Tubing

With the huge amounts of snow that have fallen in the last two weeks the students were eager to try out the snow tubing at White Tail again. This year's course has a higher raised ending to prevent crashes into the fence, but the course is still fast. Check out the videos.

Burning the Woodpile

From time to time the Woodsmen's Team needs to dispose of the accumulated scraps from practice. Also, students in arboriculture have pruned a lot of branches around campus. But it's important to burn the pile safely. It just so happens that this weekend the area is being hit by a huge snowstorm. No chance of the fire getting away! The team members will monitor it overnight, though.

Brush Pile Burn THIS WEEKEND!

The brush pile burn is now scheduled for this weekend; 5:00pm on Friday till 12:00pm on Saturday, February 5th and 6th. Sign up for time slots with Tim or Ricky.

- Alex Lamoreaux

Brush Pile Burn Postponed

I am sad to announce that due to predicted weather conditions, the brush pile burn set to occur this Thursday night into Friday has to be postponed. Please check back here for information as to when the new date for this event will be......

- Alex Lamoreaux

Meeting today....

Today was out first club meeting this semester and basically we made plans for some events for the spring semester. The meeting went well and it seems that everyone is excited for our upcoming events.

To recap, here are some events we planned out:

Brush pile burn : January 22nd and then overnight till the 23rd

snow tubing : February 9th leaving the campus at 6:00pm, we will tube from 7 till 9 pm

Audubon Society meeting (Vernal Ponds) : meet at bus at 6:30pm

Alleghany SAF meeting in WV : February 16th till the 17th

Fishing Derby : April 11th

Be sure to check back often as we will try to make this blog more active.

-Alex Lamoreaux

Snow Tubing Again

Catch the action at White Tail last night. Everyone likes snow tubing, including the Mont Alto Forestry Club.

Saw-whet owl banding

Yesterday evening we braved the cold to go to King's Gap Environmental Center to observe the saw-whet owl banding operation. During the owl migration volunteers at several locations in PA participate in trapping birds in mist nets, taking measurements, banding unbanded birds, and then releasing them back in the wild.