15,000 Years of Hemlock History with Dr. Mike Kudish

Cost of Admission: Members FREE; Non-Members $10 suggested donation

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Dr. Michael Kudish will present a discussion of the postglacial history of the hemlock tree.  Dr. Kudish will discuss where and when the hemlock first appears in the fossil record in bog peat, which bogs had lost their hemlocks a few thousand years ago, And why the present appearance of hemlock stands that depends much on what the hemlock grove was like when the tanners barked it 150-200 years ago.

Dr. Kudish is an author, railroad historian, forest historian and botanist. He received his Ph.D. in botany in 1971 from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. His dissertation, on the history of Catskill forests, was the beginning of a lifelong study. It was later expanded and published in book form as The Catskill Forest: A History. Since 1971, Dr. Kudish has tirelessly studied the Catskills forests and shared his insights with others in classrooms, in the field, and through books and articles. He is Professor Emeritus from Paul Smith's College, where he taught for 34 years, and where a forest has been named after him. Mike was named one of the 50 Stewards of the Catskills by the Catskill Center.

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