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March 19, 2008
Tree Farm Inspector Certification Training Session
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Penn State University, Forest Resources Building, Room 106
University Park, PA
This session is for any forestry professional interested in being eligible to inspect and certify properties as Tree Farms. Those individuals wishing to become inspectors must attend a face to face certification training session. The training course provides CFE contact hours towards SAF Continuing Forestry Education. Help the American Tree Farm System get more good forestry on more private acres by becoming a certified Tree Farm inspector. Prior registration is required. Please contact Dave Jackson, Penn State Cooperative Extension at 814-355-4897 or CentreExt@psu.edu if you plan to attend.

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May

May 31, , 2008
Olver Family Tree Farm of the Year Tour
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Honesdale, Wayne County, PA
$12.00 lunch provided, pre-registration required.  Contact Jean Smith with the Wayne-Lackawanna Forest Landowners Association at 570-224-4848 or thefarm@ezaccess.net

September 2007, the Olver family was named the Pennsylvania Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year.  The award recognizes the outstanding forest management practices and outreach activities they have been implementing on their 566 acre Tall Timber Tree Farm.  The tour will highlight numerous activities including: Horse logging demonstration, harvesting equipment used, crown thinning, tree felling demonstration, and their conservation easement with the Nature Conservancy. 

Pre-registration required prior to May 15.  A pig-roast lunch will be available.  Registration is $12 for individual adults, $20 for couple, $6 for children 6-17 and free for younger children.  Directions to the event will be provided to all registrants.

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