Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and Women And Their Woods graduates, friends and professionals for presentations, networking opportunities and hands-on field demonstrations on April 25 and 26, 2015, in Milford, Pike County.

Saturday activities are open to women forest landowners (or aspiring landowners) and include: A guided tour of the Grey Towers mansion and history of Gifford and Cornelia Pinchot’s work in conservation; ‘Threats to the Forest’ presentation by Dr. Beth Brantley, Penn State - Mont Alto; Networking with program leaders and participants from across the region; and Catered lunch and snack break.

Sunday activities are open to all and include: An introduction to the Milford Experimental Forest and plans to reintroduce the American chestnut; Proper tree seedling planting techniques and hands-on planting of American chestnut seedlings on this historic property; and Catered lunch.

The Women and their Woods program is a network of forest landowners and professionals who work together in order to cultivate women’s connections to and care of healthy forests. Through newsletters, meetings and workshops, forest landowners learn about forest management topics such as forest ecology, tree identification, forest hydrology, wildlife habitat, and silviculture as well as network and learn from professionals and forest landowner mentors.

The Women and Their Woods program is administered by the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and Penn State Natural Resources Extension with support from the U.S. Forest Service at Grey Towers and the PA Forest Stewardship Program.

The workshop is free and includes lunch on both days. Registration deadline is April 1, 2015.

For more information or to register for the event, contact Amanda Subjin at the Delaware Highlands Conservancy by sending email to: conserve@delawarehighlands.org or 570-226-3164 x2 or visit the Conservancy’s Women In Their Woods webpage. 

3/2/2015