Penn State Extension, Tree Pittsburgh Offering 5 More Tree Tender Classes This Fall

If you would like to become a Tree Tender, Penn State Extension and Tree Pittsburgh have scheduled 5 more training sessions for this fall.

Tree Tenders is a training program that empowers concerned residents to make dramatic strides towards restoring and caring for the tree canopy in their communities.

The course is designed for lay people and experts alike. Become one of the Tree Tenders restoring and tending your part of the forest.

Instruction is provided by DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry, in partnership with Penn State Extension, PA Horticultural Society, and other local urban forestry experts.

Training sessions will be held--

-- October 6: Johnstown Cambria County. (Registration Opening Soon)

-- October 17: LaPlume, Lackawanna County. Click Here to register.

-- October 20: Easton, Northampton County. Click Here to register.

-- October 20: Huntingdon, Huntingdon County. Click Here to register.

-- December 1: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (Tree Pittsburgh) Click Here to register soon.

Click Here for previously scheduled Tree Tender training sessions.

Forestry Resource Links:

Penn State Center For Private Forests

Penn State Extension Community Forests

DCNR Managing Your Woods

DCNR Community Tree Management

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Tree Tender

Western PA Conservancy TreeVitalize Pittsburgh