KANE — April 3 is the last day to register for the April 10 Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum on deer and hunters in the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC).

John Dzemyan, Leader of the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC), will highlight results of the past 20 years. This forum will be of value to anybody interested in management of forested landscapes. Social hour starts at 4:30 p.m. with dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Dzemyan is a wellknown naturalist and woodsman in North Central Pennsylvania. He currently serves as coordinator for the KQDC, is an avid deer hunter, and a former game warden, laborer, and lands manager with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. John worked in Cameron, Elk, and McKean counties for more than 40 years. Dzemyan first joined the KQDC Leadership team over 20 years ago. His insights to deer management will entertain attendees with information learned during the last 20-plus years on the KQDC.

The forum will be held at the Wilcox Community Building (also called the Jones Township Community Center) at 320 Faries St., Wilcox. The program will start immediately after dinner. Reservations are required by contacting Allegheny Hardwood Utilization Group at P.O. Box 133, Kane, PA 16735; (814) 8378550 or bcarson@ahug. com.

The KQDC is managed for quality deer and a quality forest ecosystem to provide a quality hunting experience. Other goals are to provide quality forests for landowners to manage for timber products, local employment, numerous outdoor recreation activities and quality habitat for all wildlife.

The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative is an on-going demonstration, begun in 2000, of how hunting can be used to meet the goals of multiple publics for managing deer. A partnership of forest landowners, forest managers, biologists, hunters and local businesses developed the program, which relies on hunters to manage deer density on a representative forested area. The program is conducted on 74,000 acres in northwestern Pennsylvania, covering parts of McKean and Warren counties. Land managers within the KQDC are the Forest Service — Allegheny National Forest, RAM Forest Products, Collins Pine Co., Bradford Watershed and Forecon Inc.

Society of American Foresters’ continuing forestry education credits will be applied for this presentation.