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   Family Forest Fair '97, a one-of-a-kind environmental fair, will be
held at the Washington County Fairground on Saturday, June 14, from 9am
to 5pm.  The theme of the fair is "celebrating New York's forests."

   In addition to dozens of environmental exhibits, there will be
commercial exhibits and fine crafts for sale, and representatives from
colleges with environmental or forestry programs, and an all-day program
of demonstrations and talks.

The schedule of demonstrations and talks is as follows:

 9:15   Logging with Horses
        Acid Rain (USGS)
        Turkey Calling Demo
        Birds of Prey

10:00   Logging with Horses
        Portable Sawmill Demo
        Live Birds of Prey
        Adirondack Search & Rescue:  Winter Survival
        Guided Woodswalk (Schuylerville watershed protection area)
        Bluebird Talk

11:00   Tree Planting Demo (NYS Saratoga Tree Nursery)
        Chainsaw Carving (Michael Keefe)
        Timber Theft (Attorney General's office-tentative)
        Old-time logging (films)
        Adirondack Search & Rescue
        Smokey Bear and Ronnie Raindrop

12:00   Dedication of Bluebird Trail from Columbia County to Ticonderoga
           along Route 22, with 200 bluebird boxes

 1:00   Logging with Horses
        Portable Sawmill Demo
        Guided Woodswalk (Schuylerville watershed)
        Forest Insects (DEC)
        Raptors (Vermont Institute of Natural History)
        Paper Airplane Game

 2:00   Game of Logging (chainsaw safety from an expert)
        Search and Rescue Tales
        Wood flute maker talk and performance (Eric Marczak)
        Raptors (Vt. Institute of Natural History)
 3:00   Chainsaw Carving (Michael Keefe)
        Portable sawmill demo
        Bats:  Good or Bad?
        Guided Woodswalk (Schuylerville watershed)
        Discussion of Timber Harvesting (panel of foresters)
        Flute Making (Eric Marczak)

 4:00   Tree Planting demo (NYS Saratoga Tree Nursery)
        Old-time logging (films)
        Christmas tree demo
        Bluebird trails

Times are starting times, and most events above will last 30-45 minutes.

Also on the program throughout the day:
        Activities for children in the "Magical Forest" building
        Horse-drawn wagon rides
        Maple syrup-making demo
        Film & video area (topics include Forest Stewardship, Wildlife,
             and Urban  Forestry

The Fairgrounds is located in Greenwich, NY.  From I-87, take Exit 14 and
follow Route 29 east to fairgrounds.  Admission is $1 for adults, no
charge for children or parking.  Food will be available on the grounds.

Sponsors of the Fair are the New York Forest Owners Association (Capital
District and Southern Adirondack Chapters), the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation, and Cornell Cooperative Extension.

For information on the Fair, or about NYFOA, call 1-800-836-3566.
E-mail: FFF97@tu.albany.ny.us
Homepage:  http://www.rpi.edu/~wentor/NYFOAFFF.html