forestry classes in NW PA?

[Ryan Hovis]

I do a lot of walking around the woods looking for trees to fell, it'd be cool if I actually knew what I was doing :confused:

Anyone know of any sort of adult education class offered in Northwestern PA? My old boss at the woodshop has a degree from Penn State, but that's quite a drive. Not exactly something offered at the local career center.

BTW I did manage to find a maple with a trunk at least 4' wide at the base, splits into 5 massive trunks, 110' tall easily, leaves are so high up I can't tell if it's a sugar maple or not, any tips? If it's a sugar maple I'll have the baddest coffee table ever made after it's sawn and dried.

[David G Baker]

Ryan,
The only way I can tell the difference in maple is the leaf has 5 points. It is getting close to Fall and the leaves will be dropping soon. Maybe someone else on SMC can give you better information.

[Aaron Kline]

Ryan,
Check out the PA SFI---Pennsylvania Sustainable Forestry Initiative. I believe the site is sfiofpa.org They have one day courses throughout Pennsylvania. I went to a couple of their courses, logging safety and environmental logging.
Aaron