Assessing Your Forest: TUSAF

PA Forests Web Seminar Center

Date: June 9, 2015
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 Treatment Unit Sustainability Assessment Form (TUSAF) provides forest landowners and forestry practitioners with a tool to assess whether a planned or completed timber harvest will yield a sustainable outcome, when used in conjunction with the TUSAF Decision Key. Learn how to assess how changes in canopy closure, average tree diameter, tree quality, and species composition, combined with regeneration, interfering plants, and deer impacts affect sustainable forest outcomes.

Presented by: Dr. Jim Finley, Ibberson Professor of Forest Management, Penn State Department of Ecosystem Science and 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 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.

Using forestry herbicides to control woody vegetation: a review of principles and recent research

ForestConnect Webinar  

Date: May 20, 2015
Times: noon - 1:00 PM and 7:00 - 8:00 PM, eastern time. Questions often last an extra 15 to 20 minutes

Registration: http://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/events/forestconnect-webinar-intro-to-silviculture?xg_source=activity

You need a personal registration ID to join this webinar. There is unlimited space for participants, the ID simply provides you the necessary access code. If prompted for a password, use ForestConnect1 (the word “ForestConnect” and the number “1”, without spaces and capitalize the first “F” and the first “C”). If you want CE credit documentation for PA SFI, please provide that information on the registration page

Presentation summary:

Forestry labeled herbicides are a low risk and effective means of controlling undesirable forest vegetation in northern hardwood forestry. They can be used for achieving many objectives including: establishing desirable regeneration, increasing tree growth and timber production, creating and enhancing wildlife habitat, and controlling non-native/invasive plants. This presentation will highlight forestry herbicide application methods, products, and treatment guidelines for controlling interfering vegetation as well as provide an update on a number of herbicide research projects that examined basal bark application rates, frill girdle control of black birch, and beech root sucker control. 

     Supplemental material: 

                   PSU Forestry Herbicides Manual  http://extension.psu.edu/publications/uh174

                                PSU Use of Basal Bark Herbicide Treatments  http://extension.psu.edu/publications/ee0059

 
Presented by: David R. Jackson, Penn State Cooperative Extension

*** 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 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.

National Firewood Workshop - New York

Date: May 7, 2015
Time: 8:00 am to 3:30 pm (demonstrations run until 5:00pm)
Cost: $25/person (includes lunch and break refreshments)
Location: William Smith, Jr. Extension Center of the Albany County Cooperative Extension Office, Voorheesville, NY
Registration:
http://outreach.cnr.ncsu.edu/ncwood/web_pages/firewood_workshop_2015.php

Contact: Harry Watt
               Wood Products Specialist, NC State University
               (704) 880-5034
               harry_watt@ncsu.edu

This workshop focuses on the business aspects of the firewood industry in utilizing low grade trees in rural and urban forests to produce firewood.

National professionals will lead the discussions on the firewood industry associations that promote and support businesses in the firewood industry, equipment options to process trees into firewood products, recent firewood drying studies conducted at SUNY Syracuse, options for dry kilns suitable for drying firewood, wood stove design and emission issues, insect problems and quarantines and business success ideas for firewood processors and buyers.

The workshop will have a group of firewood processors and wrapping equipment on site that will be giving demonstrations of converting logs into split firewood

This workshop has been approved for 8 hours (2 years) 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 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.

Hardwood Log Bucking - NTHA

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This workshop has been approved for 8 hours (2 years) 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 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.

First Aid & CPR Training - NTHA

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This training qualifies for the PA SFI core training requirement. Please be sure to submit a copy of your First Aid & CPR training cards if you wish to receive credit. NOTE: Continuing education credits are not given for First Aid and CPR training.

Erosion & Sedimentation Control In Our Forests

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This training counts for 8 hours (2 years) 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 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.

Intro to Silviculture

ForestConnect Webinar  

Date: April 15, 2015
Times: noon - 1:00 PM and 7:00 - 8:00 PM, eastern time. Questions often last an extra 15 to 20 minutes

Registration: http://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/events/forestconnect-webinar-intro-to-silviculture?xg_source=activity

You need a personal registration ID to join this webinar. There is unlimited space for participants, the ID simply provides you the necessary access code. If prompted for a password, use ForestConnect1 (the word “ForestConnect” and the number “1”, without spaces and capitalize the first “F” and the first “C”). If you want CE credit documentation for PA SFI, please provide that information on the registration page

Presentation summary:
In this webinar attendees will hear about the two primary elements of silviculture: regeneration methods and intermediate treatments.  These elements are used at specific times to guide the growth of woodlands and allow landowners and land managers to achieve their desired objectives. This program is intended to provide landowners and foresters insight into how the natural growth of woodlands can be modified to efficiently produce high-quality timber, wildlife habitat, aesthetic landscapes, or recreational opportunities

Presented by: Dr. David McGill, Forest Resources Professor & Extension Specialist, West Virginia University

 *** 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 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.

Forest Soils

PA Forests Web Seminar Center

Date: April 14, 2015
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: 

This webinar will present some fundamentals of forest soils and how they impact tree growth and forest health. Topics include: site index, soil texture, soil moisture, erosion, and harvesting impacts on soils.  In addition, the use of on-line soil surveys will be explored.

Presented by: Rick Stehouwer, Professor of Environmental Soil Science, Penn State Department of Ecosystem Science and 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 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.