Fostering Old Forest Conditions Through Structural Complexity Enhancement

Penn State Extension; Pennsylvania Forest Online Seminar Series

Date: February 9, 2021                                                                                             Times: noon - 1:00 PM and 7:00 - 8:00 PM, eastern time. Questions often last an extra 15 to 20 minutes                                                                              Registration: REGISTER HERE FOR LIVE WEBINAR

Presentation summary: The vast majority of Pennsylvania’s forests are middle-aged, with most trees in a stand or forest community being of the same age, often around 100 years old. However, efforts to foster resiliency and favorable habitat conditions across the landscape, statewide, and regionally focus on the need to diversify forest succession at a large scale, creating more early-successional (young forest) and late-successional/old growth (older forest) conditions. Join Penn State Extension for Pennsylvania Forest Seminar: Fostering Old Forest Conditions Through Structural Complexity Enhancement webinar to get a better understanding of how with good management, creating young forest habitat is relatively straightforward, setting back succession through monitored disturbance (as with a timber harvest). But working toward older forest conditions can be a less straightforward process for landowners who want to foster those conditions through active management.

*** 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.