Allegheny SAF Winter Training 2017: The Presentations

The Allegheny Society of American Foresters Winter Training was held at Wyomissing, PA, February 15-17, 2017. The theme was Rural and Urban Ecosystem Health in the Mid-Atlantic Region. You can download the agenda here. Training presentations can be downloaded below. 

Thursday, February 16, 2017

• Plenary Talk, Steve Koehn, Director, Cooperative Forestry, USFS State & Private Forestry
• Plenary Talk, Al Todd, Executive Director, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Morning Concurrent Sessions

Biomass Utilization in Rural and Community Forest

• Urban Wood Utilization, Ed Cesa, USDA Forest Service
• Baltimore Case Study, Mike Galvin, SavATree Consulting Group
• Wood to Energy: Biomass Utilization, Lew McCreery, USDA Forest Service

Forest Management and Fire for Oak Sustainability

• Why We Need Prescribed Fire, Pat McElhenny, The Nature Conservancy
• Prescribed Fire: Challenges in PA, Todd Breininger, PA DCNR
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Forest Mngt, Merlin Benner, Remote Intelligence, LLC

Lunch Talk, Matt Menashes, CEO, National SAF

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 1

Integrated Forest Management

• Integrate Wildlife and Forest Management, Jeff Larkin, Indiana University of PA
• Alternative Products from Riparian Buffers, Tracy Coulter, PA Bureau of Forestry
• Large-landscape Forest Management, Ben Jones, PA Game Commission

Student Forum

• Articulating Your Value and Lessons in Leadership, Tom Davidson, Leadership Nature

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 2

People and Communication

• Outreach for Kittatinny Ridge Preservation, Kim Murphy, Berks Nature
• Community Forest Program, Jim Bonesteel, Rensselaer Plateau Alliance

Urban Forest Data: New Applications for Communities and Managers

• Applications of Urban Tree Canopy Data, Sarah Low, USDA Forest Service
• i-Tree Landscape, Jason Henning, Davey Institute and USDA Forest Service
• Forest Restoration in an Urban Context, Curtis Helm/Tom Witmer, City of Philadelphia *

Banquet Dinner Presentation, John Goodall, Brandywine Conservancy *

Friday, February 17, 2017

Morning Concurrent Sessions

Community Forestry for Water Quality

• Stormwater Management in Lancaster, Douglas Smith, City of Lancaster
• Soil Management for Urban Trees, Susan Day, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• Urban Watershed Management, Bob Adams, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society *

Forest Health/Invasive Species

• Hemlock in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Mary Ann Fajvan, USDA Forest Service
• Important Invasive Pests in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Randall Morin, USDA Forest Service
• Invasives Management with Herbicides, Todd Hagenbuch, Arborchem Products

Final Plenary, James Finley, Penn State University

* — an asterisk at the end of the line indicates a presentation edited due to file size limitations

Working in Your Woods, A Bird's Eye View

 

The Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture and Forest Service have been working with partners (American Bird Conservancy, Ruffed Grouse Society, Audubon Pennsylvania, PA Game Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resource) to organize a free, two-day workshop in June for forest landowners: Working in Your Woods, A Bird's Eye View.
 
The first day of the workshop will bring together speakers to present:

• Techniques to create healthy forests and help wildlife;
• Financial incentives and programs available to landowners; and
• Opportunities to benefit a variety of bird species, including ruffed grouse, scarlet tanager, wild turkey, cerulean warbler, American woodcock and many more.

 During the second day of the workshop, participants will visit field sites (transportation provided) to see the techniques and habitat discussed in day 1 and may have an opportunity to see birds at a bird banding site (depending on conditions).
 
Participants must register, but registration is free and lunches will be provided each day.

Details: download for more info

Registration: click here

Allegheny SAF Winter Training 2017

 

Allegheny Society of American Foresters Winter Training will be held at Wyomissing, PA, February 15-17, 2017. The theme focus will be Rural and Urban Ecosystem Health in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

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Dates: February 15-17, 2017

Location: The Inn at Reading Hotel and Conference Center

Directions: 1040 North Park Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610

Agenda/Registration: Registration (pdf) | Agenda (pdf)

Pesticide Training: Agenda (doc) or (pdf)

Tree Farm Inspector Training: Information (doc) or (pdf)

Contact: Randy Morin for more info

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Please submit a registration form even if online registration (PayPal) is used for payment.

