May 2012

5/1 & 5/2 - USFS Tree Risk Assessment Workshop

5/2 - Arbor Day Celebration and Tree City USA Presentation in Follansbee

5/2 – Follansbee Arbor Day and Tree City USA presentation

5/3 - Charles Copeland to help administer a test on Forestry for 12th grade students at Calhoun County FFA

5/4 - Arbor Day Celebration and Tree City USA Presentation in Charles Town

5/3 - WVDOF Annual Refresher (RT-130) and Work Capacity Testing (WCT), Buckhannon, Training Info

5/6 – Smokey and Rodger Ozburn assisting Monongalia County Brushfire Team, Safety Day at University Town Center, Granville

5/8 - Primary election, state offices closed

5/8 - Smokey and Rodger Ozburn, Evergreen Assisted Living, Morgantown, for both residents and visiting daycare students

5/9 – Smokey appearance at Special Olympics at Valley Park in Hurricane (Putnam County)

5/10 – Little Kanawha Conservation District Meeting

5/14-17 - International Project Learning Tree Conference, Deadwood, SD

5/15-16 – CREP training in Moorefield

5/19 - 10th Annual Harrison County Safety Fair

5/19 – Youth Environmental Day at North Bend State Park

5/19 – Smokey Bear will be at the Blue Ridge VFD community day in Jefferson County

5/19 – Public Tour CRSF Forks of Scott Run Timber Sale

5/22 – 6th Grade Field Day at Cedar Creek State Park

5/22 – FEPP/FFP Inventory training for Region 1 Fire Staff, Farmington

5/24 - Chain Saw Safety and Tree Felling Class – ERWMA – Braxton County

5/24 - Stewardship training at Jackson’s Mill

5/24 - Upper Ohio Conservation District Soil Judging Contest. Gellner Farm, Abbey Ridge, Pleasants County

5/25 – 6th Grade Field Day at Doddridge County Park

5/26 – Smokey will appear in the Paw Paw VFD Memorial Day parade

5/28 - Memorial Day, state offices closed

5/30- 5/31 – Dirt and Gravel Roads Workshop, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

5/31 - Harpers Ferry Meeting to discuss urban tree ID and maintenance

5/31 - 2012 Spring Forest Fire Season Ends