
Pathways to Sustain Ash Series: New Hampshire State Forest Nursery Field Tour
March 20 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Pathways to Sustain Ash Webinar & Field Tour Series
Register for this field tour (free, space is limited to 25 people)
New Hampshire State Forest Nursery Field Tour
March 20, 2025
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location:
NH State Nursery
405 Daniel Webster Highway
Boscawen, New Hampshire 03303
This in-person event is limited to 25 attendees, so act fast to reserve your spot! Registration is free and lunch is provided.
Are you interested in learning more about stewarding ash across the landscape and getting involved in seed collection efforts? Then join the Forest Stewards Guild and partners for event three of our three-part series Pathways to Sustain Ash.
We’re wrapping up our Pathways to Sustain Ash series with a field tour to see preservation in action at the New Hampshire (NH) State Forest Nursery.
Our field tour will:
- Discuss NH’s ongoing multi-year efforts to conduct integrated pest management (i.e., insecticide, silviculture, biocontrol) to preserve mature ash and promote ash regeneration
- Learn about upcoming ash enrichment plantings in NH and tour ash seedlings
- Explore the innovative seed processing, propagation, and planting efforts at the NH State Forest Nursery
- Network with your community over a provided lunch and casual conversation in the seed counting room
Speakers:
- Billy Kunelius, NH State Forest Nursery Manager, NH State Forest Nursery
- Bill Davidson, Forest Health Specialist, NH Forest Health Program, NH Division of Forests and Lands
This event is approved for 2.50 SAF Category 1 Continuing Education Credit.
About the Series:
Through two webinars and a field tour, this three-part series will explore innovative approaches and perspectives to sustaining ash through tree identification basics, seed collection, post-collection processing, and propagation. Join us for one or all of the upcoming events (space permitting).
Webinar 1: Why Preserve Ash Seed? February 20, 2025, 10:00-11:30 a.m. ET
Webinar 2: The How-To of Ash Seed Preservation from Collection to Propagation. March 6, 2025, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Field Tour: New Hampshire State Forest Nursery Field Tour. March 20, 2025, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ET
This series is organized by the Sustaining Ash Partners Network (SAP-Ne). The Sustaining Ash Partners Network is supported by the USDA Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration program.
If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Swanwick at rswanwick@forestguild.org.