Contact us
quadroanthony@gmail.com or 724-972-2946
jandd.hilewick@gamail.com or 724-925-1667
Westmoreland Woodlands Improvement Association events:
Please register in advance by calling Tammy at WCD (724-837-5271, option #1.
Saturday, May 30, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Donohoe Center, Greensburg. The PA Woodmobile,
a traveling exhibit that provides information on the state's forest resources and forest products industry,
will be coming to the Westmoreland Conservation District. We are partnering with the WCD for their
"Turn Back 250" event recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States. Go back in time and
learn about gardens for food and textiles, pioneer food foraging, Native American hunting & trapping,
colonial woodworking, the American Chestnut tree in its heyday, and the history of PA's forests.
Saturday, June 27, Field trip on tree identification. Time and place TBD.
Friday July 15, 4:00-7:00 p.m. Loyalhanna Watershed Assoc. will be hosting the Loyalhanna Timberfest, featuring the PA WoodMobile. The WWIA will have a display presence there.
July TBD, 8:00-9:30 p.m. Date TBD. AAron Capouellez will guide a Frog Walk around the ponds and ephemeral pools near Westmoreland Conservation District (218 Donohoe Rd., Greensburg, PA)
Sunday, October 4, 1;00-3:00 p.m. The Annual Walk in Penn's Woods. Location is yet to be determined.
Thursday, October 15, Annual Meeting. Social period & registration begins at 5:30 at the WCD Barn. Potluck dinner (with WWIA providing fried chicken entree & starch) 6:00 p.m. Members & guests asked to provide your favorite side or dessert. The business meeting will run from about 7:00-7:15. The program topic will be Invasive plant control. Speaker TBD.
Some dates and topics may be tentative. Please check www.westmorelandwoodlands.org
for the latest information about program times and places.
A Note on WWIA 2026 Programming
To help plan for educational programming in 2026, our new program director, Lois Nonan, distributed a survey to attendees at the October 2025 annual meeting. The survey listed various forestry and nature topics.
Participants were asked to choose the ones they'd like to learn more about . The three leading choices were
1) invasive plant control, 2) tree identification and 3) Bureau of Forestry services. Other areas of high interest included forest health and tree pruning. WWIA is now working on educational programming on these topics of interest to plug into gaps in the 2026 schedule or for on into 2027.