Pacific Northwest
Woods to Home. #2 in the Local Wood: Grow, Build, Live webinar series
Register February 24, 2021 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET Learn about the process of building a home with locally harvested lumber and the benefits of using local wood products. Join us for a session on building a home with locally sourced wood products, featuring discussions with Massachusetts Woodlands Institute (MWI) Board Chair Brian Donahue, MWI…
Forest Ecology and Management Webinar Series
Register (free but required in advance) March 2, 2021 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET Event flyer for download Title: Assessing Future Changes in Fire Risk in the Northeastern United States using the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) Presenter: Daniel Miller - Hydrologist, Division of Natural Resources and Conservation Planning, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region…
Trees to Tap: Forest Management and Drinking Water Virtual Conference
Register March 11, 2021 (1:00 - 5:15 p.m. PT) & March 12, 2021 (8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PT) via Zoom In this virtual conference, experts will share key findings from the recent Trees to Tap Science Review, and connect research findings with management actions for the future of Oregon's drinking water. Participants will engage…
Forest to Cities. #3 in Local Wood: Grow, Build, Live webinar series
Register March 17, 2021 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET Learn how engineered wood products allow us to build bigger with wood, and how this new technology is an effective alternative to carbon-intensive concrete and steel construction. learn how engineered wood products, also known as mass timber, allow us to build bigger with wood, as an…
Northwest Innovative Forestry Summit (NIFS)
Registration is closed $20, or free for students. If you have registered, but have not received an email with a welcome and the event's join instructions, please email colleen@forestguild.org right away. March 30 - April 1 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. PT (each day) Agenda Focus: This Summit is a venue for regional learning, exchange, and ongoing cooperation…
Building effective partnerships with indigenous communities
Register April 1, 2021 10:00 a.m. PT The webinar will outline recommendations for working with Indigenous communities based on the knowledge that long term relationship building with these communities is the foundation upon which educational programs, research collaborations, and other initiatives must be co-created. This presentation seeks to define best practices in approach and process…
The Science of Carbon Forestry webinar
Register today! April 8, 2021 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET As the global climate warms, questions are arising about the role of carbon in our forests and forest management options. To solve the climate crisis, we need a portfolio of options, each of which carries a different set of carbon values, co-benefits, and risks.…
The Good, the Bad, and the Fuzzy: A Practical Toolkit for Forestry
Register ($60 SFEC Members, $110 Non-Members (others), $30 Students) April 15, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CT, and April 22 and 29, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m CT This workshop is eligible for 10 CAT1 SAF CFE credits. During this three-day online workshop we’ll provide you with tools to navigate ethical…
Economics of US Forests as a Natural Climate Solution
Register April 29, 2021 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET A joint program between The Ohio State University, North Carolina State University, the University of Maine, the University of Idaho, and IUFRO. Presenters will provide recent results from leading forest economic models that estimate the costs and potential of carbon sequestration in U.S. forests and provide…
Fire Breaks: Fire Suppression, the “Light-Burning” Controversy, and the Return of Indigenous Flames (webinar)
Register Thursday, June 10, 2021 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET Historian Char Miller's talk “Fire Breaks” probes the varied forces advocating the suppression of wildfire in the United States, with a focus on California’s 250-year-long experience with this controversial effort to snuff out blazes, both wild and managed. Using primary sources dating back to the…