The Dauphin County Woodland Owners Association is pleased to
host a presentation exploring the history of the Appalachian Mountains given by
Scott Weidensaul on Thursday, October 13th, 2016, at the Dauphin County
Agricultural Extension office located at 1451 Peters Mountain Rd., Dauphin, Pa.
The 2,000 mile-long Appalachian Mountain system is one of the
oldest and most remarkable ranges in the world, stretching from the
wildflower-spangled hills of central Alabama to the ice-choked edge
of Newfoundland where caribou and even polar bears roam. Join naturalist
and author Scott Weidensaul in an exploration of these ancient hills,
based on the newly revised and expanded 20th anniversary edition of his
award-winning book "Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the
Appalachians." Weidensaul will examine the conservation challenges and
successes that recent decades have brought to these seemingly timeless
hills, and what the future may hold for them.
Scott Weidensaul is
the author of more than two dozen books on natural history, including the
Pulitzer Prize finalist "Living on the Wind," about bird
migration, "Return to Wild America," and "The First
Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery and Endurance in
Early America." His latest book, "The Peterson Reference
Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean," has just
been published. Weidensaul is a contributing editor for
Audubon and writes for a variety of other publications; he lives in Schuylkill
County, and studies the migration of owls, songbirds and hummingbirds
from Alaska to Maine.
Anyone interested in forest related topics is encouraged to
attend this free program open to the public.
Doors will open at 6:30PM for a social gathering, and the program will
begin at 7:00 PM. Light refreshments
will be served. A brief business meeting will precede the program.
The DCWOA is an organization dedicated to forestry education
and service to private landowners in Dauphin County. Emphasis is placed on the
ecological aspects of our forests, and the diverse benefits that our forests
provide including wildlife habitat, air water filtration, and storm water
control. The fact that 59% of the land in Pennsylvania (16.58 million acres) is
presently covered with forests and 71% of that land is privately owned makes
forestry topics particularly relevant today.
For more information contact the Penn State Extension –
Dauphin County at 717-921-8803 or Andy Brought with DCNR at 717-362-1152.
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