Northeast
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…
Maine Climate Resilient Forest Management Workshops – Eastern
Register (by April 19, 2024) (Note: We ask each team to bring a real-world project to set context for discussions and activities. This workshop is designed to help you customize a site-specific climate adaptation plan that complements existing management and conservation efforts. There are worksheets to submit with registration. Please see more instructions at the…
Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Women’s Approach to Climate Adaptation
This topic session has been moved from it's original March dates. Full series website May 8, 2024 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register for this webinar or entire series Executive Director Sarah Robinson will lead a discussion on forestry, climate and research from the perspective of women practitioners (landowners, consulting foresters, logging contractors, researchers,…