Northeast
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,…
Career Call! Guild Student members join Professionals in a Virtual Gathering Circle
Register Wednesday, May 22, 2024 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. MT / 7:00 p.m. CT / 8:00 p.m. ET Join each other for an opportunity to: 1) meet other members, 2) hear from professionals willing to talk about their jobs, what was important to them in college, and what they wish they knew…
Stewardship opportunities: Becoming an NRCS Technical Service Provider
Register Thursday, May 30, 2024 1:00 p.m. ET Peter Hoagland- Northeast Regional TSP Coordinator, USDA-NRCS In this webinar foresters and other natural resources professionals will learn about the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Technical Service Provider (TSP) Program. Technical Service Providers (TSPs) work on behalf of private landowners and land-managers to offer conservation planning…
Virtue and The Steward’s Mind – Communicating Forestry webinar series
Register June 4, 2024 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Join Guild member Marianne Patinelli-Dubay, a philosopher with the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, for a presentation focused on understanding Guild-style forestry in the context of virtue ethics. Following the presentation, participants will be encouraged to explore these theoretical…