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October 2025 Issue

This issue includes the following articles:

  • Planting Conservation Seedlings- Steps to Success by Lenny Farlee
  • Phil Woolery Joins Walnut Council as New Executive Director
  • Annotated Bibliography & Landowner Resources
  • 2025 Annual Meeting Summary
  • State Chapter Reports
  • Combining Enrichment Planting With Overstory Gaps To Restore Diverse Central Hardwood Forests
  • Invasive Plant Success Story: Replacing Tall Fescue with Native Wildflowers on a Tree Farm
  • New Invasive Vine to Watch For: Porcelain Berry

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May 2025 Issue

This issue includes the following articles:

  • Do Black Walnut Trees Have Allelopathic Effects On Other Plants?
  • Submit a project to the WC Foundation Grants Program
  • Annotated Bibliography & Landowner Resources
  • Annual Meeting Overview, Tour Information, Agenda, Registration form
  • MSU Research Update: Winter 2022-23 Deer Repellent Trial
  • MU Center For Agroforestry Patents First Black Walnut Cultivar
  • HTIRC and Tree Pro Develop Agreement to Distribute Hardwood Seedlings
  • Walnut Council Implementing Strategic Plan
  • Tree Improvement Report

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May 2024 Issue

This issue includes the following articles:

  • Black Walnut in the Eastern U.S.: Current Status and Recent Trends Based on FIA Data
  • Submit a project to the WC Foundation Grants Program
  • Congratulations Grove Family of Maryland!
  • Annual Meeting Overview, Tour Information, Agenda, Registration form
  • John Kelsey Honored
  • USDA Encourages Producers Participating in CRP to Consider Forest Management Incentive
  • Oak Decline Widespread in 2023
  • New Resource for Landowners: Deer Impact Toolbox

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May 2023 Issue

This issue includes the following articles:

  • Forests in the Farm Bill Coalition 2023 Farm Bill Recommendations
  • Ouellette Honored with Black Walnut Achievement Award
  • Leopold Benches for Sale
  • National Meeting Highlights/Agenda/Registation
  • Walnut Council Economies of Scale
  • Family Forest Carbon Program
  • References on Oak Wilt
  • Nominees Selected for National Board
  • National Board Reports

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June 2022 Issue

This issue includes the following articles:

  • Pampering Crop Trees
  • Chestnut Improvement Network
  • Walnut Council Financial Reports
  • National Meeting Highlights
  • Zigzag Sawfly
  • References on Oak Wilt
  • Walnut Council Foundation Updates
  • National Board Reports

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March 2022 Issue

This issue includes the following articles:

  • Save the Date: July Annual Meeting
  • Nine Basic Tax Tips
  • Walnut Council Financial Reports
  • Walnut Council Legacy Funds Update
  • The Cok Family Legacy
  • The Ideal Wood for Whiskey
  • Pennsylvania Rescinds Thousand Cankers Disease Quarantines
  • Black Walnut Achievement Award Winners Honored
  • Walnut Council Receives New Property Donation
  • Updates on Carbon Markets

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June 2021 Issue: Download or view a PDF here

May 2020 Issue: Download or view a PDF here

January 2020 Issue: Download or view a PDF here

April 2019 Issue: Download or view a PDF here

April 2018 issue: Download or view a PDF here.