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SUMMARY:COC Forestry and Conservation Seminar Series
DESCRIPTION:No registration required\, open to public. \nAll talks located at: Craftsbury Outdoor Center\, Touring Center\n535 Lost Nation Road\, Craftsbury Common\, VT\, 05827 \nTalk #1: Understanding old forests\, and what makes them unique \nOccurred on May 28th. A recording will be available soon…\nSpeaker: Liz Thompson (Independent Ecologistand Co-author of Wetland\, Woodland\, Wildland: A guide to the natural communities of Vermont). Old forests capture a special place in our imagination\, and they provide important ecological functions. Join a discussion to learn more about what old forests look like (it’s not always what you expect!)\, why they matter\, and where they are found in our state and region. \nTalk #2: Understanding ongoing conservation efforts \nTuesday\, June 18\, 2024\n7:00 –  8:00 p.m. ET\nSpeaker: Bob Zaino (Natural Community Ecologist with Vermont Fish and Wildlife\, and Co-author of Wetland\, Woodland\, Wildland: A guide to the natural communities of Vermont). Learn about ongoing efforts to find\, map\, and conserve old forests in Vermont. Take a virtual tour of some of Vermont’s most fascinating old forests. Finally\, learn about efforts to enhance old forest representation as part of broader conservation vision for Vermont. \nTalk #3: Wildlife and Old Forests \nTuesday\, July 16\, 2024\n7:00 –  8:00 p.m. ET\nSpeaker: Jill Kilborn (Nongame Bird Project Leader\, VT Dept. of Fish and Wildlife). Learn about wildlife and old forests in Vermont. What old forest characteristics are important for wildlife\, and what species are more likely to be found in these places. \nTalk #4: Management strategies to develop old forest conditions \nTuesday\, August 6\, 2024\n7:00 –  8:00 p.m. ET\nSpeaker: Guild member Anthony D’Amato (Professor and Director of UVM Forestry Program and UVM Research Forests). Learn about ecological silviculture and forest management strategies to promote old forest development. Discussion will include old forest structural characteristics and active strategies to enhance both the health of your forest as well as promote the development of old forest characteristics. \nTalk #5: Ecological silviculture in action at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center \nTuesday\, October 1\, 2024\n7:00 –  8:00 p.m. ET\nSpeaker: Guild members Rick Morrill (Northern Forest Conservation Services) and Jared Nunery (Orleans County Forester) will introduce the landscape setting of the COC trail network and discuss the local application of ecological forestry and silviculture. We will explore how practices and strategies discussed during the summer lecture series are being applied right here in Craftsbury. There’s more going on in the woods than you might realize skiing over the trail system – come learn how you might integrate some of these practices into the management of your forest.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/coc-forestry-and-conservation-seminar-series/
CATEGORIES:Old Growth Forests
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SUMMARY:School of Forest Resources Book Reading by author Guild Member in Maine
DESCRIPTION:3:00 p.m. ET: Coe Room of the Memorial Union at the University of Maine Orono \n4:30 p.m. ET: informal Meet-the-Author event at the Orono Brewing Company \nParking pass \nCome meet Ethan Tapper\, forester and Forest Stewards Guild member\, at the University of Maine-Orono\, as he reads from his new book: How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World. How to Love a Forest is a “reimagining of forests and what it means to care for them\,” that has been endorsed by environmental authors such as Doug Tallamy\, Ben Goldfarb\, Bill McKibben\, Tom Wessels and others. At this event\, Ethan will read from How to Love a Forest\, discuss what inspired the book\, answer questions\, and sign books. \nEthan Tapper is a forester\, author\, birder\, naturalist and digital creator from Vermont\, recognized as a thought-leader and a disruptor in the conservation community of the northeastern United States and beyond. Among other awards and distinctions\, Ethan has been named the Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance’s Forester of the Year and the American Tree Farm System’s National Tree Farm Inspector of the Year. Ethan is a regular contributor to Northern Woodlands magazine and a variety of other publications\, and is a digital creator with tens of thousands of followers on Instagram\, YouTube and TikTok (all under the handle @HowToLoveAForest). Learn more about Ethan and his work at EthanTapper.com. \nA full line-up of Ethan’s Maine book tour is outlined here!
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/school-of-forest-resources-book-reading-by-author-guild-member-in-maine/
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