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.

22th Annual Forestry and Wildlife Conference

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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.

Regional Symposium - Opportunities for Underutilized Wood: Energy and Products (West Virginia)

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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.

21st Annual Forestry and Wildlife Conference

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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.

 

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.

20th Annual Forestry and Wildlife Conference

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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.

National Firewood Workshop - MD

Date: April 21, 2016
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Where: Western Maryland Research & Education Center in Keedysville, MD (near Hagerstown)
Cost: $30 (before April 11, and $40 afterwards)
Registration: https://extension.umd.edu/events/thu-2016-04-21-0900-national-firewood-workshop

Workshop Summary: 
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. More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-firewood-workshop-tickets-21429848253 

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.

Woodlot Management Workshop - Cutting Forests for Timber & Wildlife

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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.

Advanced Logger Rescue Training - FREE

The PA SFI Professional Timber Harvester Training Program is offering the Advanced Logger Rescue Training in partnership with the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy at 3 locations this fall.

Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 8:00 am:
               Indiana Fire Association
              1555 Indian Springs Rd
               Indiana, PA 15701

Saturday, September 26, 2015 @ 8:00 am:
               Fairchance Fire Department
               31 Pittsburgh St
               Fairchance, PA 15436

Sunday, September 27, 2015 @ 8:00 am:
               Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department
               385 Ord St
               Salisbury, PA 15558


The course is geared to prepare firefighters, EMS personnel, foresters, and loggers in taking action to reduce severity of injury and increase the loggers chance of survival after a logging accident. Advance Logger Rescue is a program that teaches all participants how to handle an "in woods" rescue from the time a person has not arrived home until they are at a Level-1 Trauma Center.

Instructor Dana Hinkley is a retired captain (specializing in heavy rescue) from the Berlin, NH Fire Department. He has also spent the last 35 years working in the logging business with his father. Dana has developed the Logger Rescue courses and has trained hundreds of loggers, foresters and EMS personnel throughout the United State and Canada.

Attendance is FREE, but pre-registration is mandatory. Lunch will be provided. Class is delivered regardless of weather. 

No walk-ins will be permitted! No late or faxed enrollments will be accepted!

DOWNLOAD COURSE APPLICATION HERE

For additional info or applications you can contact: 

PA State Fire Academy

Lou Ann May 

1150 Riverside Drive, Lewistown, PA 17044 

lomay@pa.gov or 717-247-3753

Students will need to bring the following equipment for class: Personal protective equipment; hardhat, work gloves, safety glasses, safety-toe foot protection, work clothers appropriate for the weather.

Each training 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 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.

2014 Forest Products Executive Development 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 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.

Hardwood Lumber Grading Short Course

The McKeever Environmental Learning Center in Sandy Lake, PA, located 1 hour north of Pittsburgh will host a Hardwood Lumber Grading Short Course July 21-24, 2014.

The cost of the course is $415.00.  This includes food, lodging, instruction and materials.  To ensure personalized attention, enrollment is limited to 25 participants.  Registration will be on a first come, first served basis.

The instructor is Barry Kibbey, inspector and instructor from the National Hardwood Lumber Association.

The first day will be spent in thorough explanation and group discussion of NHLA rules and procedures for the inspection and measurement of hardwood lumber and the requirements for various grades.  The next three days are spent in actual grading and individualized instruction.

The McKeever Center is located in western Pennsylvania and is readily accessible from Interstates 79 and 80.  For more information, call, email or write:

McKeever Environmental Learning Center

55 McKeever Lane

Sandy Lake, PA 16145

724/376-1000

724/376-8235 (Fax)

info@mckeever.org 

www.mckeever.org

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 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.

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Community Training Workshops

Where / When?
                           March 18, 2014 - West Chester University (Chester County)
                                                                           Register by March 14, 2014
                           April 16, 2014 - Greenwood Furnace State Park (Huntingdon County)
                                                                           Register by  April 11, 2014
                           May 14, 2014 - North Park Lodge, Allegheny County (near Pittsburgh)
                                                                           Register by May 9, 2014
                           June 18, 2014 - Mansfield University (Tioga County)
                                                                           Register by  June 13, 2014
                           (8:30 am to 4:00 pm) - Refreshments will be provided

Cost:                 Free

Register:          Phone (717) 783-2066
                          Email cshafer@pa.gov

For more information: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/insectsdisease/eab/index.htm

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.

