On Saturday, March 2, 2019 Cornell Cooperative Extension will be sponsoring the 27th Annual Rural Landowner Workshop. The program will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. Following the opening session there will be three concurrent sessions with four classes per session to choose from.
The Rural Landowner Workshop is a regional program involving several agencies that provide educational information and outreach to landowners. Presenters are brought in from both private and public sectors to provide participants with up-to-date information.
The opening session will be Woodlot Regeneration: Strategies to Grow Trees and Limit Deer Impacts, Peter Smallidge, Cornell University Department of Natural Resources. Some additional topic: Birds and Invasives, Black Bears, Growing Timber, Native Fish Restoration, Spotted Lanternfly, Wildlife Food Plots and more.
The program will be held at Pioneer Central School located on County Line Road in Yorkshire, NY. There is a cost for this program and pre-registration is required. Early Bird Registration deadline: Monday, February 18th, 2019. For more information or to register contact Lynn Bliven, Cornell Cooperative Extension at lao3@cornell.edu or 585-268-7644 ext. 18.