The Festival Of Wood is returning to Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Historic Site in Pike County September 24 & 25.  The Festival is being held in connection with National Public Lands Day.

More details will be released about this family friendly event in the near future that celebrates Penn’s Woods and Pennsylvania’s nation-leading hardwoods industry.

The ancestral family home of Gifford Pinchot, who introduced scientific forestry to America and founded the USDA Forest Service, Grey Towers stands today as a natural resource leadership and education Center.

Pinchot also served as PA Forestry Commissioner and Governor of Pennsylvania for two terms.

For more information and a complete schedule of activities, visit the Grey Towers Festival of Wood webpage, call 570-296-9630 or send email to: info@greytowers.org.

For more information on programs, initiatives and other upcoming events, visit the Grey Towers Heritage Association.  Click Here to sign up for updates from the Association, Like them on Facebook, Follow them on Twitter, visit their YouTube Channel, become part of their Google+ Circle and follow them on Instagram.

Also visit the Grey Towers Historic Site website and the Pinchot Institute for Conservation website for information on its conservation research and policy programs.  Click Here to sign up for the Institute’s regular updates.

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-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation: Fall Meeting Nov. 12; American Chestnut Symposium Sept. 30-Oct.1; In Memoriam: Mark Knight

-- Penn State Extension: Walk In Penn’s Woods October 2

Related Articles This Week:

-- DCNR Blog: PA’s New Budget Includes Historic Investment In Conservation

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Beartown Woods Natural Area, Franklin County, Into Old-Growth Forest Network  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Youth Crew Working At Locust Lake State Park In Schuylkill County

-- PennDOT Receives National Recognition For Reconnecting Pittsburgh Communities Thru I-579 Recreation & Open Space Cap Project  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Awards Pennsylvania Water Trail Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Keystone Trails Association: Take Advantage Of A Variety Of Hiking Experiences And Volunteer For Trail Care Events Across PA  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Introducing New Paddling Guidebook For Lumber History On The West Branch Susquehanna River  [PaEN]

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Hosts Health Symposium July 30 [PaEN]

[Posted: July 13, 2022]

7/18/2022