Lake States
Society of American Foresters state meeting – Wisconsin
Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center Stevens Point, WISave the date! "Boards, Cords and Beyond: Managing Your Woods for Maximum Value." The Wisconsin Society of American Foresters State Meeting program will include quality speakers covering a variety of topics providing up to date information on markets affecting timber products and alternative forest-based products. More information on registration and agenda items will follow.
Creative Silviculture
Kemp Natural Resources Station 9161 Kemp Rd, Woodruff, WisconsinRegistration closed Kemp Natural Resources Station (9161 Kemp Road, Woodruff, WI 54568) We often refer to silviculture as the “art and science of growing healthy forests.” For this meeting the Forest Stewards Guild welcomes you to northern Wisconsin to discuss some of the creative ways people are stitching together the art with science to improve the stewardship of our forests. …
Restoration Forestry Guild Gathering: Bottomlands, Bluffs, and Birds
University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, Student Union Union Room 3310, 521 East Avenue N, LaCrosse, WIRegister today! Student rate: $40 Speaker rate: $60 General rate: $70 Add a dinner guest for pizza: $15 Join us to discuss Restoration Forestry in the context of the Upper Mississippi and driftless bluff country of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. The discussion on what restoration forestry is, and how it looks across the spectrum of…
Webinar: Engaging Women Landowners in Discussions of Silvicutlure (and Forestry!)
WebinarRegister today! We'll have more information and an event flyer to share soon! Webinar start time is: 1:00 ET/12:00 CT/11:00 MT/10:00 PT. Please allow extra time ahead of this if you have not used zoom before. Join UMN Extension Forester Angela Gupta for this web-presentation and discussion about communicating with women woodland owners. Learn some…
Flights for Bats!
Event flyer to download Please support this great Halloween themed event in Minnesota! As you know, our local forest bat population is being decimated by an imported fungal disease called White Nose Syndrome. Bats are extremely important predators of insect pests that attack our forests! These “Forest to Tap” craft breweries located in Minnesota’s north…
Considerations for evaluating effects of wildfire to Northern spotted owls (NSO) and NSO habitat
Register today! June 16, 2020 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET Full event flyer for download Fire is a natural ecosystem process and forest dependent wildlife evolved with, and are well adapted to fire. Spotted owl responses to fire continue to be the topic of significant research, investigating changes in occupancy, foraging behavior, colonization and site…
Webinar – Regeneration Issues. #7 in the Forest Adaptation Webinar Series
Forest Adaptation Webinar Series (#7) Regeneration Issues featuring Kathryn Miller, with the National Park Service, and Chris Zimmerman of The Nature Conservancy. June 25, Noon - 1:00 p.m. ET Register now! NIACS and the Forest Stewards Guild have teamed up to offer a webinar series focused on forests and climate change adaptation. The series brings…
Natural Resource Management Academy (online course)
Sign up today July 13 - 17 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET Program flyer The Natural Resource Management Academy is a learning opportunity “for youth entering grades 7-12 who are interested in the environment and ready to explore, in depth, their passion for Vermont’s natural resources.” This program is a partnership between UVM Extension 4-H…