DCNR, Partners Announce Riparian Forest Webinar Series; PA Clean Water Academy Posts Buffer Webinars

The departments of Conservation and Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, the PA Association of Conservation Districts and other partners are hosting a variety of Riparian Forest Webinars, some live, some on demand over the next few weeks.

Live Webinars

DCNR is continuing its live Riparian Forest Series starting April 8 and continuing through April 30. A few of the topics announced so far are--

-- April 8: Open Office - Answering Questions About Funding & Planting Design, 2:00;

-- April 9: Topic to be announced.  Noon

-- April 14: Topic to be announced. Noon

-- April 16: Funding & Ranking Streamside Forest Planning Sites In PA Using GIS. Noon.

-- April 22: Open Office - Answering your questions

-- April 23: 25 Years of Insights from Stroud Water Research Center Buffer Methods, Noon.

-- April 28: Topic to be announced. Noon.

-- April 30: Topic to be announced. Noon.

Click Here to register for the webinars and more information as it becomes available.

On Demand Webinars

The PA Clean Water Academy has posted the previous Riparian Forest Series of recorded webinars by a variety of partners on riparian forest-related topics.  All future webinars will be posted at the Academy page as well.

Just some of the on demand webinars include--

-- Ecology of Streams and Riparian Forests: How Streams Work and the Role of ForestsSCORM package

-- Do Hellbenders, Freshwater Mussels, and Native Brook Trout Matter?SCORM package

-- Selling Buffers WITHOUT Financial IncentivesSCORM package

-- Reforesting Shallowbrook SchoolSCORM package

-- Riparian buffer of 2,000 trees coming to Northeastern School DistrictURL

-- Pre- and Post-Planting Vegetation Management for EstablishmentSCORM package

Click Here to view these archived webinars.

To learn more about buffers, visit DCNR’s Forest Buffers Along Waterways webpage. Questions should be directed to Teddi Stark, Riparian Buffer & Watershed Forestry Program Manager at DCNR, 814-335-5665 or send email to: c-tstark@pa.gov.  

  For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNR’s website, Click Here to sign up for the Resource newsletter, Visit the Good Natured DCNR Blog,  Click Here for upcoming events, Click Here to hook up with DCNR on other social media-- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

[Posted: April 7, 2020]  PA Environment Digest