Crop Tree Management at Perkey Tree Farm

PA Forests Web Seminar Center

Date: May 14, 2019
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://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/centers/private-forests/outreach/pa-forests-web-seminar-center

Presentation summary:
Arlyn Perkey will share his insights and knowledge following nearly 3 decades of crop tree management research and practical application on his own property in SW Pennsylvania. Photos taken at the Pennsylvania Tree Farm of the Year Field Day, May 2018, along with "before" photos will be used to describe his applications and results in stands where crop tree management has been practiced over the past 27 years. In addition, Arlyn will discuss how invasive species have required additional prior and post-treatments he did not envision at the time of publication.

Presented by: Arlyn Perkey, retired US Forest Service Silviculturist and author of "Crop Tree Management in Eastern Hardwoods" and "Crop Tree Field Guide - Selecting and Managing Crop Trees in the Central Appalachians"

*** 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.

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.

 

Building on the basics: managing forests for uncertain future conditions

Cornell University - Forest Connect

Date: April 17, 2019
Time: noon - 1:00 PM, eastern time
         (Please note – this webinar is ONLY available at the noon hour session)

Registration: You need a free personal registration ID to join this month’s webinar:

https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5IRFqn7oSYm5D-Vyqb8-3Q

If prompted for a password use “Cornell”

After registration, which includes a question about whether you want CEU credits, you will receive the link to the webinar and a password. It should go without saying that you should retain this email. The registration email provides the link you will use the day of the webinar. 

Presentation summary:
A wide range of stressors and disturbances, such as invasive insects and diseases and extreme precipitation events, have increased the uncertainty around how to best manage forests to sustain their structure and functioning into the future. Although many novel conditions now exist in our forests, numerous historic and recent forest management approaches still have great utility in addressing these changing conditions. This webinar will present several examples of how past management approaches are being repurposed as adaptive management strategies to address the impacts of increasing drought, invasive insects, and other expected future changes to environmental conditions and disturbance regimes. Specific examples will include the use of thinning regimes to reduce drought impacts and ecological forestry approaches to address emerald ash borer and climate change impacts on northeastern forests.  

Presented By: Dr. Anthony W. D’Amato, Forestry Program, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont and Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center

*** 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.