Tree Tenders Program Continues at Huntingdon
November 08, 2018 12:00 AM
A Tree Pruning Workshop was held at SCI Huntingdon on Oct. 19, the second part of the Tree Tenders Program that was held at the prison in June 2018.
The workshop is a collaborative effort between the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Tree Vitalize and Penn State Extension. Thirty inmate participants and four work supervisors were given classroom training on proper pruning techniques. After the classroom training was completed, the workshop moved outside onto the Huntingdon grounds. All participants were given the opportunity to put their training to use on several trees utilizing a variety of hand tools for pruning, as well as poles saws. Participants will receive a certificate.