Foundation For Sustainable Forests Loving The Land Through Working Forests Conference Sept. 21; Annual Dinner Sept. 20 With Tim Palmer And Rosalie Haizlett, In Crawford County

The Foundation for Sustainable Forests is now accepting reservations for the Loving The Land Through Working Forests Conference on September 21 and the Friends of the Foundation Dinner on September 20, both in Crawford County

Loving The Land Conference

This field conference is all about forests – threats, management practices, and ways that we can enhance their resilience and overall health. 

The day will be full of field-based presentations and walks on critical and emerging topics related to forest stewardship and conservation.

The Conference will be held at the Northwestern REC Community Forest, 228633-22479 Wenner Drive in Cambridge Springs from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Click Here to register and for more information as speakers are confirmed.

Friends Of The Foundation Dinner

Gather around the table with Friends of the Foundation for an evening of community, food, and fun on September 20 at Riverside Golf, 24537 US Highway 19 in Cambridge Springs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Keynote speakers will include--

-- Tim Palmer is the award-winning author and photographer of thirty books about forests, rivers, conservation, and the environment, including Trees and Forests of America and America’s Great Forest Trails. 

He has been involved in conservation since 1970 and has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Rivers, the Conservation Achievement Award for Communications from the National Wildlife Federation, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Penn State University. 

Tim’s book, Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches, won the Ansel Adams Photography Award from the Sierra Club. See www.timpalmer.org for more information.

-- Rosalie Haizlett is an illustrator, author and educator whose mission is to celebrate the hidden wonders of the natural world through art. 

Haizlett has been an artist-in-residence at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with the National Audubon Society at Hog Island, and at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. 

In 2022, she was awarded the Eckelberry Fellowship for distinguished wildlife illustrators. 

Haizlett has taught nature-focused art workshops in schools, national parks, and REI stores and has also instructed tens of thousands of students through her online courses. 

The author of Watercolor in Nature and the forthcoming book Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains, she lives on the edge of Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.

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For more information on programs, initiatives and upcoming events, visit the Foundation For Sustainable Forests website. Click Here to sign up for updates (top of page).  Click Here to support their work.

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[Posted: July 12, 2024]  PA Environment Digest