How To Keep Your Logger Boots Clean Workshop

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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 SFI SIC”) to the PA SFI office. Forms will be made available at the workshop. 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.

2013 Forest Products Executive Development Workshop

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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 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.

Hardwood Lumber Grading Short Course

McKeever Environmental Learning Center
July 22-25, 2013

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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-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.

Timber 2013 - June 7 & 8

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Timber Show will be at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days site at Rock Springs, Pa., nine miles southwest of State College on Pa. Route 45. Centrally located and easily accessible to forest product companies in Pennsylvania and surrounding states, this biennial event is the largest forest product equipment show in the state, with up to 100 exhibitors expected. The show features in-the-woods equipment demonstrations, a skidder drive area, grinder & chippers demos, and educational workshops. Entertainment includes Penn State Woodsmen’s Team and chainsaw carving.

Attendees can explore the equipment and services of an estimated 100-plus exhibitors that are focused on serving the needs of the forest products industry. See up-close machinery demonstrations, experience new and emerging technology, visit with business assistance specialists, and attend seminars to learn about new ideas and business opportunities—all without an admission or parking charge.

Timber 2013 is co-hosted by the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association and Penn State. Timber 2013 primary sponsors include AgChoice Farm Credit, Foster F. Wineland/John Deere, Keystone Wood Products Association, Pendu, and Taylor Machine Works Inc.

For more information visit the Timber 2013 website: http://agsci.psu.edu/timber.

Each day of the show, a PA SFI CE Update Course will be held providing one (1) year (4 hours) of PA SFI continuing education credit. The course is free, but a $20 administrative fee is required to register the credits.

The Pennsylvania SFI CE Update course will cover a variety of environmental and safety topics current to Pennsylvania Timber Harvesters and will include both classroom presentation and in-the-field study. Program Manager Chuck Coup will give an update on the PA SFI program and review new website services that make finding and registering for continuing education easier. Mike Barton Jr, of Michael Barton Forestry Consulting will discuss regulations related to the Indiana bat and recent issues surrounding the potential listing of 3 other bat species in Pennsylvania. Jim Coslo, Resource Conservation Supervisor with the Centre County Conservation District, will demonstrate the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Index (PNDI) Environmental Review Tool and its role in permitting for stream crossings. The course will also include a discussion on storm damage and salvage safety. Dave Jackson, Forest Resource Educator with Penn State Extension, will lead a field tour of the nearby Penn State woodlot to discuss silviculture and Best Management Practices for harvesting and forest roads.

2013 Private Forest Landowners Conference: The Future of Penn's Woods

Date:      May 10, 2013 to May 11, 2013

Where:   Blair County Convention Center,
                Convention Center Blvd
                Altoona, PA, 16648

Contact: Allyson Muth (abm173@psu.edu)

                Phone 814-865-3208   

The first statewide Private Forest Landowners' Conference, hosted by the Center for Private Forests in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will be held May 10-11, 2013, at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, PA, and bring together people who want to demonstrate a commitment to forest sustainability.

Conference Features

• Focus on education and outreach
• Displays from organizations recognizing a need to promote healthy forests
• Up to ninety-nine concurrent sessions in the following presentation tracks:

                           Forest finance
                           Forest legacy
                           Forest history
                           Backyard woods
                           Woods wildlife
                           Forest health
                           Tending and management
                           Wood products
                           Making your woods accessible
                           Forests and water
                           Forest recreation
                           Aesthetics and biodiversity
                           Forest policy and advocacy

• Friday morning tours to varied sites in the region
• Friday night banquet where attendees can socialize over common interests
• Nationally-known keynote speakers on forest conservation and care

This conference 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 meeting 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.

Harrisonville Chainsaw Operator Workshop

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This workshop counts for 8 hours (2 years) of PA SFI® Continuing Education (C.E.) credit. It does not count as a substitute for Game of Logging level 1. 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.