From staff reports
Penn State Extension, in partnership with DCNR Bureau of Forestry, The Woodland Owners of the Clarion and Allegheny Valley, and the Clarion County Forest Stewardship Committee will host the Clarion Forest landowner conference.
The conference is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Clarion University Grunenwald Science and Technology Center located along Greenville Avenue in Clarion.
The cost is $25 per person if registered by Friday, Feb. 2. After that the price goes to $30 per person. Students can attend the conference for $10. Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Participants can register online at extension.psu.edu/forest-landowner-conference. The complete agenda, registration details, and other information can be found at the website.
For people who do not have internet access or those who prefer to register by phone, they may call (877) 345-0691.
Topics include: Controlling invasive species, Birds in your backyard, Land ethic and the future of forests, Conservation easements, Deer ticks, Lyme, and other diseases, Planting and caring for landscape and fruit trees and Forest insect and disease update.
Speakers include folks from DCNR Bureau of Forestry, Penn State University, Western PA Conservancy, East Stroudsburg University and the Woodland Owners of the Southern Alleghenies.