Forestry Terminology: Jargon or Jive?
The rich language of forestry – forestry terms and unique words.
White-tailed Deer: Pennsylvania's Keystone Species
White-tailed deer biology, habitat requirements for food, cover, water and space, and management practices to improve food and cover availability and balance deer populations with available habitat.
Remediation and Stabilization Strategies for Disturbed Forest Sites
Understanding the physical dynamics of sites and restoring desired vegetation on disturbed forest sites by having a plan of action and knowing where to get help.
Forest Soils
Fundamentals of forest soils and how they impact tree growth and forest health.
Shale Gas Development and Landscape Changes
Bird abundance and distribution as impacted by shale gas development, and strategies for reducing negative impacts through habitat restoration.
Assessing Your Forest: TUSAF
The Treatment Unit Sustainability Assessment Form (TUSAF) provides a tool to assess whether a planned or completed timber harvest will yield a sustainable outcome.
Provides forest landowners and forestry practitioners with a tool to assess their current forest condition, develop a desired forest condition, and evaluate the results of their harvesting operation.
Vernal Pools
Learn about vernal pool structure, wildlife species that use the pools, conserving vernal pools and where to find help in caring for them.
In this webinar are multiple active links to resources. You can pause the webinar and click on the links to take you to the provided resources.
Tracking Movements of White-tailed Deer in Pennsylvania Forests
Each year up to 80 deer are fitted with satellite GPS collars that collect thousands of locations a year. Dr. Duane Diefenbach shares some insights into deer movement behavior as it relates to the fall hunting seasons and the rut.
Teaching Youth about Forests
Do you want to encourage and inspire youth to love the woods?
Top Issues Faced by Woodland Owners
Hopefully your woodlands bring levels of satisfaction and enjoyment to life; however, you likely have questions, issues, challenges, and uncertainties associated with your land.
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