FCFB - Board members

Board members

Listed below are the 2008 Frederick County Forest Conservancy District Board members. Contact information for the Executive Secretary is included. To contact other FCFB members use the Contact us link and include the name or names of the FCFB members in the subject line of your e-mail message.

Executive Secretary

Michael Kay

Volunteer Members

Keith Schoonover, Chair

Thomas D. Anderson, Treasurer
Jim Arnold, Newsletter Editor
Ginny Brace
George E. Lewis, Jr.
Lynne Marquess
James R. McCrumb
Tyson Rose, Webmaster
Laurence Sharpe

On a very sad note ... James Riley McCrumb Sr., 74, of New Market, died Saturday, June 21, 2008, at his home.

Jim was an avid outdoors man who had an immense love for all animals. He enjoyed backpacking and spending time at his cabin in Wolcott, Vt.  As a Frederick County Forestry Board member Jim assisted with the initial South Frederick arboretum planting.   He participated in the Forestry 101 courses.   Jim also helped interview the Natural Resources Careers Conference (NRCC) candidates for Frederick County. Besides his membership on the Frederick County Forestry Board,  Jim was also a member of the Appalachian Trail Club, the Green Mountain Club of Vermont, and the Ruffed Grouse Society.  The Frederick News-Post published Jim's obituary on Monday June 23, 2008.

Fall 2008 Meeting of Maryland Forestry Boards

 The Maryland Association of Forest Conservancy District Boards meets twice a year to discuss issues of mutual concern and interest to all the county forestry boards in Maryland (including the Green Trust Fund 2010 and Sustainable Forestry Act 2009).  Four members  of  the Frederick County  Forestry traveled to Annapolis and participated in the Fall meeting held on October 4, 2008.

Frederick County participants pictured from left to right: Larry Sharpe, Tyson Rose, Lynne Marquess, and Mike Kay

At the end of the meeting Mel Noland, President of the Maryland Association of Forestry Boards for 5 years, received the highest honor from the Association - the Greydon Tolsen award - presented by Executive Secretary Pam Kelly.

Mel Noland receives Greydon Tolsen Award from Pam Kelly

Board Briefs

The Frederick County Forestry Board meets monthly.  Each month this Web page will contain some information resulting from the latest Board  meeting that we think maybe of public interest. Below are a few highlights of the meeting held November 10, 2008.

Those present: Larry Sharpe, Tyson Rose, Ginny Brace, Jim Arnold, Mike Kay

• Logging Site Exams:  Mike had one plan for a smaller acreage.  It was decided to let Mike take care of this at his convenience. 
• Gypsy Moth:  We discussed the December 4, 2008 public informational meeting in detail.  Mike presented the agenda and everybody thought this would be fine.  Mike will do the introduction section of this program.  The members present voted to allocate up to $200 for the refreshments on the assumption that we would have 100 attendees.  Ginny volunteered to bring all of the refreshments to the meeting.  Ginny will let Mike know if he needs to bring cups for the beverages.  Larry, Tyson, Jim, and Ginny said that they would attend the meeting and show up at 6:00 pm to get things ready.  Anybody else who would like to help is asked to arrive at 6:00 pm.  As advertisement for the program Mike sent the announcement to Karen Gardner at the News Post, Mike also sent and announcement to Kay Schultz for posting on the Monocacy – Catoctin Web Page, Tyson put the announcement and will enter the agenda on the Web Page, John Brognard put an announcement on the Frederick County gypsy moth web page, Judy Lingg indicated that she would send announcements to the local newspapers.  Ginny suggested that if we decide to do a direct mailing or email to previous participants we should discuss the economics of gypsy moth such as the cost of selling dead timber vs. living trees etc. 
• Nature Notes:  Ginny thinks everything is going well.  We discussed possible articles for the winter months and some ideas were: highlight year round resident wildlife and adaptations they have for making it through the winter months, institute a question and answer section. 
• Walnut Collection:  We were able to send all the walnuts the Nursery needed and had some left over.  We decided to deliver these to Chambersburg and sell them to a vendor for $.10/lb.  As a result of this we collected about $350 to be donated to the Frederick and Washington County Forestry Boards.  Due to some miscalculations we only derived $350 for the entire amount. Mike sent the check to Tom Anderson for deposit into the Frederick Forestry Board account. Mike was wondering if Tom could cut a check for half that amount and send it to the Washington County Forestry Board.  After some discussion the members present thought that it would be appropriate to send the Washington Forestry Board half of the proceeds.  Mike will contact Tom and ask him to cut a check made out to the Washington County Forestry Board and send it to  George Eberling. 
• Web Site:  Tyson received an inquiry from a lady who wants to know how to preserve the large white oak tree on the property she is getting ready to sell.  After some discussion it was suggested that Tyson could respond and advise the women to talk to an attorney about putting a covenant on the tree, placing a plaque next to the tree, discussing the care of the tree with the new owners. 
•  New Business:  Ginny would like to develop and purchase reusable signage to be used in public plantings.  After some discussion we asked Ginny to prepare an estimate and proposal and bring it to the next meeting.

 The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 8, 2008 at 7:00 pm at Gambrill State Park.

Starting with May 2008 passed 'Board Briefs' are available as a PDF file via the following link: Download past Board Briefs