Utilizing Consumer-Grade GPS Technology on Your Private Forestlands

PA Forests Web Seminar Center

Topic: Utilizing Consumer-Grade GPS Technology on Your Private Forestlands
Date: December 10, 2013
Times: noon - 1:00 PM and 7:00 - 8:00 PM, eastern time. Questions often last an extra 15 to 20 minutes

Registration:
Presentation URL (for both times): https://meeting.psu.edu/PAForestWeb/
Handouts, PowerPoints and Recorded Presentations will be available at
http://extension.psu.edu/private-forests/tools-resources/webinars

Presentation summary: The dawn of the 21^st Century ushered in the era of accessible Consumer-Grade GPS receivers for private forest landowners.  Consumer-Grade, also known as Recreation-Grade and/or Civilian-Grade, GPS receivers have become reasonably priced, user friendly and capable of meeting the accuracy standards required for forestland management.  A Consumer-Grade GPS receiver paired with free software is a powerful solution that empowers a landowner to map, delineate, archive, analyze and navigate their forest.  Join me as I demonstrate how to marry Consumer-Grade GPS hardware with software technologies.  This webinar will provide participants a baseline understanding of how to purchase and use a Consumer-Grade GPS receiver.

Presented by: Brent A. Harding, Forester, Penn State Dept. of Ecosystem Science & Mgmt.

*** Please note: Continuing Education credits are not available for reviewing recorded webinars. You must participate in the live seminar to receive credit.

This webinar counts for 1 hour of PA SFI Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. You must complete 3 additional hours of C.E. credit to add 1 year to your training card expiration date. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-SFI Course C.E. credit form (Please request that the webinar administrator send PA SFI confirmation of your participation), a course agenda or certificate of completion, and a $20 administrative fee (Check made payable to “PA SFI SIC”) to the PA SFI office. Continuing Education credit can only extend your PA SFI Training Card expiration date by a maximum of 3-years from the current calendar year. Please refer to the PA SFI Training Policy for a complete description of the program requirements.

Online Mapping Tools for the Natural Resource Professional: My Land Plan

Session Details:Dec 4, 2013 12:00 pm US/Eastern     Duration: 01:00 (hh:mm)
*** Please join the session 15 minutes prior to the start of the webinar. ***

Presenters/Authors:
James Jeuck, Forestry Extension Associate, NC State University

What will you learn?
This section covers the new American Forestry Foundation / American Tree Farm System land planning tool, My Land Plan. This is a full service planning and information sourcing / sharing tool for private forest landowner. This tool creates forestland projects that include basic mapping of land features and goal development for those features. Important documents relating to the land plan can be loaded and a journal can be kept and shared with the My Land Plan Community. Throughout, there are numerous ways to obtain detailed information including an “ask the expert” where professionals may contribute in peer to peer information sharing. learn more here...

Webinar Access Instructions!
To participate, go to www.forestrywebinars.net, conservationwebinars.net or bioenergyenergywebinars.net on the day of the webinar and following the instructions.

Sponsored by: NCSU Extension Forestry, Southern Region Extension Forestry, Texas Agrilife Extension.


This webinar counts for 1 hour of PA SFI Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. You must complete 3 additional hours of C.E. credit to add 1 year to your training card expiration date. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-SFI Course C.E. credit form (Please request that the webinar administrator send PA SFI confirmation of your participation), a course agenda or certificate of completion, and a $20 administrative fee (Check made payable to “PA SFI SIC”) to the PA SFI office. Continuing Education credit can only extend your PA SFI Training Card expiration date by a maximum of 3-years from the current calendar year. Please refer to the PA SFI Training Policy for a complete description of the program requirements.