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Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Burning as a Management Tool
Register for this field tour November 3, 2023 field tour 9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time Waterboro Barrens Preserve Details for this field tour: Location: Waterboro Barrens Preserve, owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy. 25 miles southwest of Portland, Maine this serene woodland preserve is home to the state’s superb example of a boreal…
Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: Fire History as a Bridge Between Ecological Knowledge Systems
Register November 16, 2023 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. This panel discussion will explore how different types of fire history information (Indigenous Knowledge and physical archives), when considered together, provide improved context for understanding the ecologies and processes that are linked to…
Prescribed Fire for Forest Management: Fire in Northern Pine Systems
Register December 6, 2023 6:30 am Pacific / 7:30 Mountain / 8:30 Central / 9:30 Eastern 1.5 hours Brian Palik and Jed Meunier will be the presenters in this session of the year-long webinar series from the Wisconsin Forestry Center at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Dr. Palik will explore the ecological considerations of prescribed…
Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Long-term Watershed Research
Full series website Dec 6, 2023 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register for this webinar or entire series Mike Howie, American Forest Management and Ivan Fernandez, University of Maine Professor of Soil Science. Long-term research: the intersection of science, recovery and climate; ecological implications from the past and current research that will help address…
Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards
Register December 12, 2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am PT/ 10:00 am – 11:00 am MT/ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT/ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET Zoom Panel Discussion (Zoom meeting information will be sent after you register) Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers,…
Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: The Future is Smoky
Register December 14, 2023 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. With increasing wildfire activity due to changes in climate, smoke will likely become more prevalent and continue to have an effect on society. Earlier this year, smoke from Canada wildfires lowered air quality…
Rooted in Research: Adapting to Extreme Weather Wild Cards – Adaptation Workbook
Register for this or entire series Wild Cards and the Adaptation Workbook - David Bengston (NRS) and Stephen Handler (NRS, NIACS, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub) January 10, 2024 10:30-11:30 a.m. Eastern Time Approved for 1 CFE credit through the Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society. Full series summary: Join the USDA Forest…
Rooted in Research: Adapting to Extreme Weather Wild Cards – Wildland Fire
Register for this or entire series Increased Incidence of Wildland Fire - Nicholas Skowronski (NRS) and Steven Miller (USDA Forest Service Eastern Region) January 17, 2024 10:30-11:30 a.m. Eastern Time Approved for 1 CFE credit through the Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society. Full series summary: Join the USDA Forest Service Northern Research…
Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: Phenology of Fire: Listening to the Plants and Animals
Register January 18, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. Season of fire. Opening the burn window. Both of these focus on one of the elements that make up a fire regime – frequency, intensity/severity, extent/scale, and seasonality. Decades of spring-and/or autumn-centric fire…
Rooted in Research: Adapting to Extreme Weather Wild Cards – Extreme Precipitation
Register for this or entire series Extreme Precipitation and Flooding - John Campbell (NRS) and Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne (NRS, University of Vermont) January 24, 2024 10:30-11:30 a.m. Eastern Time Approved for 1 CFE credit through the Society of American Foresters and The Wildlife Society. Full series summary: Join the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, USDA Northeast and Northern…