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Working Lands for Wildlife webinar
Register February 25, 2021 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET Event flyer and agenda for download This webinar has been approved for 2.5 Category 1 CEU's by the Society of American Foresters. This free webinar hosted by Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society and the NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife program will educate landowners…
Forest Ecology and Management Webinar Series
Register (free but required in advance) March 2, 2021 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET Event flyer for download Title: Assessing Future Changes in Fire Risk in the Northeastern United States using the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) Presenter: Daniel Miller - Hydrologist, Division of Natural Resources and Conservation Planning, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region…
Annual St. Croix Forestry Conference
Register ($40) March 12, 2021 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT Agenda and flyer for download This year, the annual St. Croix Forestry Conference will be held virtually. The conference is designed for local, state, federal, and private foresters, land managers and other natural resources professionals, and landowners interested in maintaining a healthy forested watershed.…
Forest to Cities. #3 in Local Wood: Grow, Build, Live webinar series
Register March 17, 2021 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET Learn how engineered wood products allow us to build bigger with wood, and how this new technology is an effective alternative to carbon-intensive concrete and steel construction. learn how engineered wood products, also known as mass timber, allow us to build bigger with wood, as an…
The Science of Carbon Forestry webinar
Register today! April 8, 2021 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET As the global climate warms, questions are arising about the role of carbon in our forests and forest management options. To solve the climate crisis, we need a portfolio of options, each of which carries a different set of carbon values, co-benefits, and risks.…
The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy: A Practical Toolkit for Forestry
Register ($60 SFEC Members, $110 Non-Members (others), $30 Students) April 15, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT, and April 22 and 29, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m CT This workshop is eligible for 10 CAT1 SAF CFE credits. During this three-day online workshop we’ll provide you with tools to navigate ethical…
Economics of US Forests as a Natural Climate Solution
Register April 29, 2021 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET A joint program between The Ohio State University, North Carolina State University, the University of Maine, the University of Idaho, and IUFRO. Presenters will provide recent results from leading forest economic models that estimate the costs and potential of carbon sequestration in U.S. forests and provide…
The Long View: Sustaining Our Oak Forests – Crowdcast
Register May 12, 2021 11:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. ET Hosted by the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society Agenda: 11 – 11:05 AM: Welcome and Introduction - Charlie Faires, RGS 11:05 – 11:20 AM: Land-use History of Upland Oak Forests of the Central Hardwood Region, Landowner Perspectives on Oak Silviculture -Mason Danheim, North…
North American Forest Insect Work Conference
Register May 26 at 8:00 a.m. - May 28 at 12:30 p.m. CT Program is available online Full event information is available at the conference website Theme: "Shaping Forests: Action in a Changing World." The future of forest entomology will be shaped by cooperation and collaboration among researchers and educators from all professional and personal…
Fire Breaks: Fire Suppression, the “Light-Burning” Controversy, and the Return of Indigenous Flames (webinar)
Register Thursday, June 10, 2021 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET Historian Char Miller's talk “Fire Breaks” probes the varied forces advocating the suppression of wildfire in the United States, with a focus on California’s 250-year-long experience with this controversial effort to snuff out blazes, both wild and managed. Using primary sources dating back to the…