Southern Michigan Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX)

Apply by end of the day January 30, 2024 May 6 - 15, 2024 Fort Custer, MI Full information can be found in the Training Announcement This TREX will provide prescribed fire training opportunities to local and regional fire practitioners while supporting management of natural resources on state, federal, and private lands. Target Group: Prescribed…

Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Women’s Approach to Climate Adaptation

This topic session has been moved from it's original March dates. Full series website May 8, 2024 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register for this webinar or entire series Executive Director Sarah Robinson will lead a discussion on forestry, climate and research from the perspective of women practitioners (landowners, consulting foresters, logging contractors, researchers,…

Wildlife Field Day featuring Forestry for the Birds

Register ($5) May 11, 2024 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time Hopkins Demonstration Forest 16750 S Brockway Road, Oregon City, OR Join OSU Extension and the Forest Stewards Guild for a discussion and forest tour featuring the Forest Stewards Guild’s Forestry for the Birds: Western Oregon Guide. The Guide was developed to assist woodland…

Women’s Chainsaw Workshop – Advanced Beginner

Register Thursday, May 16, 2024 8:30 am – 4:30 p.m. ET  Lake James State Park, North Carolina This course is designed to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment for women who have some experience using chainsaws and would like to get more hands-on instruction and practice. Participants are required to have had training in…

Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance – Black Earth, WI

Register for Level 1 Monday, May 20, 2024 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Central Time Training levels described This session has $200 early bird pricing before April 15. Bring a saw and personal protective equipment if you have them. You do not need to purchase gear or equipment in order to take this class. Some…

Third annual bird event at Stone Fence Farm, NH

Save the date - registration coming soon June 8, 2024 Stone Fence Farm 64 Johnson Mountain Road Unity, New Hampshire Optional camping onsite and pizza dinner on Friday. Continuing education credits for foresters are available. Guild members Jeremy Turner and Laura French will host the third annual bird event at Stone Fence Farm. You won't…

Learning to Identify Appalachian Cove Forests

Register June 12, 2024 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Meeting at Standing Rock Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We will walk a segment of the Mountains to Sea trail near Waynesville, NC We invite forest practitioners and others interested in forest management to a workshop about Appalachian Cove Forests with MountainTrue. This workshop…

Forest Farming: A Climate Smart Practice

Register Thursday, June 13, 2024 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Smokey House Center 426 Danby Mountain Road Danby, VT 05739 2.5 category 1 continuing forester education credits (CFE) through Society of American Foresters Full event webpage Join us at Smokey House Center for a field session on forest farming - a USDA-recognized agroforestry practice that involves…

Wildlife Field Day: Forestry for the Birds

Register June 26, 2024 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Corvallis, OR (location details will be provided to attendees) Join us for a discussion and forest tour featuring the Forest Stewards Guild's Forestry for the Birds Western Oregon Guide (take home a copy for your $5 registration fee). This Guide was developed to assist woodland caretakers…

Lake States Guild Gathering – Old-Growth, Birds, and More!

Register here (includes Wednesday meals and Thursday breakfast) $60 for Guild members, $75 non-members, $30 for students August 28 at 10:00 a.m. - August 29 at Noon, CT Kemp Natural Resources Station 9161 Kemp Rd, Woodruff, WI 54568 Lodging opportunities On site: We will have the historic Kemp Lodge and a total of 27 single…