KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum will be held April 10 in Wilcox at the Jones Township Community Center.
John Dzemyan, leader of the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC), will speak on 20 years of the KQDC. Social hour starts at 4:30 p.m. with dinner at 5:30 p.m.
Dzemyan is a well-known naturalist and woodsman in North Central Pennsylvania, and is known for giving presentations on natural events. He currently serves as the coordinator for the KQDC, is an avid deer hunter, and a former game warden, laborer and lands manager with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. He worked in Cameron, Elk and McKean counties for over 40 years. He first joined the KQDC leadership team over 20 years ago. His insights to deer management will entertain attendees and enhance the information learned over the last 20-plus years on the KQDC.
The KQDC is managed for quality deer and a quality forest ecosystem to provide a quality hunting experience. Other goals are to provide quality forests for landowners to manage for timber products, local employment, numerous outdoor recreation activities and quality habitat for all wildlife.
The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative is an on-going demonstration, begun in 2000, of how hunting can be used to meet the goals of multiple publics for managing deer. A partnership of forest landowners, forest managers, biologists, hunters, and local businesses developed the program which relies on hunters to manage deer density on a representative forested area. The program is conducted on a 74,000-acre forested demonstration area in northwestern Pennsylvania, covering parts of McKean and Warren counties.
Land managers within the KQDC are the Forest Service – Allegheny National Forest, RAM Forest Products, Collins Pine Co., Bradford Watershed and Forecon Inc.
This forum on 20 Years of Learning about Deer and Hunters in the KQDC will be of interest to land managers, hunters, recreational businesses and conservationists.
Society of American Foresters’ Continuing Forestry Education credits will be applied for this presentation.
The Jones Township Community Center, also called the Wilcox Community Building, is at 320 Faries St., downtown Wilcox. Preceding the talk will be a no-host social hour from 4:30 until dinner at 5:30 p.m. The program will start immediately after dinner. Reservations are required.
No reservations will be accepted after April 3. To make one, contact the Allegheny Hardwood Utilization Group, P.O. Box 133, Kane, Pa., 16735, at (814) 837-8550 or e-mail bcarson@ahug.com.
