Mechanized Logging Equipment Safety - NTHA

Date:             Nov. 7, 2014

Location:      Wayne Conservation District Office
                      648 Park St.
                      Honesdale, PA 18431

Time:            8:00am to 1:00pm (Doors Open: 7:30 am)           

Lunch:          Will be provided

Cost:             No Charge to Eastern Forestry Insurance Group Policy Holders
                     No charge for NTHA members (you must register with WJ Cox)
                     Others interested in attending - $75

Register:      YOU MUST REGISTER THROUGH WJ COX
                     If interested please register by contacting Michelle Conley at
                     1-800- 252-2502 or email to mconley@wjcox.com

Registration Deadline is November 5, 2014

This training 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.

Planning and Design of Stream Crossings

You are invited to attend our latest Live Webinar sponsored by: USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center.

Title: Planning and Design of Stream Crossings

What will you learn?
Participation in the webinar will build an understanding of the process and procedures required to successfully plan and design a stream crossing structure to meet the USDA NRCS Practice Standard, Code No. 578 - Stream Crossing. learn more here...

Session Details:
Oct 29, 2014 2:00 pm US/Eastern     Duration: 01:00 (hh:mm) 

 *** Please join the session 15 minutes prior to the start of the webinar. ***

Presenters/Authors:
Sally Bredeweg, P.E., Environmental Engineer, USDA NRCS West National Technology Support Center, Portland, OR
Dean Renner, P.E., Stream Mechanics Engineer (Retired), USDA NRCS Washington, Olympia, WA

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.

Making the Grade: Trees to Lumber

PA Forests Web Seminar Center

Date: October 14, 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:
 
Making the Grade is a presentation which shows the relationship between lumber grades, log grades and tree grades with respect to estimating the quality and quantity of lumber which one may expect to recover from the board, log, or tree, respectively. The presentation will cover basic information and does not require an in depth understanding of Forestry or Wood Products Manufacturing to understand the subject material. It is intended for small woodlot owners, farm woodlot owners, portable sawmill owners, public and municipal forest land managers, hunting camp wood land owners and other interested parties to help them better understand the Forest resource they own and/or work with.

Presented by: Lee Stover, Lead Consultant, L & E Stover Enterprises, Inc.

*** 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.