Ensuring Water Quality in Your Watershed

A workshop on high priority watershed issues affecting water quality and quantity across Pennsylvania. Topics include: Green Infrastructure, Riparian Buffers & Maintenance, Invasive Species Management and Control.




When:    Monday, June 9, 2014
               8:00 am - 4:00 PM

Where:  York Water Company
               Education Center
               296 Hess Farm Road
               York, PA 17403

          OR

When:   Thursday, June 12, 2014
              8:00 am - 4:00 PM

Where:  Tom Ridge Environmental Center
               301 Peninsula Drive
               Erie, Pennsylvania 16505

Additional Information and Registration: http://extension.psu.edu/watershed-quality

Each workshop has been approved for 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. YOU CAN ONLY ATTEND ONE SESSIONS FOR CREDIT. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the training so you will need to print it out beforehand), 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.

Game of Logging Training - NTHA

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Each Game of Logging workshop counts for 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Additionally, Game of Logging 1 is a Core Requirement of PA SFI Training. Individuals seeking C.E. or Core training credit must submit a completed Non-SFI Course C.E. credit form(this form may not be available at the training so you will need to print it out beforehand), 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.

NOTE: The registration fees for these Game of Logging 1 training courses are not eligible for reimbursement through PA SFI.

Laser Technology Training - NTHA

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This workshop has been approved for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the training so you will need to print it out beforehand), 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.

Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop in West Virginia

The US Forest Service Wood Education and Resource Center in Princeton, WV is hosting the Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop on Thursday, April 17th, 2014 at the WERC in Princeton, WV. This is a nationally focused firewood workshop that is the best educational and networking event for the firewood industry in 2014.

This one day event has top level presenters leading discussions on sourcing firewood logs, firewood processors and packing equipment, firewood dry kiln drying options, better firewood marketing, the impact of insect quarantines, new firewood stove emissions regulations and testimonials of firewood business owners. The workshop registration fee is $25 per person and includes a buffet lunch.

The workshop invites vendors to set up information tables and outdoor demonstrations at no extra charge. Harry Watt, Wood Products Specialist at North Carolina State University, is the contact person for the Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop, phone 704-880-5034, email harry_watt@ncsu.edu . Additional information can be found at http://www.cnr.ncsu.edu/fb/extension/ncwood/Firewood_Workshop_2014.php.

Please forward this information to anyone you think would find the workshop of interest. This workshop attracts firewood industry professionals from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border as the USFS WERC serves the thirty-five states east of the Great Plains.

Contact the PA SFI office to discuss obtaining Continuing Education (C.E.) credit for this workshop.

46th Annual Loggers & Sawmillers Safety Meeting

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TO REGISTER: http://sfiofpa.org/course-registration.php

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/KALSCommittee

This meeting has been approved for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. YOU MUST ATTEND THE ENTIRE CLASS AND MEETING FOR CREDIT. 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.

Concepts of Forest Declines and the Search For Resistance To Beech Bark Disease and Butternut Canker

PA Forests Web Seminar Center

Topic: Concepts of Forest Declines and the Search For Resistance To Beech Bark Disease and Butternut Canker
Date: April 8, 2014
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:

Opportunities to locate and select for disease resistance to Beech Bark Disease and Butternut Canker will be presented in the context of understanding the role of tree and forest decline events in a changing world of weather extremes and introduction of exotic pests and disease agents. Included in the presentation will be examples of current exotic and native pests and diseases on important mixed hardwood and conifer forests. Mention of important selection pressure challenges across North America will be presented in an effort to show how forest conditions are constantly changing in reaction to current selection pressures.

Presented by: Thomas J. Hall, PhD., Plant Pathologist/Forest Pathologist, DCNR, Bureau of Forestry, Division of Forest Pest Management

*** 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.