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Minnesota Forest Management and Wildlife Habitat Summit
Register ($50 SFEC members and students, $100 SFEC nonmembers. Includes exclusive access to recorded content.) December 8 - 10, 2020 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CT Agenda CFE credits are pending. Originally planned as a large symposium modeled after our October 2017 event, this is offered by the University of Minnesota's Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative…
Wildfire Management on Rural Lands
Register (Webinar instructions will be emailed before the date of the webinar) (Self study price is $299. Save $100 when registering 3 or more people) December 14, 2020 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT (11 a.m. - 6 p.m. ET) Continuing education credits of several types are available. See registration page for details. Included: Wildfire…
East Jemez Landscape Futures: A collaborative approach to post-fire (webinar)
Register December 15, 2020 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. MT (1:00 CT) The East Jemez Landscape Futures (EJLF) project is a collaborative, landscape-scale approach to help guide future planning and research efforts in the severely altered landscapes of the eastern Jemez Mountains. EJLF seeks to address uncertainty by building a network of land managers, scientists, artists,…
Saying Yes to Wildlands and Woodlands
Register December 15, 2020 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. ET The webinar will demonstrate that protecting both wildlands and woodlands is an effective approach to addressing climate change, biodiversity loss and economic security, and it should prove interesting to people who are simply curious about forest conservation to experts who work in related fields. Summary: How…
Opening the Burn Window – Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series #2
Register (for one or more in the series) December 17, 2020 - Using Fire Seasonality to Open the Burn Window Noon - 1:30 p.m. ET This discussion has been approved for 1.5 Category 1 CEU's by the Society of American Foresters. How can we use science-based reasoning to support burning outside of the dormant season? Our…
Forest Biodiversity and Species Shifts. Science and Practice: Addressing Forest Climate Change in Maine series #4
Register (for one or more in the series) January 6, 2020 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Presenters: Erin Simons-Legaard, Assistant Research Professor in Forest Landscape Modeling The Forest Climate Change Initiative and Forest Stewards Guild invite you to join us each month as a panel of researchers, scientists, and stakeholders tackle issues of climate change…
Tree to Table. #1 in the Local Wood: Grow, Build, Live webinar series
Register January 20, 2021 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET Explore the connections between sustainable forestry and craft woodworking using NEFF’s new conference tables as an example. Webinar participants will get an in-depth account of the design processes and sustainability considerations that went into creating a set of custom tables from local, sustainably harvested wood. Mitch…
Fire and a Changing Climate – Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series #3
Register (for one or more in the series) January 21, 2021 - Fire and a Changing Climate Noon - 1:30 p.m. ET This discussion has been approved for 1.5 Category 1 CEU's by the Society of American Foresters. Can we use climate predictions to plan future fire management and research? How are we adapting now? Our…
Adaptation Planning and Practices training
Register (registration ends December 20, 2020) January 25-March 15, 2021 The Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub are offering the Adaptation Planning and Practices training as an online course for forest and natural resource managers. This unique opportunity provides hands-on training in considering climate change information and identifying adaptation actions for…
What’s Happening On (and under) All That Snow?
Register January 25, 2021 7:00 p.m. ET Join the Londonderry Conservation Commission for a virtual presentation with Wildlife biologist Tom Rogers from The Nature Conservancy. Tom will lead us through a photographic journey of winter in the Green Mountain State, immediately followed by a question and answer session. We’ll find out: how Vermont’s wildlife make…