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SUMMARY:Sustaining Ash Partners Network (SAP-Ne) Kick Off Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Recording \nOctober 2\, 2024\n9:30 – 11:00 a.m. ET \nEvent flyer for download \nAgenda \nYou’re invited to register for the Forest Stewards Guild’s Sustaining Ash Partners Network (SAP-Ne) kick-off webinar event! Join the launch of our network to promote a collaborative approach to ash preservation in the Northeast\, with a morning of learning and dialogue with experts across Tribal Nations\, academic\, governmental\, and private organizations. \nThe preservation of ash in the face of emerald ash borer (EAB) is a growing concern. Contributing to this forest health challenge\, it is often increasingly difficult to work across boundaries and respond at the scales needed to develop lasting solutions. To address this need\, SAP-Ne supports a regional response to EAB through education\, outreach\, and engagement with diverse forest stewards across the Northeast (i.e.\, Maine\, New Hampshire\, Vermont\, New York\, and Massachusetts) by encouraging landscape level actions to sustain ash\, sharing stories of hope\, and amplifying the cultural significance of ash among Indigenous peoples. \nOur first kick-off webinar will: \n\nAnnounce our multi-year network goals;\nExplore western scientific and Indigenous perspectives on ash stewardship;\nShare experiences to inspire and engage forest stewards in ash preservation;\nIdentify gaps in regional training and resources which SAP-Ne will aim to fill; and\nServe as a call to action to address the ecological\, social\, and cultural impacts of EAB.\n\nOur speaker lineup includes: \n\nAnthony D’Amato\, Professor and Forestry Program Director\, University of Vermont\nRichard Silliboy\, Basketmaker and Vice Chief\, Mi’kmaq Nation\nCaitlin Cusack\, Forester\, Vermont Land Trust\nLes Benedict\, Environment Division Assistant Director\, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe\n\nFollowing the plenary talks\, attendees will be invited to participate in breakout sessions\, led by program partners from their associated state (i.e.\, ME\, NH\, VT\, NY\, MA)\, where participants will have the opportunity to share their concerns\, lessons learned\, and resources/training opportunities and/or needs. \nAre you interested in learning more about stewarding ash across the landscape? Then sign up for this event today! \nThis event is approved for 1.00 SAF Category 1 Continuing Ed Credit. \nOur network is supported by the USDA Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration program. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Rachel Swanwick at rswanwick@forestguild.org.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/sustaining-ash-partners-network-sap-ne-kick-off-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Northeast
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SUMMARY:Beech management and control in the context of beech leaf disease
DESCRIPTION:Register \nOctober 22\, 2024\n9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET \nVarney Memorial Building\n24 Veterans Highway Brooks\, ME 04921 \nThe event is free and lunch will be provided. \nNew England Forestry Foundation will co-host this event with the E D Bessey and Son company. \nThis event will include several presentations indoors and then a field visit to the managed forests of the E D Bessey and Son company in Brooks\, Maine. 4WD is preferable for accessing the field sites but carpooling will be posssible. Learn about the prospects for beech health and survival under the double pressure of beech bark and beech leaf diseases\, and what approaches are being researched to maintain some healthy beech in the landscape. Then we will see a decade of field experiments in working forests to diversify stands dominated by low-vigor beech towards a broader range of commercial species. \nPart of the event will take place on E D Bessey and Son company lands\, where we will see how they have been trying to diversify beech-dominated stands using silviculture and vegetation control. In the morning we will hear from the leading experts on beech leaf disease from the US and Maine Forest Services about current understanding of beech leaf disease dynamics\, mortality and survival\, and how they are experimenting with keeping a healthy component of beech in the landscape. \nWe think this event will be useful for foresters and landowners who want a holistic understanding of beech management: both how we can help this species survive in northeastern forests\, but also how to manage for more diversity when unhealthy beech sprouts have come to dominate a stand.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/beech-management-and-control-in-the-context-of-beech-leaf-disease/
CATEGORIES:Field event,Northeast
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