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.