Controlling Understory Fern Competition for Regeneration Success

Cornell University - Forest Connect

Date: July 15, 2020
Time: noon - 1:00 PM, eastern time
           and 7:00 - 8:00 PM

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

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

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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:
Areas of hardwood forests across the Great Lakes region, and throughout the Northeast contain dense understories of fern, in particular, hay-scented and New York ferns. Dense fern understories are often biological deserts, lacking plant and wildlife diversity, and provide little food and cover for wildlife. Dense fern understories also interfere with the regeneration of hardwood forests, threatening their sustainability across the region. This presentation will cover how to identify the most problematic ferns, why they are a problem, and what the best control methods are.

Presented By:
David R. Jackson, Penn State University Cooperative Extension 

*** 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.

COVID-19 Contactless Solution for the Wood Products Industry

FRA's Summer Webinar Program

Date: June 18, 2020
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 PM
Registration: You must pre-register for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GKzTwMOjQvGLP6hpsfVTgg

Presentation summary:

In the forest products industry today, there are millions of transactions throughout the supply chain, from loader to hauler and from the hauler to scale sites, along with other locations. Many of these transactions involve paper tickets and manual interface with kiosks or computers that are being touched by numerous individuals.

In this webinar, Jeff Widmer of Trimble Forestry will address this global problem that is being brought to the forefront by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many areas around the world now require contactless electronic and/or paperless entry of data by personal smartphones. Jeff will review this new way of thinking on the way companies do business in the future.

Presented By: Jeff Widmer of Trimble Forestry

*** 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.

Control or Consequence: The Plague of American Beech

Cornell University - Forest Connect

Date: June 17, 2020
Time: noon - 1:00 PM, eastern time
           and 7:00 - 8:00 PM

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:
American beech has historically grown in the understory of northern hardwood forests. Early experiments showed that unless controlled prior to cutting in the overstory, understory beech would interfere with regeneration and development of other species, and come to dominate the smaller size classes. Protracted browsing by white-tailed deer exacerbated the problem in some areas. Further, as Beech Bark Disease spread across the region, the prevalence and density of understory beech root suckers increased, as has their interference with tree seedlings and herbs. As a consequence, ecosystems have become vegetatively less complex. Both herbicide applications and cutting can reduce understory beech interference, facilitating seedling establishment of other species. But new root suckers emerge from residual beech of mid- and upper-canopy positions, and these in turn limit survival and development of non-beech species that may initially become established. Lasting control has depended on complete removal of beech. Otherwise, new understory root suckers develop in the stands, and these eventually come to dominate the stand.

Presented By:
Dr. Ralph Nyland, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus – Silviculture
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

*** 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.