Lake States
Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards
Register December 12, 2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am PT/ 10:00 am – 11:00 am MT/ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT/ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET Zoom Panel Discussion (Zoom meeting information will be sent after you register) Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers,…
Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: The Future is Smoky
Register December 14, 2023 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. With increasing wildfire activity due to changes in climate, smoke will likely become more prevalent and continue to have an effect on society. Earlier this year, smoke from Canada wildfires lowered air quality…
Fire in Southern Pine Systems: Prescribed Fire for Forest Management Webinar Series
Registration and full series information January 3, 2024 8:30 - 10 a.m. Central Time Online via Zoom Fire into the Future: Geospatial Technology to Identify and Categorize Fire in the Southeast Join us as we explore the ecology of southern pines, the reintroduction of fire into fire-adapted ecosystems, and the legacy of prescribed fire and how…
Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: Phenology of Fire: Listening to the Plants and Animals
Register January 18, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. Season of fire. Opening the burn window. Both of these focus on one of the elements that make up a fire regime – frequency, intensity/severity, extent/scale, and seasonality. Decades of spring-and/or autumn-centric fire…
Family forest landowner preferences for managing invasive species
Register January 25, 2024 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time / 11:00 a.m. Mountain Time / 12:00 Noon Central Time / 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Presenter: Dr. Shady Atallah, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Family forest landowners own and manage much of the world's forests, but we know little about their willingness to control biological invasions on their…
Prescribed Fire as a Restoration Tool for Savanna Communities: Rx Fire for Forest Management Series
Registration and full series information February 7, 2024 8:30 – 10 a.m. Central Time Online via Zoom Join Jeb Barzen and Brendan Woodall as they discuss Restoring Savanna Communities in Wisconsin with Rx Fire at Ecologically Meaningful Scales Jeb Barzen will focus on addressing the potential for restoring savanna communities in Wisconsin at ecologically meaningful…
Successfully Bridging the Gap: Eastern US Models of Fire Science and Management Collaboration
Register February 15, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. Land management programs are frequently confronted with the imperative of incorporating the most advanced scientific knowledge into their decision-making processes along with filling voids in research needed to move along effective management. Nevertheless,…
Lunch and Learn: Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Report
Register Friday, February 23, 2024 12:00 - 1:30 Mountain Time (11:00 PT / 1:00 CT / 2:00 ET) Event flyer/post For decades, the wildland fire crisis has been growing. More severe catastrophic wildfires devastate communities and ecosystems and threaten lives and livelihoods across the country. In response, the federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission…
Forestry Workforce Development Needs in Wisconsin – research webinar
Register April 30, 2024 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Central Time Join Guild student member Zoe Kaminsky as they share their research! With a desire to inform the development of more relevant, valuable, and accessible forestry continuing education opportunities, the Wisconsin Forestry Center designed a web-based survey to assess forestry training needs across Wisconsin. Survey participants…
Forestry for the Birds in Michigan and Minnesota – webinar
Register May 9, 2024 10 - 11 a.m. Central Time The Northern Forest Birds Network presents Michael Paling (Michigan Forester with American Bird Conservancy) and Christian Nelson (Lakes States Coordinator with Forest Stewards Guild) who will give an overview of Forestry for the Birds in Michigan and Minnesota! Forestry for Birds initiatives are built on…