January 11, 2018
This 72-page, full-color guide provides in-depth practical information to help landowners and natural resource professionals identify and treat invasive plants often found in fields, forests, and woodlots.
January 11, 2018
Why is oak so important and what is compromising its future?
January 11, 2018
Specific federal income tax laws and rules apply to timber-related income and expenses. The tax tips provided in this bulletin is intended to assist timber owners, foresters, loggers and their tax preparers in filing the 2017 tax returns. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide tax, legal, or accounting advice. Please consult your own tax, legal, and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction. The information is current as of September 30, 2017.
January 11, 2018
Learn about the outstanding Tree Farmers and Tree Farm Inspector
January 11, 2018
Latest updates from the Pennsylvania Forestry Association
January 11, 2018
SFI grants are designed to put the latest best practices and scientific research to work on behalf of well-managed forests, large and small.
January 11, 2018
Throughout the month we receive notice of interesting and relevant research and items. These items come from partner organizations. We'll use this space to share these items with you.
December 15, 2017
Create a tree and plant life list for your woods - a way for landowners to understand what they have on their land, and perhaps to track change.
December 14, 2017
If you spend time outside in Pennsylvania, you’ve probably seen shrubs creeping into eastern deciduous forest stands. You may have also noticed that these invasive shrubs, such as honeysuckles, Japanese barberry, and burning bush tend to be green much longer than native shrubs in the understory.
December 14, 2017
Pennsylvania’s vast forestlands are imperiled as their aging private owners divide and sell.
December 14, 2017
While extended deer seasons and increased antlerless licenses are often to blame as the sole reason for hunters seeing fewer deer, in many cases, poor habitat is a limiting factor often overlooked.
December 14, 2017
Throughout the month we receive notice of interesting and relevant research and items. These items come from partner organizations. We'll use this space to share these items with you.
November 30, 2017
Some stewardship activities can be done easily during the winter, with the bare trees allowing a different perspective.
November 14, 2017
Hundreds of folks around the state are already recording their encounters with nature in this durable, beautifully designed and informative nature journal from the Center for Private Forests at Penn State. This holiday season, you, and the nature lovers on your list, can join them!
November 14, 2017
A new multimedia project from NRCS highlights practices to promote Golden-winged warbler and other species that depend on young forest habitats. Featured in the project are Pennsylvania woodland owners.
November 14, 2017
Throughout the month we receive notice of interesting and relevant research and items. These items come from partner organizations. We'll use this space to share these items with you.
October 27, 2017
Successful forest management involves planning.
October 17, 2017
Pennsylvanians across the state took to the woods on October 1, 2017
October 17, 2017
Autumn is a great time to identify and manage invasive plants in your woodland.
October 17, 2017
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Inc. recently released the 2017 Progress Report titled "Forests. A Way of Life." I would encourage you to take some time and look through it, if you have the chance
October 17, 2017
This is my final message to you as PFA President. It’s been a very fast paced two-year President’s term with lots of positive forward movement for our association.
October 17, 2017
Why should you join the PA Tree Farm program as a Certified Tree Farmer?
October 17, 2017
On a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in September, the Pennsylvania Forest Stewards (PAFS) Class of 2017 took to the woods to learn — by doing — about sustainable timber harvesting.
October 17, 2017
Throughout the month we receive notice of interesting and relevant research and items. These items come from partner organizations. We'll use this space to share these items with you.
September 28, 2017
If we try to ensure that our woods, or the landscape in which our woods occurs, have many different species of trees that are native to where we live, and if we have healthy, young and older trees of those species, the broader forest ecosystem retains its ability to function well and to potentially recover faster from whatever pest, disease, weather extreme, or other stressor may come along next.
September 14, 2017
Keys to keeping land in the family — reaching consensus, diversifying revenue
September 14, 2017
Throughout the month we receive notice of interesting and relevant research and items. These items come from partner organizations. We'll use this space to share these items with you.
August 30, 2017
From where does the next forest come? While seeds play a role in starting the next forest, either re-occupying a site, or spreading beyond their current boundaries, trees have multiple strategies to ensure their continuity through offspring.
August 18, 2017
This Habitat Hero story is by the Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture, one of NRCS’ conservation partners working to help private landowners adopt conservation measures that benefit forestry and agricultural operations while helping birds and other wildlife species.
July 25, 2017
As long as light and other resources are available to invasive plants, they will continue to out-compete native plants and spread. What can landowners do to control these invaders?
James C. Finley Center for Private Forests
Address
416 Forest Resources BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email PrivateForests@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0401
- Fax 814-865-6275
James C. Finley Center for Private Forests
Address
416 Forest Resources BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email PrivateForests@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0401
- Fax 814-865-6275
