2018 Meeting at Penn State Mont Alto

 

The registration fee for the CEFTS 2018 meeting is $75.00 per person. Checks payable to Penn State University can be paid Monday evening or mailed to Peter Linehan, Penn State Mont Alto, 1 Campus Drive, Mont Alto, PA 17237. Registration includes all meals except for the Artisan Pizza on Wednesday night. This will cost $25.00 payable to the vendor. Please register by July 15th, 2018.

Please help us plan to the 2018 CEFTS meeting by registering here.

Monday, July 30

  • 3:00 – 5:30 pm Check in at Penn National Golf Club and Inn (https://www.penngolf.com/). We have a block of rooms for the CEFTS meeting. Please make your own reservations by calling Penn National at 800-231-0080 and ask for the Penn State Forestry rate. Rooms are $75.00 (including tax). Please register before June 18, the cutoff date for the special room rate.
  • 6:00 pm Registration and Dinner at The Mill Café at Penn State Mont Alto
    7:30 pm CEFTS Executive Committee Meeting at Penn State Mont Alto. Please submit your nominations for the CEFTS Graduate Forest Technician Award.

 Tuesday, July 31

  • 7:30 am Breakfast at The Mill Café
  • 8:15 – 9:30 Introduction and tour of the campus
  • 10:00 – 12:00 Forest Technology Issue “TED” Talks. (See note below.) Click here to sign up.
  • 12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch at The Mill
  • 1:00 – 2:00 Business Meeting
  • 2:00 – 2:15 Break
  • 2:30 – 5:00 Tour of sawmill and Bartlett Research Plot on campus. Board the bus and travel to see the Waynesboro Watershed operations (loblolly pine plantation, chestnut planting, invasive species, effects of herbicide on mature  eastern white pine, thinning operations in dry oak heath forest, deer fence and bubbling spring. Time permitting visit the Waynesboro Watershed reservoir)
  • 6:00 Dinner at the Mill Café

Wednesday, August 1

  • 7:15 – 8:00 am Breakfast at the Mill Café
  • 8:15 – 12:00 Tour of Gettysburg National Military Park – vegetation management, prescribed fire and deer management.
  • 12:00 – 1:00 pm Boxed lunch at Caledonia State Park.
  • 1:45 – 5:00 Michaux State Forest Management Tour: Caledonia State Park, Birch Run Reservoir fish habitat restoration, Camp Michaux, use of large-scale prescribed fire, pitch pine scrub oak barrens restoration (Big Pines Flat conservation area), and Pine Grove Iron Furnace and Appalachian Trail Museum
  • 5:30 Dinner at Beth and Craig’s House, Artisan Pizzas
  • 7:00pm CEFTS Auction

 Thursday, August 2

  • Breakfast (on your own) at the Founders Grille – Penn National Golf Club and Inn
    Head Home! Travel Safely!

For the 2018 meeting we are continuing the tradition started last year at Wanakena by bringing back “TED” talks. We are encouraging everyone to submit an idea. The talks will be fifteen minutes with five minutes for questions on any topic that pertains to Forest Technology Education. Click here to sign up.

Directions

Go here to get directions to Penn State Mont Alto. We are near the forest, but easy to get to. The nearest airport is Harrisbug International Airport. We can arrange transportation from and to the airport. Just let us know.

Before and After the Meeting. Spouse Activities.

There are many, many activities available in this area in the summer. Check out the Franklin County Visitors Bureau for some suggestions. We are very near Gettysburg and the surrounding Adams County communities. Destination Gettysburg is a great source for events and places to visit.