The Foundation for Sustainable Forests, a land trust based in Crawford County, will be hosting its annual conference “Loving the Land Through Working Forests,” an in-the-field outreach event, on May 20.  

The event celebrates sustainable forestry and showcases how active management can benefit both people and the land.

Located at the Foundation’s newly protected Moxie Woods near Greenville in Otter Creek Township, Mercer County, the day will include educational woods walks, horse-logging demonstrations, activities for children and an exciting speaker series for adults.

Featured presenters include Dr. James Finley of Pennsylvania State University, who will open the day with an address titled “Your Forest: Living and Working in the Future.” 

The program to follow includes sustainable forestry woods walks with FSF President Troy Firth and guest presenter Marshall Pecore, Forest Manager at the Menominee Forest in Wisconsin, “Forestry for Birds” and “Native Planting for Native Pollinators” with Moxie Woods donor Jean Engle and naturalist Terry Lobdell, and “Woodland Legacy Planning” with Allyson Muth of The Center for Private Forests and Nadia Havard, Esq. of Knox Law.

All are welcome! The event costs $15, and is free for children under 14.  A picnic lunch is provided for all in attendance.

For all the details, visit the Loving the Land Through Working Forests Conference webpage.  Questions should be directed to 814-694-5830 or send email to: info@forestsandpeople.org.

The Foundation for Sustainable Forests is a nonprofit land trust and sustainable forestry outreach organization working throughout western Pennsylvania, western New York and northeastern Ohio.  Click Here to support the Foundation.

Founded in 2004 by Troy and Lynn Firth of Spartansburg, PA, its mission is to protect forested land and ecosystems and support rural communities through working forests, to raise awareness of the importance of conserving forested ecosystems, and to highlight sustainable forestry practices for the benefit of the land.

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