Joseph T. Rothrock III , Alex Day , and Joseph Banard, PFA Treasurer.

Alex Day, Penn Nursery’s Forest Nursery Operations Manager for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, received the Pennsylvania Forestry Association’s Dr. Joseph Trimble Rothrock Conservationist of the Year Award at the association's 120th Annual Meeting.

Day spent his formative years in McVeytown (the birthplace of Rothrock), and graduated from the Penn State School of Forest Resources. Following service in both the Peace Corps and the Army, he joined DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry in 1971.

His career with DCNR includes assignments with the Forest Advisory Services in Harrisburg and as forester on the Michaux and Coudersport districts. He has been at Penn Nursery, his current position, since 1989. During Day's tenure at the nursery millions of vigorous forest tree seedlings have been produced for reforestation efforts throughout the State.

Dr. Rothrock, often referred to as the "Father of Forestry in Pennsylvania," was the first president of The Pennsylvania Forestry Association-the nation's oldest state organization devoted to forest conservation.

The award, a tribute and affirmation of the life and contributions of Dr. Rothrock, recognizes the recipient's outstanding contributions to the conservation of the Commonwealth's forest resource.

10/27/2006