WoodMobile, ESC Tours Expose Secondary Students to Forestry Opportunities

Nearly 50 secondary students, teachers and chaperones visited Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Wednesday, enjoying a day outdoors in spite of the rain. High school students from Athens, as well as middle schoolers from Walnut Street Christian School and the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, enjoyed a variety of activities that included a look inside the state Department of Agriculture's traveling WoodMobile exhibit. Students toured hiking trails and forestry lab areas, led by Dr. Dennis F. Ringling, forestry professor, and forest technology students Brandon J. Novakoski, of Nanticoke, and Nathan C. Pysher, of Bangor. The middle school group was also treated to a wildlife presentation by forestry instructor Jack E. Fisher at the ESC pavilion.
Photos by Carol A. Lugg, coordinator of matriculation and retention, School of Natural Resources Management