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SUMMARY:BF 235: Silvopasture course
DESCRIPTION:Register \nWednesdays\, from  from January 14 – February 18\n6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time \nFull event details \nJoin Guild member Eli Roberts to learn to Integrate Trees\, Livestock\, and Forage for Multiple Wins on Your Farm. \nThere are many ways of combining trees\, forage\, and animals in useful\, efficient\, practical\, and profitable arrangements. But none of these outcomes is guaranteed\, and there are a lot of decisions required! When you take this course\, you’ll be able to describe\, plan for\, and evaluate particular silvopasture practices and understand their place in the broader categories of Silvopasture and Agroforestry. You’ll also understand the potential pitfalls that differentiate good silvopasture from poor land management. You’ll leave with the tools to create silvopasture plans for your farm\, and to engage with the topic of silvopasture as a practitioner and experimenter. \nCourse Objectives\nBy the end of this course\, you will be able to: \n\nPlan a silvopasture project of your own\, and understand how your plan relates to other silvopastures\, and how it fits into the larger category of practices that involve trees on farms.\nArticulate goals\, clarify functions\, plan layout and species\, and choose implementation methods.\nUnderstand the guardrails of silvopasture practice\, and have the tools to avoid unmanaged forest grazing.\nHave the tools to evaluate and make the decisions that will get you to a functional silvopasture.\n\nThis course is hosted by the Cornell Small Farms Program.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/bf-235-silvopasture-course/
CATEGORIES:Online Course,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Lessons for Riparian Buffers: How Old-Growth Forests Affect Streams
DESCRIPTION:Register \nFebruary 10\, 2026 \n12:00 – 1:15 p.m. ET \nRiparian forests\, the forests that line streams and rivers\, are critical for preserving water quality and aquatic habitat in Vermont’s streams\, providing wildlife habitat\, and slowing floodwaters. But most of our understanding of riparian forest ecology is based on second growth forests that have regrown following 19th century clearing for agriculture. Old-growth riparian forests provide in-stream habitat features that have not been widely recognized in the eastern U.S. \nJoin Allaire Diamond\, Vermont Land Trust’s Ecology and Restoration Program Director\, to learn about VLT’s approach to conserving and restoring riparian forest and Bill Keeton\, Forest Ecologist and UVM Professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources\, who will share 20+ years of research across northern New England on old-growth riparian forests. You’ll learn how enhancing late-successional forest characteristics in stream corridors can store carbon and improve instream habitat structure and complexity\, particularly along headwater streams. It may also contribute to downstream nutrient pollution reduction\, although this remains the topic of ongoing research. Carefully managing\, conserving\, and restoring structurally complex riparian forests are exciting tools that VLT and our research partners hope to use across Vermont’s watersheds in the coming years. \nThis webinar is approved for 1 CFE/CEU.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/lessons-for-riparian-buffers-how-old-growth-forests-affect-streams/
CATEGORIES:Northeast,Webinar
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