Northeast
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…
2024 Yankee SAF Annual Meeting
Register March 1, 2024 9:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time The Publick House, Paige Hall 277 Main Street Sturbridge, MA 01566 Event flyer and agenda for download The 2024 Yankee Annual Meeting, includes a gourmet hot buffet lunch. The program will feature presentations on Massachusetts's Forests as Climate Solutions Initiative, NRCS opportunities to advance…
Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Pests & Pathogens
This topic session has moved from it's original May dates. Full series website March 6, 2024 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register for this webinar or entire series Restoration and sustainable forestry at GPMCT with Roger Greene, forest consultant to GPMCT. Beech management, forest defoliators, and disease threats with University of Maine Angela Mech…
Webinar Series: Climate-Smart Silviculture
Learn more and register for one or both remaining in the series Dates and topics are listed below. While climate-smart forestry is a hot topic in forestry today, there are many questions about what practicing climate-smart silviculture looks like. In this webinar series, participants will hear from some of the leading silviculturists, ecologists, and foresters…
Advancing Equitable Approaches to Climate Adaptation
March 19, 2024 9:00 a.m. EST University of Vermont, Aiken Center 103 Virtual via teams Preapproved for 1 continuing forestry education credit (1.0 category) Join Rachel H. Swanwick for her Master's Thesis Defense titled Advancing Equitable Approaches to Climate Adaptation: Exploring Barriers, Opportunities and Cross-Cultural Socio-Environmental Collaborations for Forest Stewardship across Tribal Nations and State…
Monetization of Ecosystem Services in Forestry – Duke Symposium
Register (by March 15 at 5 p.m.) Saturday, March 23, 2024 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (refreshments and check in start at 8 a.m.) Virtual or in-person attendance options are available In person sessions will be held at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, with lunch provided. SAF CFE credits are available. Full…
Tree Identification in Vermont
Register March 26, 2024 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time Champlain Valley Union High School, room 124 369 C V U Road, Hinesburg, VT Many people rely on leaves to identify a tree, making tree identification during "stick season" a daunting task. Join Chittenden County Forester and Guild member Ethan Tapper for a one-night course…
Guild Gathering (dinner) concurrent with New England SAF meeting
RSVP link ($20 covers event costs) Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:00 p.m. ET Halvorson’s Upstreet Cafe, 16 Church St., Burlington, VT. We know that many Guild members will be attending the New England SAF meeting in Burlington. Based on interest in a recent poll of members, we have reserved the Barn Bar space at Halvorson’s…
Beyond the “Illusion of Preservation”
Register April 17, 2024 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET This webinar will host a panel discussion of the new report Beyond the “Illusion of Preservation” with three of the seven authors (two are also Guild members). The report addresses the imbalance of wood production and wood consumption in New England and encourages taking regional responsibility…