Allegheny News - Summer 2016

The Summer 2016 edition of the Allegheny News is available for downloading.

Click here to download

Go to the Newsletter webpage for other editions

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 News Spring Edition 2016

The Spring 2016 edition of the Allegheny News is available for downloading.

Click here to download

Go to the Newsletter webpage for other editions

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)

WV SAF Spring Meeting 2016

Educating Ourselves, Informing Others

The West Virginia Division of the Society of American Foresters has announced their 2016 Spring meeting. See all information below.  

 

Dates: April 28 - 29, 2016

Location: Amherst Madison, Training Facility, 2 Port Amherst Drive, Charleston, WV

SAF CFEs: Field tour 3 hours Cat 1 | April 29 Seminars 7 hours Cat 1

Registration: Download agenda & form. Please register by April 20th

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.

---

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

Stand Up For Forestry

Many of you will remember Harry Wiant. Dr. Wiant was the 1997 President of Society of American Foresters, one time chair of the Allegheny SAF and professor at West Virginia University and former Ibberson Chair professor at Penn State.

Below is a link to the Stand Up for Forestry booklet that the Allegheny printed in November 1996, as a collection of Harry's articles. Also the Penn State Extension offered a blog post discussing Dr. Wiant's talk by the same name.

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

Allegheny News Fall 2015

The Fall 2015 edition of the Allegheny News is available for downloading.

Click here to download

Go to the Newsletter webpage for other editions

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

Farewell to a Forester

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)

Download the words and hear the song.

SAF on Linkedin

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.