An international delegation of hardwood buyers recently visited Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center, gaining appreciation of the commonwealth's vast timber resources and how they cultivate students' forest-management skills.
A forest technology student in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management recently was awarded a scholarship by the Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools for his exceptional 4.0 grade-point average. David A.
Eighteen students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management competed in the Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen's Meet, held earlier this month at Montgomery Community College in Troy, N.C.
About 100 elementary-school pupils, teachers and chaperones from the Montgomery Area School District will visit Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood in celebration of "Earth Day" on April 20.
Students in Donald R. Nibert's Wildlife Management class conducted their annual controlled burn on State Game Lands 252 near the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Tuesday. "This was the best burn that we ever conducted," said the assistant professor of forestry. "The students gain valuable experience in the control of wildfires through this wildlife-management practice.
Eleven Penn College students recently attended the Allegheny Society of American Foresters' winter meeting in Lancaster. Three participated in the student Quiz Bowl as part of the activities: David A. Cole, Berwick; Eric D. Erdman, Milton; and Joseph L. Wagner, McClure all of them majoring in forest technology.
The owner of a Tioga County lumber company is establishing an endowed scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology to benefit forest technology students from Northcentral Pennsylvania. Ray Wheeland, owner and chief executive officer of Wheeland Lumber Co. Inc., Liberty, recently completed the agreement for the Wheeland Lumber Co. Scholarship at Penn College.
Forestry students in Dennis F. Ringling's timber harvesting and equipment lab at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently completed a project that combined civic service with a respect for local history. The class helped the Muncy Historical Society remove diseased, unsafe and storm-felled trees from the site of its proposed Heritage Park and Nature Trail along the old West Branch Canal. "Dr.
PPL Corp. recently donated an Echo chain saw to Penn College's Forestry Club for a Spring 2006 fund-raiser, continuing the utility company's historic partnership with the college's School of Natural Resources Management. On hand at the Earth Science Center for the donation were, from left, Dennis F. Ringling, forestry professor; Douglas J.
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