MILFORD, PA — Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and Women and Their Woods graduates, friends and professionals for presentations, networking opportunities and hands-on field demonstrations on April 25 and 26.

Saturday activities are open to women forest landowners (or aspiring landowners) and include:

A guided tour of the Grey Towers mansion and history of Gifford and Cornelia Pinchot’s work in conservation

“Threats to the Forest” presentation by Dr. Beth Brantley, Penn State – Mont Alto

Networking with program leaders and participants from across the region

Catered lunch and snack break

Sunday activities are open to all and

include:

An introduction to the Milford Experimental Forest and plans to reintroduce the American chestnut

Proper tree seedling planting techniques and hands-on planting of American chestnut seedlings on the Grey Towers grounds

Catered lunch

The workshop is free and includes lunch on both days. Visit www.DelawareHigh lands.org/watw, email Amanda Subjin at conserve@delawarehighlands.org, or call 570/226-3164, ext. 2. Registration deadline is April 1.

The Women and their Woods program is a network of forest landowners and professionals who work together to cultivate women’s connections to and care of healthy forests. Through newsletters, meetings and workshops, forest landowners learn about forest management topics such as forest ecology, tree identification, forest hydrology, wildlife habitat and silviculture as well as having the chance to network and learn from professionals and forest landowner mentors.