PA Environment Digest Blog: Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Women And Their Woods Plant Identification Workshop Oct. 14 At Prompton State Park, Wayne County

Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and Heather Houskeeper, the Botanical Hiker, for a Women and Their Woods Plant Identification Workshop on Saturday, October 14 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Prompton State Park in Wayne County, PA.

Attendees will learn how to confidently identify wild plants using a plant identification key and loupe magnifier and will learn basic botanical terms and plant morphology.

This knowledge is all you need to start recognizing plants’ unique identifying characteristics and to discern one plant from another.

These skills will enrich your every walk, are helpful in choosing which plants to foster and which to weed out, and are essential when working with edible and medicinal plants. The program will focus on herbaceous (non-woody) flowering plants.

Event fee is $20 for Conservancy members or Women and Their Woods graduates, or $30 for non-members. Space is limited and prior registration is required.

To learn more and register, visit the Conservancy’s Events webpage, or call 570-226-3164 ext. 2.

For more information on programs, initiatives and special events, visit the Delaware Highlands Conservancy website or call 570-226-3164 or 845-583-1010. Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Conservancy, Like on Facebook and Follow on Twitter. Learn about the Green Lodging Partnership initiative. Click Here to support their work.

The Delaware Highlands Conservancy is committed to sustaining our rural quality of life and focused on the connections between local citizens, a healthy environment, and a strong local economy.

It has permanently protected over 18,900 acres of working farms and forests, clean waters and wildlife habitat in the Upper Delaware region.

Other Upcoming Forestry Events

-- Williamsport Sun: Walk In Penn’s Woods Day Coming Up Oct. 1

-- Penn State Extension: PA Forest Webinar Series Schedule [Late 2023 and 2024]

-- Penn State Extension: 4-Part Webinar Series: Primer For Forest Management And Birds Thru Oct. 18

-- Penn State Extension: Nov. 14 PA Forest Seminar Webinar - Benefits Of Large Woody Debris In Streams, Noon and 7:00 p.m.

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Oct. 3 Wildlife Conservation Science, Outdoor Recreation Curriculum, Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- Save The Date: Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 23-24 In State College

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Offering SOLO’s Wilderness First Responder Certification Course In January

-- House Environmental Committee Holds Hearing On Bill To Protect Stream Buffers Oct. 2 [PaEN]

-- The Conservation Fund, DCNR Add 436 Acres Of Forest Land To Pinchot State Forest In Lackawanna County With Financial Support From Williams Natural Gas Pipeline Company [PaEN]

-- DCNR Issues First Fall Foliage Report Of The Season - First Glimmers Of Autumn Are Here [PaEN]