Join us on Saturday November 16, 2024 at the Ramada Hotel & Conference Center (1450 S. Atherton St. State College, PA 16801) for the 138th Annual Symposium and Business meeting. Our annual event this year will focus on What Makes a Healthy Forest.

This year feel free to join us for an evening with other members as well as the PFA board for a buffet dinner at 6:00pm also at the Ramada. (this will be an additional cost of $20 per person.)

8:00am – 8:30am:              Registration and Coffee

8:30am – 8:45am:              Welcome: Matt Sampson, PFA President

8:45am – 9:25am:             Guy Dunkle – Conserving working woodlands with a goal of enhancing forest

                                                                       health.

9:30am – 10:10am:           Mario Giazzon – Healthy wildlife habitat and resources available.

10:10am – 10:30am:         Break

10:30am – 10:45am:         Seth Cassel, State Forester  -  DCNR-BOF Update

10:45am – 12:00pm          Annual Business Meeting

 Award Presentations: Chesapeake Bay Mira Dock Award

                                          PFA – Sandy Cochran Award

                                                    Mira Dock Award

                                                     Joseph T. Rothrock Award

12:00pm – 1:15pm            Lunch

1:15pm – 1:50pm               Jeff Osborn – Conservation volunteers and their positive impact.

1:50pm – 2:30pm               Cathryn Pugh – Native plant species in PA forests, provide health benefits.

2:30pm – 2:50pm               Break

2:50pm – 3:10pm               Mike Powell – Awareness of PA wildlife restrictions and laws.

3:10pm – 3:30pm               Closing Comments