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2022 Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Annual Conference
Advances in Forest Science: The role of technology and innovation in stewardship and engagement Register ($28) December 15, 2022 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time Location(s): University of Vermont Davis Center, Burlington, Vermont Virtual Continuing Forestry Education credits will be applied for from the Society of American Foresters. Agenda for download Full event website…
Managing Young Forests to be Like Old Forests
Register January 21, 2023 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time Hinesburg Town Forest Hinesburg, Vermont (Location details will be provided after registration.) The vast majority of Vermont’s forests are young, having been cleared within the last 200 years. While old forests once dominated Vermont’s landscape, they are now extremely uncommon: accounting for less than 1%…
Topic Forest-assisted migration in the context of climate change adaptation: Examples from the eastern USA
Register January 25, 2023 Noon Central Time Presenter: Dr. Brian Palik There is increasing momentum to implement conservation and management approaches that adapt forests to climate change so as to sustain ecosystem functions. These range from actions designed to increase the resistance of current composition and structure to negative impacts to those designed to transition…
Climate change and forest management 101
Register for this webinar Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Noon - 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Alexandra Kosiba, PhD, will address how climate change and other stressors pose a threat to our forests and how we can think about and manage forests to bolster their resilience and adaptation to change. Kosiba will discuss how forests help us…
Queer Ecologies Panel
Register February 1, 2023 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time Online What does ecology mean to you? Why does it need ‘queering?’ Join us for an introduction and discussion on Queer Ecologies. Our panelists will explore the interdisciplinary applications Queer Ecologies has in natural resources. We will discuss what it means to integrate queer ecological…
Yankee Division SAF Annual Meeting
Register February 10, 2023 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time The Publick House, Paige Hall 277 Main Street Sturbridge, MA 01566 We will gather in person again for the 2023 Yankee Annual Meeting, which will be held in a forester-friendly timber framed meeting hall and include a gourmet hot buffet lunch. The program will…
Managing Forests for the Birds at the Westford Town Lands
Register Saturday, February 11, 2023 1:00pm - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time Westford Town Lands (Maple Shade Town Forest) 146 Brookside Rd, Westford, 05494, VT How can responsible forest management help create vibrant habitat for Vermont’s birds? Join Ethan Tapper, the Chittenden County Forester, and Audubon Vermont for a FREE, public walk of a forest management project…
Getting to the Core: Utilizing paleoecology to understand fire in the northeast
Register February 22, 2023 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern time In this hour-long webinar we will hear from Madi Landrum, a Ph.D. student in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program and Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, as she explores the role of paleoecology in fire management decisions on the land in the…
Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Brown Ash
Full series website March 1 webinar 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register for the webinar series to participate in this webinar March 3 field tour 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Location to be determined. Register for this field tour Topics in this pair of dates in the series: Species preservation goals in…
Invasive Plant Certification Program classes for 2022
Register today for one or more sessions in the series below Via zoom online: Mar 16, 2023 - State Regulations Pertaining to Invasive Plant Management (A2) 8:45 AM - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Mar 23, 2023 - Principles and Fundamentals of Weed Science (A1) 9:00 AM - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Apr 6, 2023 -…