A ten-part online Pennsylvania Forest Seminar Series hosted by Penn State Extension will begin its 17th season on September 10 with a program on using geographic information systems to track forest management at Noon and 7:00 p.m.

Pennsylvania Forest Online Web Seminar series will be held once a month from September through June on the second Tuesday of each month.  Participants have the option to view live webinars at Noon or 7:00 p.m..

Since the online seminar series began in 2008, over 22,000 forest landowners and forestry professionals have attended the webinars live with several thousand more viewing recordings of the presentations. 

The online seminar series is geared toward private forest landowners as well as the general public and covers a variety of topics throughout the year related not only to forest and wildlife management but also water, wood products, and more.

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Registration is not open yet for these webinars, but if you would like to receive an email invitation to the webinars go online and sign up to receive the Woods and Wildlife News which comes out every two months.

Notifications for the online seminar series will be received by everyone who gets the Woods & Wildlife News and Notes newsletter from Penn State Extension.

Each online seminar will show up on Penn State Extension's website as well.

If you are new to watching online seminars, go to Penn State Extension's website and create an account with Penn State Extension. 

Once you create an account you can choose from a wide variety of topic areas that you would like to receive information about.

Below is the list of webinars that are scheduled for the 24-25 series year.  The webinars are free to watch but registration is required.  Some of the topics are confirmed and a few are still waiting for final details.

-- September 10:  Using Geographic Information Systems to Track Management and Assess Attributes of Forested  Property

-- October 8:  Basic Wood ID for Common Hardwoods Using a Hand Lens

-- November 12:  Update on Carbon Credit Programs for PA

-- December 10:  Invasive Toolkit for Landowners

-- January 14:  Our Unique Native Populations of Brook Trout

-- February 11:  Tree Communication

-- March 11:  Hazard Tree Analysis

-- April 8:  Forest Resilience Scorecard for PA

-- May 13:  Tree Nuts in Pennsylvania

-- June 10:  The Use of Slash Walls to Exclude Deer and Regenerate Native Forest Tree Species

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Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn about many other educational opportunities.

[Posted: July 24, 2024]

7/29/2024