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Successfully Bridging the Gap: Eastern US Models of Fire Science and Management Collaboration
Register February 15, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. Land management programs are frequently confronted with the imperative of incorporating the most advanced scientific knowledge into their decision-making processes along with filling voids in research needed to move along effective management. Nevertheless,…
Lunch and Learn: Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Report
Register Friday, February 23, 2024 12:00 - 1:30 Mountain Time (11:00 PT / 1:00 CT / 2:00 ET) Event flyer/post For decades, the wildland fire crisis has been growing. More severe catastrophic wildfires devastate communities and ecosystems and threaten lives and livelihoods across the country. In response, the federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission…
University of Alabama Student Chapter Guild Gathering
Cahaba River NWR. Photo By/Credit: Amelia Plemons/USFWS Register Date: March 30, 2024 Backup date in case of inclement weather: April 6, 2024 8:30 am - 4:30 pm CT We will paddle from the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge to Pratt’s Ferry. We will focus on the effects of forestry practices on the environmental health of…
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…
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…
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…