Registration

SAF Member $125.00 USD Non-Member $135.00 USD Student $30.00 USD

Options

Pesticide Training $25.00 USD Thursday Banquet $32.00 USD Chair's Breakfast $15.00 USD Sponsor a Student $10.00 USD Sponsor a Student $20.00 USD Sponsor a Student $30.00 USD

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Exhibitor

Commercial $200.00 USD Non-Profit $150.00 USD

Sponsorship Level

Gold $500.00 USD Silver $250.00 USD Bronze $150.00 USD Anthracite $100.00 USD

Northern Hardwood Chapter SAF Winter Meeting 2017

 

The Northern Hardwood Chapter of SAF will host a chapter meeting at 5:30 PM on January 26, 2017 at the PA Lumber Museum (5660 US-6, Galeton, PA 16922).  Mike Messina and Eric Zenner from Penn State’s Department of Ecosystem Science and Management will be our guests for the evening. We will gather at 5:30 for a social hour, with dinner to be served at 6:30.  Following dinner, our guests will speak on silvicultural opportunities in northcentral PA (especially in the wake of Emerald Ash Borer).  The meeting will wrap up at 8:30.  Application for one CFE credit is in the works and should be available.

Dinner choices include lasagna and chicken cordon bleu.  Cost of the meal will be $15.  Payment can be made at the meeting or sent to: David Andrus, 59 Clearview Drive, Coudersport, PA 16915.  Reservations, by mail or email, are due January 20, 2017.  If responding by email you can just send a response to dandrus@generationsforestry.com with your dinner choice.  No form is required.

You are encouraged to show up early to see the museum visitor center that opened in May of 2015.  It really is a wonderful display of Pennsylvania forest history.  They have agreed to waive the use fee for the facility because SAF fits into their mission statement. They have also agreed to waive the entrance fee ($8) for anyone showing up early but will accept any donation you care to make to the museum.

Download: Meeting Notice & Registration (doc) | (pdf)  

Rothrock Chapter 2017 Winter Meeting Announced

 

The Rothrock Chapter of the Allegheny SAF has announced their Winter meeting.

Date: Friday, January 27, 2017

Location: Boalsburg Military Museum, 51 Boal Ave, Boalsburg, PA 16827

Time: Lunch: 12:00 p.m.

Speaker: Sue Tantsits, Edge of the Woods Native Plant Nursery, “Restoring Land with Native Plants”

Registration: download (doc) (pdf)

Maryland/Delaware Fall Meeting 2016

 

MD/DE SAF will be hosting our Fall meeting at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills MD on November 10, 2016. The meeting theme is Adapting to New Climates for Forests and Invasive Species. Click here to download the agenda and registration form.

Online registration can be made from the MD/DE webpage. The last day to register online is November 9, 2016.

Plateau Chapter Summer Meeting - 2016

 

The Society of American Foresters — Plateau Chapter will hold a summer meeting on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in Pittsfield, PA. The Chapter will meet at 12:30pm at the USFS Forestry Sciences Lab, National Forge Road, Irvine, PA for an afternoon field tour. 

Reservations are due by Wednesday, August 17, 2016  
Please make reservations by mail, phone, fax, or email to:
Mike McEntire, PO Box 1474, Smethport, PA 16749        
Phone: (814) 887‐5239 Fax: (814) 887‐5239 Email: mmcentire@forestinvest.com

Download registration here

Allegheny SAF Summer Program 2016

 

The Allegheny Society of American Foresters Annual Summer Meeting Program will be held at The Westin, Mount Laurel, NJ on September 14 -16, 2016. The theme is entitled “Forest Management for Productivity and Resilience”. 6.0 Category 1 and 1.0 Category 2 SAF CFE Credits will be available.

Download: Agenda (doc) / (pdf) |  Registration (doc) / (pdf)

Planning and Managing Green Infrastructure

Community Forestry Short Course
Planning and Managing Green Infrastructure
March 29, 30, and 31, 2016
9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
Penn State University & Web-based Internet Training
 
Planning and managing the green infrastructure of street trees, parks, and open spaces will help any municipality safely take advantage of the many benefits these assets provide. With proper planning and management, these assets appreciate and pay us back with time. This Community Forestry Short Course is designed to help municipal shade tree commissions/committees, and staff, including managers, arborists, and foresters; community tree advocates; and volunteers gain knowledge and skills in the effective management of public trees in Pennsylvania.
 
