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SUMMARY:Minnesota Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed \nPlease follow the MN Prescribed Fire Council on Facebook or our website: https://www.mnprescribedfire.org/ \nJanuary 8\, 2025\n9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Central Time \nLocation: 2150 Trail of Dreams\, Prior Lake\, MN 55372 \nAgenda for download \nJoin us for Minnesota Prescribed Fire Council updates\, presentations and discussions about the Minnesota and Wisconsin Certified Prescribed Burn Manager programs\, and a field trip to the Hocokata Ti’s public exhibit to learn about Dakota history\, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s prairie restorations\, and efforts to revitalize cultural burning. \nThere will be a field component to this meeting.  We do not anticipate any arduous hiking but it is January in Minnesota so please come prepared with appropriate clothes and footwear for short forest walks on uneven terrain. \nWe will not be seeking continuing education credits for this event. \nLogistics: \n\nLunch provided courtesy of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community\nWe will carpool to the field tour site\, about 10 minutes away from our meeting location\n\nPlease bring: \n\nWater bottle\nWarm clothes\nFootwear that can get muddy or snowy
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/minnesota-prescribed-fire-council-annual-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Lake States
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SUMMARY:Lingering Hemlock Project (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Register (no charge) \nJanuary 15\, 2025\nNoon ET / 11:00 a.m. CT / 10:00 a.m. MT / 9:00 a.m. PT\n90- minutes \nJoin Olivia Hall from The Hemlock Restoration Initiative to learn about the Lingering Hemlock Project\, which aims to support resistance breeding in hemlock trees for long-term control against hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). \nThis project is a subset of Tree Species in Peril\, a The Nature Conservancy project to further development of pest-resistant native northeastern tree species at risk from invasive pests. It focuses specifically on locating and breeding resistant hemlock trees. \nThe Lingering Hemlock Project is a coalition of academic institutions\, government agencies\, and nonprofit organizations. Each partner in the coalition plays a different role in the development of HWA-resistant hemlock trees\, an ambitious but promising goal. \nAgenda: \n\nIntroduction\, Tree Species in Peril overview: ~10 minutes\nEastern Hemlock Decline overview: ~5 minutes\nLingering Hemlock project details: ~10 minutes\nHow to ID a Lingering Hemlock: ~15 minutes\nWhat to do if you’re in an area that doesn’t have hemlock mortality yet?: ~15 minutes\nQuestions\n\nMore info: \nThe Lingering Hemlock Project\, a subset of The Nature Conservancy’s “Tree Species in Peril\,” aims to locate and selectively breed eastern and Carolina hemlocks with genetic resistance to the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). This insect is invasive in eastern North America and has already contributed to widespread hemlock mortality in much of the southeastern United States. As it continues to spread through the northeastern US\, research into how to save hemlock trees is ramping up. While strategies such as chemical control are effective in the short-term\, longer-term hemlock protection depends on biocontrol and selective breeding to promote hemlock woolly adelgid resistance. In this presentation\, Olivia Hall from the North Carolina Hemlock Restoration Initiative will share more about how natural areas can participate in the Lingering Hemlock Project. In the southeastern US\, project partners can locate and record data on hemlocks that remain healthy despite HWA infestations. In the northeastern US\, project partners can establish hemlock plots and monitor their health and decline annually. By detecting hemlock trees that are more resistant to the damage caused by HWA\, this project aims to identify HWA-resistant genotypes to support resistance breeding in eastern and Carolina hemlocks.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/lingering-hemlock-project-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Lake States,Southeast,Webinar
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