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Class will Teach Tips on
Maple Syrup Production
The WV Maple Syrup Producers will host a
seminar on managing forests to maximize tree sap
production and profitability. Participants will spend
time both in the classroom and the field. Topics
should be relevant to beginning and experienced
syrup producers and include:
• Managing woods for sap production; pre-sap
collection harvest strategies
• Evaluating the potential of your woods for sap
collection
• Layout of sap collection lines and tubing
• Recent research in sap collection technologies
and the options they provide
• Financial analysis of sap collection and syrup
production
The class will be held Monday, Nov. 3, from 9
a.m. - 4 p.m. at John Dalen’s Dry Fork Maple Works
near Whitmer.
The class is free, but there will be a nominal fee
for a lunch snack at the location. Pre-registration is
required by calling Cathy Hervey at 304-737-1889, or
emailing [email protected].
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2 West Virginia Farm Bureau News
Submit Comments Now
Against EPA’s Redefinition
of ‘Waters of US’
The deadline is quickly approaching to submit
comments opposing the EPA’s attempt to redefine
‘Waters of the U.S.’ under the Clean Water Act.
The Waters of the U.S. proposed rule lets EPA
regulate small ponds, ditches, rainwater flowing
through low spots and isolated wet spots - as if they
were navigable waterways. Farm Bureau believes this
is a serious threat to farming, ranching, timbering,
homebuilding, energy production and other land use.
The proposed rule would let EPA tell farmers
how to farm - or even keep them from farming. EPA
claims to exempt 56 specific conservation practices,
but countless routine activities - applying fertilizers,
herbicides or even pulling weeds - would need a
permit. Congress never intended this under the Clean
Water Act.
You can easily submit comments online at
ditchtherule.fb.org or at wvfarm.org. Links are
provided on both websites.
If computers aren’t your “thing”, call the WVFB
office at 800-398-4630 x. 306 and we’ll mail you the
information you need. Don’t wait. We need everyone
to submit comments opposing this federal overreach.