Dave & Carol Clemens, Northeast Region Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year 2005

Susquehanna County, 494 acres

The Northeast Regional winners in the Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year award for 2005 was bestowed upon Dave and Carol Clemens of Hallstead, PA. They own approximately 500 acres of forestland managed as a Tree Farm for improved timber, water, recreation, and wildlife benefits. Although their tract of land is larger than most PA Tree Farmers, this isn't the reason they won the award. It was their dedication to and application of the Tree Farm mission that made them outstanding. This mission is: to promote the growing of renewable forest resources.