The Allegheny SAF has a membership of 1,100 professional foresters in the five states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Since 1900, the Society of American Foresters has provided access to information and networking opportunities to prepare members for the challenges and the changes that face natural resource professionals.
A joint meeting of the Pennsylvania Wildlife Society and the Society of American Foresters will be held April 15-16, 2016, at Ramada Inn, 1450 S. Atherton, State College, PA. The conference theme is Penn's Woods: The Science Behind Pennsylvania’s Wildlife Habitat.
The date has been set for the 2016 Allegheny SAF winter meeting for Wed, Feb 17, 2016 9:00am through Fri, Feb 19, 2016 4:00pm.
The theme for the winter meeting is Urban and Traditional Forestry: At the Crossroads. The location will be the Radisson Hotel North Baltimore, at 2004 Greenspring Dr, Lutherville-Timonium MD 21093 (map). Stop back for updates.
IMPORTANT: Due to vehicle limitations, the tour of the Port of Baltimore is limited to the first 40 registrants. Please complete the Port Tour Form if you register for the this tour.
Farewell to a Forester is a song written by Allegheny SAF member Steve Resh to honor foresters Pete Miller and Bob Webster and all those who love trees and music. (10/9/2013)
The Allegheny SAF 2015 summer conference (see agenda) was held at Lake Raystown Resort in Entriken, PA on September 16-18, 2015. The theme was Forestry in the Land of Rothrock – Conservation Challenges Past and Present. The summer conference is typically a blend of field tours and conference presentations. This sessions field tour focused on the Army Corps of Engineers work surrounding Raystown Lake and PA State Game Lands.
More professionals are registering with the business-friendly social media website Linkedin. Did you know our Society of American Foresters has too?
If you are a Linkedin member and would like to get regular news and announcements from the national office, decide to "Follow" SAF on Linkedin. It's simple, login in to Linkedin, and do a search for Society of American Foresters. There you will see the SAF logo. Or click here and the search has been done for you.
Kurt W. Gottschalk, Allegheny Society of American Foresters member and Board of Directors representative, 63, of Waynesburg, PA, died on Monday, August 10, 2015, while on a mission trip with his church to Belize, Central America.
“To the poor and oppressed who came from Europe the new land of America was blessed with wealth beyond belief: of rich soil, streams teeming with fish and forest with game, timber for their homes and fireplaces, iron for their forges and copper for their utensils. No wonder they risked their lives to journey to this Canaan; here was the Promised Land.”
So begins The First Fifty Years by J. Bernard Hogg, as it opens the telling of the Allegheny Society of American Foresters first 75-years. The Allegheny Society of American Foresters: A Seventy-Five Year History 1922-1997, tells of where we have been and perhaps where we are going, at least from a 1997 perspective. Ron Sheay continues the trek with his The Next Twenty Five Years.
The Allegheny Society of American Foresters website has gone through several revisions as we have learned more about the technology behind creating and maintaining an Internet presence. Much of the reason for this third major revision, is that that very technology has grown dramatically and this offers a much greater platform and set of tools to bring information and content to our members and the world.
I hope you, the members of the Allegheny, like to new format. As always, suggestions and constructive criticism is always welcomed.
