silviculture

As you drive or walk by local forests, you may look at the greenery and tall trees and think all is well, and that the forest is healthy. What you may...

SMETHPORT — A day-long workshop is scheduled for April 30 at Pine Acres Country Club on erosion and sedimentation control in the forests. The conserva...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service is planning prescribed burns during the months of April and May. Currently the Allegheny National Forest is planning ...

KANE — The Kane Area Logging Safety Committee announces its plans for celebrating 51 years of logging safety with the annual safety meeting — the long...

KANE — The April 11 Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum will feature Nicole Chinnici, laboratory director of the Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory in East Stro...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to “shake off the winter blues” and strap on snowshoes for the Exploring Winter hike at 10 a.m. Satu...

A group of adults, children - and even a couple of dogs - beat the stress of the holidays by getting out and hiking New Year’s Day at Pfeiffer Nature ...

Pennsylvania knows a thing or two about the woods. After all, the state’s name translates to (William) “Penn’s woods.” On Sunday, 48 counties will be ...

SMETHPORT — A program about invasive plants will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. June 16 at the McKean County 911 conference center in Smethport. The program...

National nonprofit The Conservation Fund recently acquired 32,598 acres of sustainable timberland in Elk and McKean counties. “We are in an entirely n...

PHOTOGRAPHS: It’s time to get your cameras out and get outside. The Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau has announced it will sponsor four new...

There are 20 State Forest Districts in Pennsylvania. The largest, Susquehannock State Forest, is located within portions of McKean, Potter, and Clinto...

GALETON — The Susquehannock State Forest will host its annual forest management/habitat tour at 9 a.m. April 29, beginning at the Pennsylvania Lumber ...

KANE — Dr. Jean-Martin Lussier was the key speaker at the Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum Thursday night at the Kane Country Club where he presented his re...

KANE — The Kane area logging safety committee will celebrate 50 years of logging safety at a meeting April 3 at the Johnsonburg Fire Hall. This milest...

KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum, scheduled for April 5, will feature Dr. Jean-Martin Lussier of the Canadian Forest Service, who will share insi...

With its rugged buildings, rain-soaked back roads, and isolated beauty, Allegany State Park in Salamanca, N.Y., can at times be utterly eerie. Unknown...

MARIENVILLE — The Allegheny National Forest will soon be salvaging some of the trees within the Kane Experimental Forest that were damaged during a Ma...

The Northern Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service is proposing to conduct a small wood demonstration/ research project on the Kane experimental...

GET OUTSIDE: We were very glad a reader passed this along. “Went fishing and found this at Willow Bay,” our reader wrote. “Actually there were several...