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Oct 22, 2023

Sharpening Your Outdoor Toolkit: Tick Awareness — Enhancing and Safeguarding Your Family’s Experience

The black-legged tick is one of the 25 species of ticks known to occur in Pennsylvania, one of the four most common in our region, and is known to transmit Lyme disease and other pathogens.
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Oct 21, 2023

Housing Completions Benefit Hardwood Lumber Prices

Although the correlation isn’t direct and immediate, U.S. single-family housing completions tend to benefit U.S. hardwood grade lumber prices, because cabinets, flooring and home furnishings help drive a portion of our domestic hardwood demand.
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Oct 18, 2023

Sharing the Knowledge

Forecon’s Thad Taylor guest lecturing in Penn State’s FOR-440 course (Forest Economics) recently.
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Oct 17, 2023

Friday the 13th

It is hard to feel like Friday the 13th is an unlucky day when it starts like this!
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Oct 16, 2023

An Uncommonly-Healthy American Chestnut

Under the shade of an American Chestnut tree...
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Oct 12, 2023

A View from the Tailgate

A view from the tailgate, while one of our forest reconnaissance specialists approaches the forestry team for a debrief.
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Oct 12, 2023

Northern PA Work Commute

Just part of the commute in northern PA! I’m so grateful to be able to experience the beauty of this area every day! #NorthernPA #BeautifulScenery #Commute
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Oct 10, 2023

Porcupine — Slow moving and common to our Big Woods

Our common porcupine making its way to a local den tree.
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Oct 5, 2023

Leratiomyces squamosus var thraustus

Leratiomyces-squamosus-var-thraustus — Inedible but highly photogenic.
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Oct 3, 2023

Titusville Forestry Crew On Site

FORECON’s Titusville forestry crew making their way into a remote worksite as they faithfully serve the conservation and financial stewardship goals of our valuable long-term clients.
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