrysolutions.com">www.agroforestrysolutions.com</a><br>607.342.2825<br>steve@agroforestrysolutions.com<br><br>-- <br>www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org<br>607.527.0607<br>steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>