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September 2020
Prospects for Resistance Breeding in Trees (webinar)
Register September 22 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET Training event announcement Our speaker Carolyn (Carrie) Pike is a Forest Regeneration Specialist with the USDA Forest Service. Carrie will talk about ongoing work to improve resistance in beloved tree species like American elm, the ash species, and butternut to build in resistance to Dutch elm disease, emerald ash borer, and butternut canker, respectively, that have devastated these species. This is part of a Forest Ecology and Management Webinar Series by the…
Find out more »Woodland Owner Webinar Series: Forestry and Climate Change
Register September 23 1:30 - 2:30 pm CT 1 CFE credit is available for attending the live webinar How can we protect our woods in a changing climate while also taking advantage of our forests as carbon sinks? This webinar will help answer these questions. Stephen Handler, a climate change specialist with the USDA Forest Service, will discuss how you can factor climate change in forest management. He will also discuss tools to help evaluate your climate change risks. Gabriel…
Find out more »Empowering and Engaging VT’s Woman Landowners (webinar)
Register September 24 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ET SAF credits pending Join us for a webinar conversation to explore the women who own Vermont’s forestland. In 2019, Vermont Woodlands Association (VWA), Vermont Coverts, UVM Extension, VT Forests, Parks, and Recreation, VT Fish & Wildlife and Vermont Land Trust (VLT) joined forces to form VT’s Women Owning Woodlands Network (WOW-VT). Over the last year, WOW-VT has worked collaboratively to identify the needs of women landowners. This webinar will share what we've…
Find out more »Efficacy of Post-fire Treatments
Register September 24 2:oo - 4:00 p.m. CT (3:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET) A robust conversation on the efficacy of post-fire treatments and current research results. Registration is free thanks to sponsorship of National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy! Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc is hosting.
Find out more »Physiological Response of Trees in Maine Mountain Forests to Climate Stress (webinar)
Register today (free of charge) September 24, 2020 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET Physiological Response of Trees in Maine Mountain Forests to Climate Stress Speaker: Dr. Jay Wason, University of Maine The Maine Mountain Collaborative is hosting a series of webinars leading up to the autumn Symposium on Climate Change in Maine’s Mountains. This is the third in the four-part webinar series. Prior webinars in the series can be found on our webinar library page.
Find out more »Colorado Wildland Fire Conference
Register The Colorado Wildland Fire Conference is moving to a virtual platform this year, incorporating the "Discover Your Role" theme including a variety of presentations. September 30 8:15 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. MT and October 1 8:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MT Conference schedule Special message from Fire Adapted Colorado This event has been approved for: Society of American Foresters: Sept. 30, 4 CAT 1 CFE and Oct. 1, 2.5 CAT 1 CFE Society for Range Management: 5 CPRM Credits Society…
Find out more »Virtual and interactive workshop on prescribed fire in northern Minnesota
Register Title: Prescribed Fire: Forest History and Today’s Implementation September 30, 2020 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. CT (7:00 - 8:30 p.m. ET) The use of fire on the landscape is a hotly debated topic, despite being a natural process in our northern forests. It is seen as a vital tool by land managers to improve forest health and spur regeneration. This webinar will look at the history of fire and its benefits in the NE region of Minnesota. Then, virtually,…
Find out more »October 2020
Appalachian Cove Virtual Series – Invasives webinar
Bittersweet taking over a stand of trees. Photo courtesy of EcoForesters. This webinar is the third in a series that replaces an original event entitled Mountain Cove Forest Management and Conservation in the Central Appalachians. That original event will not be held due to Covid-19. Invasives in Appalachian cove sites Register! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. October 2, 2020 Noon - 1:00 p.m. ET Pre-approved for 1 SAF CFE credit Pre-approved…
Find out more »Invasive Plants & Their Impact on Wildlife and Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants (webinar)
Save the date! Thursday October 8 1 - 2:30 p.m. ET More information about this event coming soon! This is the second webinar in a four-part virtual series by ForestHer NC. About the series: ForestHer NC is going virtual! Presentations scheduled for the March 2020 Managing for Wildlife workshops will now be held as a free, four-part virtual series. Join us as we come together as a statewide community for the first time!
Find out more »Cold Hollow to Canada Evening of Story and Conversation
Register ($10) October 8 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. ET Join Cold Hollow to Canada for an evening of story and conversation with Peter Forbes, managing director of First Light Learning Journey, a program of New Learning Journey, Inc. Through images and story, Peter will describe the largest effort that’s ever been undertaken in the northeast to rebuild relationships between indigenous people and the conservation movement to expand Native stewardship of land. Started 4 years ago in Maine, First Light is…
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