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Bird-Friendly Forestry in West Virginia – Natural Resource Practitioners Workshop
Register (no charge for Guild members, $15 otherwise) May 2, 2024 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Near Beckley, WV (exact location provided upon registration) This event is intended for natural resources practitioners and has been approved for SAF Continuing Education Credits. Accessibility: We will be walking on uneven ground in the woods. Join the Forest…
Bird-Friendly Forestry in West Virginia – Landowners Workshop
Golden-winged Warbler male. Photo by Kyle Aldinger, NRCS. Register (no charge) May 3, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Near Beckley, WV (exact location provided after registration) This event is intended for private forest landowners. Accessibility: We will be walking on uneven ground in the woods. Join the Forest Stewards Guild, Aurora Sustainable Lands, Appalachian…
Women’s Chainsaw Workshop – Advanced Beginner
Register Thursday, May 16, 2024 8:30 am – 4:30 p.m. ET Lake James State Park, North Carolina This course is designed to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment for women who have some experience using chainsaws and would like to get more hands-on instruction and practice. Participants are required to have had training in…
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…
Learning to Identify Appalachian Cove Forests
Register June 12, 2024 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Meeting at Standing Rock Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We will walk a segment of the Mountains to Sea trail near Waynesville, NC We invite forest practitioners and others interested in forest management to a workshop about Appalachian Cove Forests with MountainTrue. This workshop…
Environmental Ethics in Running a Logging Business
Register June 13, 2024 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time Join us for a discussion with Guild member Katrina Amaral of Timberdoodle Farm to learn about logging for long-term sustainable land management while farming, what to consider for stand health and diversity, and Timberdoodle's environmental ethic. Timberdoodle Farm is a specialty logging & sawmill business based…
Women Owning Woodlands Virtual Conference for Landowners
Register Thursday June 13, 7-8:30 pm ET Friday June 14, 7-8:30 pm ET Saturday June 15, 12-2 pm ET Location: Online! Zoom links sent after registration. Event flyer for download Agenda: Thursday Theme: Expanding Horizons Welcome & Introduction Activity Keynote Reflection Activity Friday Theme: Diving Deep Topic Presentations & Breakouts Reflection Activity Saturday Theme: Stewardship…
Old-Growth Forest Stewardship: New USFS Technical Guidance
Register for this webinar June 20, 2024 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. PT / 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MT / 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. CT / 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. ET Please join Forest Stewards Guild members and colleagues for a discussion of the new US Forest Service Technical Guidance for Standardized Silvicultural Prescriptions for…