"Selling Conservation from the 1890s to the 21st Century”
Monday, May 10th
starting at 6-9 PM
Penn State Mont
Alto
Entitled “Selling
Conservation from the 1890s to the 21st Century,” the free public event will
start at 6 p.m. with forestry
students providing tours of the campus arboretum. Those who wish to participate
on the tour should go to the General Studies
Building at 1
Campus Drive, Mont Alto.
In existence since 1903, the
Mont Alto Arboretum contains a wide variety of tree species. For the event, the
Penn State Mont Alto Library also will have a display of items from the early
days of the school, including some old hand tied-fishing flies made by Mont
Alto students and images from the Mira Lloyd Dock Glass Lantern Slide
Collection of the Caledonia area taken in the late
1890s and early 1900s. Refreshments will also be available.
The lecture by Dr. Peter
Linehan, associate professor of Forestry at Mont Alto, will
begin at 7 p.m. at the General
Studies Building.
Linehan will show how the Pennsylvania Forestry Association mobilized and
educated the public and influenced state lawmakers to revolutionize the
management of forests in Pennsylvania.
“Nestled among the
trees on the edge of the Michaux State
Forest, Penn State Mont Alto has educated America’s
foresters for over a century,” Linehan said. “It was one of the first forestry
schools in the nation. The goal at that time was to crusade for a change from
the barren hills caused by forest fires and charcoal production.”
After the lecture, a panel
including Linehan; Nels Johnson, director of Conservation Programs for The
Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania; and Dr. James Grace, DCNR executive deputy
secretary; will discuss contemporary forestry issues and respond to questions
from the audience.
Sponsored by
Penn State Mont Alto, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural
resources, and the South Mountain Partnership.
