Cornell Cooperative Extension Community Horticulture

I strongly encourage you to take the time to give lease feedback on this is Mike. Here is the survey (doc).

Hello Horticulture/Master Gardener Volunteer Extension contacts -

As many of you may know, Pest Management Around the Home — Part II Pesticide Guidelines (A.K.A. Bulletin 74) is in the process of being updated for 2009. The Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP), in cooperation with Carolyn Klass, needs your help on how best to distribute this Guideline to the general public and Extension educators. (Our appreciation to Lori Bushway for sharing your name with us.)

Attached is a Word file containing a short survey on distributing Part II. We’d ask that you complete the survey as an electronic file and return it via email to me at mjh14@cornell.edu. If you prefer, you can print the survey off, complete it, and fax or mail it to me. (My mail/fax info is below and on the survey.) We’d like all responses back by June 15th.

Thanks in advance for your input!

Mike Helms

Mike Helms
Managing Editor – Cornell Guidelines
Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP)
Cornell University
5140 Comstock Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-2601
Phone: (607) 254-6441

“Soil Health Train-the-Trainer Workshop” will offer training on soil health assessment and management as well as field tours to demonstrate some of the aspects of soil health and its practices.

For more info check out the website here: http://soilhealth.cals.cornell.edu/extension/events/2009workshop.pdf

The PA Forests Web Seminar Center ( http://rnrext.cas.psu.edu/PAForestWeb/) is pleased to announce the June on-line program.  Eric Burkhart, Instructor and Program Director, Plant Science, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, will be presenting Invasive Plants in Your Forest on Tuesday, June 9^th at noon and again at 7 p.m.  Each seminar lasts approximately one hour.

This program will introduce you to some of the common exotic invasive plants that occur on Pennsylvania forestlands, including Japanese barberry, honeysuckle, oriental bittersweet, multi-flora rose, privet, garlic mustard, and Japanese stilt-grass. For each plant species, ecological impacts, identification, biology, control options, and practical considerations will be reviewed. This seminar also counts towards 1.0 credit of Category 2 SAF CFE credits.

Live seminars are scheduled for the second Tuesday of every month at noon and 7 p.m., skipping July and August. Each session is recorded and loaded onto the Web Seminar Center along with a copy of the presentation and any handout materials.  So, if you are unable to participate in the “live” session, a recording of it will be available for you to view at your convenience.  Of course, none of the interactive elements will be available when watching the recording.

To participate in the live seminars you must register and have a “Friend of Penn State” user ID.  The “Register Now” page on the website will walk you through this process. If you are a member of the Penn State community, you already have your User ID, but we would ask you to register on the website so that you can receive reminders of upcoming programs.

Participation in the web seminar does not require any special software.  To view live and previously recorded seminars all you need is a high-speed Internet connection and sound.

To register and take part in the live seminars or to view the upcoming seminars schedule, visit http://rnrext.cas.psu.edu/PAForestWeb/.

We look forward to having you join these discussions and learning experiences. “See” you there on June 9.

Looking Ahead:

July and August – no webinars currently scheduled

September 8
Forest Regeneration and Management. By Susan Stout, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Noon and 7 p.m.

Allyson Brownlee Muth, Ed.D.
Forest Stewardship Program Associate

The Pennsylvania State University
407 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA  16802
(814) 865-3208

From The Ohio State University:

This non-credit course is completely online and has 10 modules with topics ranging from basic concepts in plant disease to prehistoric man and plant diseases, and from the Irish Potato Famine to bioterrorism. The course is completely self-paced, so you can take it anytime anywhere. The course is specifically designed for Master Gardener volunteers, however, anyone interested in plants, history, and contemporary global issues will find it exciting and intriguing. The course will be online for 10 weeks once you begin the program. Assignments consist of supplied module readings and self-tests. You will receive a certificate from the Ohio State University Office of Continuing Educational upon completion.

See pdf to learn more.

You might consider this certificate program for your county office demonstration gardens..

Certificate Overview (pdf)

Certificate details (pdf)

Forest Tent Caterpillar resources.

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/ftc/tentcat.htm
http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/info/pubs/FC%20factsheets/FCFSTreeForestHealth.pdf