Erosion and Sedimentation Control in our Forests Regional Workshop

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This workshop counts for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

Erosion Control in Our Forests

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This workshop counts for 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

 

ESM Dirt & Gravel Roads Workshop

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This workshop counts for 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance of Dirt & Gravel Roads

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This symposium counts for 8 hours (2years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

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This workshop counts for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

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This workshop counts for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

 

ESM Dirt & Gravel Roads Workshop

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This workshop counts for 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

Erosion & Sedimentation Control in our Forests

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This training counts for 8 hours (2 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

ESM Dirt and Gravel Roads Training

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This training counts for 8 hours (2 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

Penn State Forest Health Insect and Disease Briefing

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This conference counts for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

Best Management Practices (BMPs) Workshop

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This workshop counts for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

 

New York - Interference with the Regeneration of Hardwood Forests

Date: September 30
 
Location: Cornell University’s Arnot Teaching and Research Forest, 611 County Road 13, Van Etten, NY 14889 (Schuyler County) www.ArnotForest.info

Register: Pre-registration is required and is $20. Online registration closes September 28. Visit https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8J5G74551tVLlc1 Registration questions – Diana Bryant, 214 Fernow Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. 607-255 2115. DLT5@cornell.edu

Description: 
A day-long workshop that will (i) provide foresters and woodland owners information about the ecological role of American beech (and other interfering vegetation) and deer in limiting forest regeneration, and (ii) review herbicide, organic and fence management strategies to ensure effective regeneration. This workshop will help participants understand the ecological principles that underlie the complications of forest regeneration, especially the interaction of deer and interfering plants. Management strategies that limit exposure to deer impacts may reduce the need for herbicidal control of beech, and without deer control more vegetative control may be necessary. Addressing neither of these issues in a practical and viable manner will likely result in a failed attempt to regenerate an acceptable new stand.

The workshop will mix classroom and field lectures with presentations by Dr. Paul Curtis, Dr. Peter Smallidge, Brett Chedzoy and Kristi Sullivan.

Registration starts at 9:00AM with light refreshments, and the workshop starts promptly at 10:00AM. Final session concludes at 4:20PM. Bring a bag lunch. Bottled water will be provided. Visits to field sites will be by carpooling.

A detailed agenda is available as a blog at www.CornellForestConnect.ning.com

This workshop counts for 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

Danger Tree Workshops - The Process of Felling Danger Trees Safely

April 15, 2016 - Endeavor, PA (Warren County)
April 25, 2016 - Port Allegany, PA (McKean County)
April 27, 2016 - Clermont, PA (McKean County)

INSTRUCTOR: Kevin Snyder
REGISTRATION FEE: $40 (cash) paid day of workshop for any Non-WJ Cox Members. "No Shows" will be charged $40.

Please call Missie Geitner (814/594-9900) or Peter Sformo (716/560-0466) if you want to attend.

Four hour demonstration in the forest. All classes start at 12:00 noon. Hardhats are required. Dress appropriate for weather conditions (rain or shine).

DIRECTIONS:

Endeavor - Take Route 666 East from Endeavor, approximately ¼ miles from ITL’s sawmill turn left onto Queen Rd. Follow road and meet at the Compressor Station.

Port Allegany - From Port Allegany, go East on Rt. 6 to Benson Hollow Rd. It will be a left hand turn (from Port). Drive slowly through corn fields and houses and stay on that roadway that begins with blacktop, transitions to dirt and stone until you find our yellow gate (meeting point).

Clermont - Meet at the intersection of the Shawmut Grade Road and Wilcox Clermont Rd (Rte 146)

Each workshop counts for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. You can only attend one workshop for credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

ESM Dirt & Gravel Roads Workshop

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This workshop counts for 8 hours (2 year) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Individuals seeking C.E. credit must submit a completed Non-PA SFI Course C.E. credit form (this form may not be available at the workshop 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.

NY - Timber Harvesting Workshop

WHEN: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 9:00-11:00am

WHERE: Cedarvale Maple Syrup Co., 3796 Pleasant Valley Rd, Onondaga

REGISTER: The event is free, but registration is requested. Contact Roy Widrig at (315) 424-9485, ext. 232, or rlw294@cornell.edu to register.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County will host a timber harvesting and water quality workshop. The workshop will feature a woods walk through a recently harvested property. The landowner, a consulting forester and Extension staff will discuss the harvest, including using a consulting forester and implementing water quality conservation practices during a timber harvest.

Responsible land management practices are an important part of maintaining the pristine water quality in the Skaneateles Lake and surrounding watersheds. There are many state and federal regulations in place to conserve water quality at the site of a timber harvest, including stream crossing permits and protection of the Clean Water Act.

Landings, temporary roads and stream crossings must be constructed at all harvesting sites but must also be constructed to protect riparian zones, wetlands and vernal pools. In the Skaneateles Lake watershed, there are additional requirements to protect the water quality and maintain the city of Syracuse’s water supply filtration waiver.

Participants are encouraged to arrive by 8:30 a.m., and the workshop will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Some of the terrain may be difficult, so participants should plan accordingly, wear appropriate footwear and be prepared for inclement weather.

More information is available in the Protection of Waters Program from the state Department of Environmental Conservation and by visiting extendonondaga.org/watershed. 

This workshop has been approved for 2 hours (0.5 years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. You must complete 2 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 (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.
 

Game of Logging Training - NEW YORK

The Arnot Forest is hosting the following Game of Logging Trainings:

Game of Logging - Level 1: September 17, 2015
Game of Logging - Level 2: September 18, 2015

Support for these courses being provided by the NY Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health. The fee is $25 per course. Registration is required by calling (800) 343-7527. Dial 6 at the telephone introduction and you’ll be transferred to an operator; ask for ‘Game of Logging’. All registration and workshop details are being handled by NYCAMH.

Participants should plan to arrive at the Arnot Forest south gate, Banfield Road, by 7:45 AM on the day of their training. The training session will usually conclude by 4:30PM, although the exact duration depends on the number of participants.

A map to the Arnot Forest is available at www.ArnotForest.info.
Google Maps provides the correct location https://goo.gl/yEJGgv
Or use this latitude/longitude 42.2642252,-76.6275787

Dress for the weather, as the entire training session is outdoors. Participants receive a packet of fact sheets the day of the training. Please bring the following items with you to the training session:

• Hardhat, eye protection, ear protection (a logger’s helmet is recommended)
• Safety (cut resistant) chaps or pants
• Lunch
• Water bottle or canteen
• Chainsaw, although you can also borrow the instructor’s saw.

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 and take it with you), 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.
 

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.

47th Annual Loggers & Sawmillers Safety Meeting

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This meeting counts for 4 hours (1 year) of PA SFI Continuing Educaiton (C.E.) credit. Participants must pre-register on the PA SFI website (http://sfiofpa.org/course-registration.php). The entire class and meeting must be attended to receive 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.

ESM Dirt & Gravel Roads Workshop

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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.

2015 Private Forest Landowner Conference: The Future of Penn's Woods

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This conference can count for up to 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. Credit forms will be available at the conference. It must be completed at the conference and sent to the PA SFI® office along with a $20 administrative fee (Check made payable to “PA SIC”). 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.