Loving the Land Through Working Forests

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Loving the Land Through Working Forests

September 21, 2024

8am-4pm, Location to be announced soon.

This field conference is all about forests – threats, management practices, and ways that we can enhance their resilience and overall health. The day will be full of field-based presentations and walks on critical and emerging topics related to forest stewardship and conservation. Pre-registration is required and all are welcome! See below for the conference program, with new information added regularly as speakers are confirmed!


September 21 @ 8:00 am 4:00 pm

Location to be announced soon!


Online Registration for this event will be available soon.

Thank you for your interest!


Schedule of Events – Coming Soon


Meet the Presenters – Lineup in Progress

Guy Dunkle

Guy Dunkle is a Land Manager with the Foundation for Sustainable Forests, with over 19 years of experience practicing sustainable forestry across northwest PA and western NY.

Troy Firth

Troy Firth is the Founder and President of the Foundation for Sustainable Forests, with over 45 years of experience practicing sustainable forestry and production of maple syrup. Troy is the recipient of the 2019 WeConservePA (formerly Pennsylvania Land Trust Association) Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s Western Pennsylvania Environmental Award.

Tim Palmer

Tim Palmer is the award-winning author and photographer of thirty books about forests, rivers, conservation, and the environment, including Trees and Forests of America and America’s Great Forest Trails. He has been involved in conservation since 1970 and has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Rivers, the Conservation Achievement Award for Communications from the National Wildlife Federation, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Penn State University. Tim’s book, Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches, won the Ansel Adams Photography Award from the Sierra Club. See www.timpalmer.org for more information.

Nancy Ransom

Nancy Ransom is the lead bird bander for the National Aviary’s study of songbird diversity and habitat in FSF’s forests. Nancy is also a master’s student at Bowling Green State University and plans on studying how birds molt within the forest gaps created by the Foundation. Nancy has been bird banding for seven years and has lived in Ecuador, Costa Rica, the American Samoan Islands, Massachusetts, Colorado, and a few other places in hopes of forwarding her career as an ornithologist. After her recent trip to Peru, the number of birds she has seen in her lifetime is 917 species total around the world. She is very passionate about birds and hopes to have a career as an ornithologist or work for a permanent migration banding station. Being so passionate about birds and wildlife in general, she cares very deeply about preserving and protecting our planet’s wildlife.


Thank you to our Sponsors

Gold

Jim and Connie Thompson

Silver

Bronze

Interested in sponsoring the Loving the Land Through Working Forests conference? Contact Bennett Gould at [email protected] for details.