KANE — Registrations for the upcoming Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum on April 11 must be received by March 28, officials announced.
Forum officials said Nicole Chinnici, laboratory director of the Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory (NEWDL) in East Stroudsburg will present an update of the latest developments on ticks in the eastern United States and their implications to wood workers and recreationists during the event.
The title of her presentation is “Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases in PA.” The Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory is an integrated service of the Department of Biological Sciences within East Stroudsburg University (ESU.) The lab utilizes state-of-the-art genotyping equipment and can differentiate genetic variation with and among populations and species of wildlife for biological and forensic applications.
The forum will be held at Grandma Bair’s Conference Center at 608 North Fraley Street, in downtown Kane. The conference center shares a parking lot with the Save-A-Lot grocery store.
Preceding the talk will be a no-host social hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The program will start immediately after dinner.
Reservations are required. Early reservations received on or before March 28 are $25. Reservations from March 29 through April 4 will cost $30. No reservations will be accepted after April 4. The cost for full-time students pursuing a natural resource degree is $10.
For reservations, contact the Allegheny Hardwood Utilization Group, PO Box 133, Kane, PA 16735, call 814-837-8550, FAX 814-837-4950, or e-mail hardwood@penn.com.
