Forstry Club Meeting January 14 2013

Forstry Club Meeting January 14th 2013

 

Wednesday, January 16th is the club fair in the Mill.

Tosh and Maddie are planning a presentation on their trip to California; Date pending.

Friday, January 25th a tentative hike is planned to hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail.

Saturday, January 26th with be Maple syrup harvest training at Strawberry Hill Farm.

Throughout February the Forestry Club will be sponsoring movie nights showing "Queen of Trees" and "Winged Migration".

Friday, February 8th will be the Eco-Park crop tree release. Members needed for a brush crew and chainsaw crew.

Friday, March 15th there will be a tree shelter removal taking place on the Michaux, time to be announced.

Thursday, February 21st the Allegheny SAF meeting will be taking place in Johnstown.

 

Forestry Club Secretary

Ethan Mansfield

Wild Wyoming Presentation

Stuart Garbett recounted his adventures in Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Teton National Forest in Wyoming. He got some excellent pictures of buffalo, grizzly bears, wolves, and coyotes during his hikes. He highly recommended for fellow students to look for jobs in out of the way places to be able to experience the outdoors. Thanks Stuart!

For some reason people still wanted to sit towards the back!

Here are two of Stuart's favorite pictures.

Oak Road Cleanup

 

 

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Oak Road cleanup today. It's amazing what people throw out. It's great to make the Michaux State Forest a cleaner, more natural place.

Forestry Club Minutes

Tuesday, November 27

Upcoming dates to remember:

Friday, November 30th Oak Road Clean-up at 2:30pm
Meet at the base of Oak Road.

Potential hike on Sunday, December 2

There will be a talk on Yellow Stone in the auditorium on Wednesday, December 5th at 7:30.

On Friday, December 7 at 1:00-4:30 we will be cleaning the Eco park. This will be followed by dinner!

Forestry Club Secretary,
Ethan Mansfield

Forestry Club Minutes

Forestry Club events from today's meeting.
The next forestry club meeting will be on Tuesday November 27th at noon.

The Cub Scout tree walk was a success thanks to Tosh teaching the scouts on Sunday October 21st.

This Sunday November 11th, we will be cleaning up Rattlesnake Run Road at 1:00pm.

On Thursday November 29th, Stewart will be speaking in the library at 7:00pm on Yellow Stone.

The club will be having an Oak Road clean-up on November 30th starting at 2:30pm. Following this will be pizza at 4:00pm.

On Sunday December 2nd, the club will be having a hike followed by food.

On Friday December 7th the Franklin County Extension Office and Bureau of Forestry are cleaning up the Eco Park at 1:00pm. We need help to cut and clear tree debris.

Forestry Club Minutes

Thank you for all who attended yesterday's meeting.

The next meeting will be held Tuesday, November 6th at 5 PM.

 

Many things were discussed for those who missed out.

This Sunday, October 21st at Mont Alto Park we will be helping cub scouts learn trees for a merit badge.

If anyone is interested please let myself or Maddie know.

 

Next Tuesday, October 23rd there is a Keystone Society of American Foresters meeting being held on campus.

This event will be at 7 PM. There will be a Gamebird Biologist speaking and this event is highly recommended

for all freshman in the club.

 

Also next week on Thursday, October 25th Dr.Brantley will be speaking in Gettysburg on the various types of trees

and shrubs located on the battlefield.

  

Planning ahead, we have Oak Road clean-up on November 30th. Please come help keep your local community clean.

 

Forestry Club Seretary

Ethan Mansfield

Working with Cub Scouts on Forestry

This past Sunday the Penn State Mont Alto Forestry club worked with a Webelos Cub Scout pack on their Forester activity. Meeting at the pavilion at Mont Alto State Park we discussed the importance of forests for conservation. Then we had a tree walk to identify six tree species and other plants, including pines, oaks, and sassafras. We certainly had a chance to identify poison ivy! The park is full of it.

It was a great day to enjoy the outdoors and our beautiful state parks. I think the seven Cub Scouts and their parents had a great time. Thanks to Tosh Rung for sharing his tree knowledge.