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September 2019
Restoration Forestry Guild Gathering: Bottomlands, Bluffs, and Birds
Register today! Student rate: $40 Speaker rate: $60 General rate: $70 Add a dinner guest for pizza: $15 Join us to discuss Restoration Forestry in the context of the Upper Mississippi and driftless bluff country of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. The discussion on what restoration forestry is, and how it looks across the spectrum of forest types will be valuable for those working in other ecosystems too. We will look at Restoration Forestry as a theoretical approach and discuss its…
Find out more »October 2019
Northern White Cedar Field Tour
Register today! Agenda for download Morning coffee and light snacks provided. Please bring your own lunch, water, and snacks and dress for a field tour in the woods. Co-sponsored by the Forest Stewards Guild and the Vermont Land Trust Join us in Greensboro, Vermont for a day of exploration and learning about Northern White Cedar. Known as the tree of life, Northern White Cedar has a variety of uses from fence posts, shingles, and cabin logs, to fragrant and medicinal…
Find out more »Webinar: Engaging Women Landowners in Discussions of Silvicutlure (and Forestry!)
Register today! We'll have more information and an event flyer to share soon! Webinar start time is: 1:00 ET/12:00 CT/11:00 MT/10:00 PT. Please allow extra time ahead of this if you have not used zoom before. Join UMN Extension Forester Angela Gupta for this web-presentation and discussion about communicating with women woodland owners. Learn some quick and easy tips that can enable learning, trust and build relationships that can result in woodland management. Women are the focus because they're a…
Find out more »Second Sandy Mush Forest Restoration Coalition meeting
RSVP/Register here! (No charge. Non-Guild members can ignore and close the login popup on the initial registration screen). A full agenda is coming soon... The Forest Stewards Guild is partnering with EcoForesters and the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) on a project in Sandy Mush to increase capacity for forest restoration activities. One particular focus of the project is increasing landowner access to resources for invasive plant control. As part of these efforts, we’re working to create a community coalition…
Find out more »Webinar: Introducing the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
Register today! Join the Guild as we host this webinar with our member Dr. Alexandra (Ali) Kosiba, Research Project Coordinator for the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative and Staff Scientist for the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. The Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC; www.uvm.edu/femc) is a small office located in Burlington, Vermont, that supports a much larger network of cooperators across the greater New England and New York region. This unique relationship allows the…
Find out more »November 2019
Bottomland Hardwood Learning Exchange
Register today! Agenda coming on September 20 (p.m.) November 6: 11:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. with optional social and provided dinner from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. November 7 Field Tour: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Meet day 1 at: the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Headquarters: 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. More details coming soon regarding lodging and food. Background In November 2018, the Guild brought together experts from the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) and the…
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