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Forest Measurements: Part II

When: 
Saturday, June 20, 2015 - 9:00am - Sunday, June 21, 2015 - 11:45am
Where: 
Goodwin Forest Conservation Education Center
23 Potter Road
Hampton, Connecticut 06247
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Event Type: 
Walks & Talks
Audience: 
All are welcome
Adults
Event Description: 

Join Program Director and Certified Forester Jim Parda to learn more about the tools that foresters use to measure a single tree and the whole forest!  Have you talked to a forester before and had no idea what he/she was talking about? We will review some terminology, learn our pace, and learn how to measure tree diameter, height, and board feet. There will be forestry tools to use!

Inclement Weather: 
Rain or Shine
Registration Fee: 
FREE
RSVP Requirement: 
RSVP required
For Questions, Contact: 
Emma Lorusso
emma.lorusso@ct.gov
(860) 455-9534

This free event is jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA), Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) Division of Parks, and Friends of Goodwin Forest.

The James L. Goodwin Forest and Conservation Education Center were gifts to the people of Connecticut from James L. Goodwin, one of America's first professional foresters and a long-time CFPA Board Member. The Center is jointly managed by the Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA) and the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) Division of Parks. For more information, select here.