Participants will have the opportunity to attend live sessions in State College, or via the internet, or watch recorded lectures on their own. Attend all 3 days of training or just one or two days.   A certificate will be awarded to people that participate in the sessions live or via the internet.  Seating is limited to 25 attendees for the live lectures at Penn State University
**  Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered for ISA Certified Arborists, Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturalists, and Landscape Architecture.
 
Click here for more information | agenda | register
Contact: Vincent Cotrone  (email) or call (888) 825-1701

Allegheny Next Meetings

Below is a schedule of the next Allegheny SAF Chapter meetings. As usual, this can be subject to change.

Upcoming meeting schedule:

• Summer 2016: New Jersey Division (September 14-16, 2016, Mount Laurel, NJ)
• Winter 2017: Valley Forge Chapter (February 15-17, 2017, Wyomissing, PA)
• Summer 2017: Plateau Chapter
• Winter 2018: Keystone Chapter

2016 Allegheny Winter Meeting Presentations

As they become available, the presentations from the 2016 Allegheny SAF winter meeting —  Urban and Traditional Forestry: At the Crossroads — will be made available for downloading here.

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Building Community Resilience Through Forestry - Phillip Rodbell, NA Regional Coordinator, USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry

Landscape Scale Forest Management - Eric Sprague, Chesapeake Forests Program Director, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Northern Long‐eared Bat Policy Update - Danielle Watson, Assistant Director, Govt. Affairs and External Relations, Society of American Foresters

Intergenerational Land Transfer - Craig Highfield, Forests for the Bay Program Manager, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Forest Health Issues in the Mid‐Atlantic States - Rick Turcotte, Forest Health Group Leader, USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry

National Firewood Workshop

The National Firewood Workshop will be held April 21, 2016 at the Western Maryland Research and Education Center in Keedysville, MD (near Hagerstown) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The workshop is a one-day educational and networking event to provide the firewood processing industry the latest knowledge on processing, kiln drying and marketing of firewood. The intent is to help firewood producers, firewood buyers, firewood equipment makers, foresters and arborists, landowners, loggers, extension agents, and woodstove manufacturers, make money in the firewood business. The program is sponsored by the Wood Education and Resource Center, University of Maryland Extension, Sawmill & Woodlot Management magazine, and North Carolina State University.

 The program will include outdoor demonstration of firewood processing equipment as well as classroom discussions by leading firewood industry professionals. The range of classroom topics will include: selling and marketing; finding buyers; purchasing requirements by wholesale brokers and chain store buyers; managing a firewood processing business; sourcing affordable logs; equipment for sawing and splitting; heating options for kilns; firewood quarantines; dry kiln equipment and methods; and firewood associations.

Find program information and registration here (with a credit card).

 A brochure, agenda, and directions to the facility is available. Mail-in registrations can be completed using the registration form on the program brochure here. The registration fee is $30 before April 11, 2016 and $40 afterwards. The registration deadline is April 17, 2016. Continuing education credits have been applied for by the Society of American Foresters, MD Master Logger, and Mid-Atlantic International Society of Arboriculture. 

For information about registration, please contact:  Pam Thomas, University of Maryland Extension.(pthomas@umd.edu) 301-432-2767 x315.

Penn's Woods: The Science Behind Pennsylvania’s Wildlife Habitat

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.

For more info, contact Virginia Tilden, PA TWS Treasurer or PA The Wildlife Society

Download: Call for Papers

Download: Conference-At-A-Glance |  Registration Form 

Online Registration: click here

2016 Allegheny SAF Winter Meeting

 

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.

Download: Agenda & Registration | Meeting Info | Port Tour Form

Register online: click here

Advanced Biomass Boot Camp

Advanced Biomass Boot Camp: Finding & Financing Modern Wood Energy Projects

Date: Thursday November 19, 2015  9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Cost: $25 per person include all materials, continental breakfast and lunch. 

Registration: Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology online or form 

Registration Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2015. No refunds will be provided.
Location: Overhills Mansion, 916 S. Rolling Road, Catonsville, MD 21228

Allegheny SAF Summer Meeting 2015

The Allegheny SAF Summer Meeting will be held at Lake Raystown Resort in Entriken, PA on September 16-18.

The Executive Committee meeting will be held Wednesday afternoon beginning at 1 pm. An icebreaker reception will begin that evening at 7pm.

Download: Registration | Agenda (doc) Agenda (pdf) 

GoTo: Map & Directions