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SUMMARY:WPFC Webinar – Increasing Prescribed Burn Capacity in Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION:Register \nDecember 2\, 2021\n10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. \nThe Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Council is pleased to present our first ever webinar\, Increasing Prescribed Burn Capacity in Wisconsin – Getting More Fire on the Ground Safely! This event is the first of a series of discussions focused upon increasing prescribed burn capacity in Wisconsin! \nThis event will feature presentations from WDNR Fire Ecologist and Natural Resources Research Scientist Jed Meunier and WPFC Vice Chair and Researcher Stacey Marion on the historic\, current\, and future use of prescribed fire in Wisconsin and updates to the Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Needs Assessment. A panel discussion featuring diverse perspectives within the prescribed fire community will follow. Panelists from the WDNR\, US Forest Service\, The Nature Conservancy and Quercus Land Stewardship Services (a WPFC supporting member!) will discuss current fire initiatives\, future goals\, and how to achieve those goals. \nCome prepared to join the discussion and engage with our panelists. We look forward to igniting the conversation of why and how to get more fire on the ground safely with you!
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/wpfc-webinar-increasing-prescribed-burn-capacity-in-wisconsin/
CATEGORIES:Lake States,Webinar
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SUMMARY:American Ginseng (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Register \nDecember 6\, 2021 \n3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET \nHosted by Dr. Jen Chandler and the University of Pennsylvania \nPresenter: Dr. Eric Burkhart (Penn State) \nNeither wild nor cultivated: American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) trade surveys in Pennsylvania\, U.S.A.\, provide insights into an internationally traded\, non-timber forest product.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/american-ginseng-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Northeast,Southeast,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Oaks in New England Forests (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Oaks in New England Forests: Keystone Trees for Biodiversity and Resiliency \nRegister via email to Lisa Hayden (lhayden@newenglandforestry.org) to request the Zoom link and dial-in info. \nDecember 11\, 2021\n10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET \nHosted by the New England Forest Foundation\, join the Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership and two local experts to learn more about one of the key species in our local forests\, landscapes and yards – the oaks. \nDr. Desiree L. Narango\, a UMass/Amherst ecologist\, will discuss her research on the importance of oaks to wildlife habitat\, while Logan Johnson\, Northeast Region Coordinator of the Forest Stewards Guild\, will present resources to support woodland owners and managers in improving the resiliency of oaks in our landscape. \nSeventy percent of the forests of southern New England are dominated by oaks. This forest type\, is facing pressures that compromise its long-term health and ability to regenerate. Oaks are champions of carbon sequestration\, soil stabilization\, and watershed management\, producing enormous root systems\, and sustaining a crucial and complex web of wildlife above ground. Native oak trees host more than 500 species of moths and butterflies. Acorns and leaves feed many creatures\, and oak canopy and fallen oak leaves provide shelter for still others. Oak leaf litter can help suppress invasive species\, and filters rainwater to cut back on runoff\, improving groundwater quality. \n​Narango is studying how land management and global change affect songbirds\, bees\, butterflies\, moths and other wildlife. Her conservation research takes place in forests of all types; from naturally regenerating and preserved forests to ecosystems significantly altered by people\, such as urban street trees\, residential yards\, and agroforestry. Narango’s ultimate goal is to help land managers and communities implement effective and efficient action to support both biodiversity and people in a rapidly changing world. She is currently a David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow working with ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, and USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. Read about Narango’s research at her website: https://desireelnarango.weebly.com/ \nIn the second half of the program\, Johnson of the Forest Stewards Guild\, will speak about their work focused on education\, training and resources to support landowners and managers in increasing resiliency in southern New England’s oak forests. \nCurrent threats include heavy deer browsing\, and defoliation from Lymantria dispar (also known as gypsy moth) and other pests\, while trends of seasonal drought and climate change pressures compound other disturbance factors. Widespread canopy mortality impacts wildlife species that depend on oaks for food and habitat\, as well as cause safety hazards in residential neighborhoods or on roadsides\, and deal a financial blow to private woodland owners. Given the ecological importance of oak species in this region’s forests\, all land management approaches stand to gain by integrating measures to promote the long-term resilience of this forest type. Visit the Forest Stewards Guild’s Oak Resiliency webpage here: https://foreststewardsguild.org/oak-resiliency/ \nThe Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership (MTWP)\, founded in 2013\, seeks to bring financial and technical resources to a 21-town rural region in northwestern Massachusetts focused on forest conservation\, use of sustainable management on private lands\, increased natural resource-based economic development and improved fiscal stability of the municipalities. To learn more about the Partnership\, visit MohawkTrailWoodlandsPartnership.org/ \nFor more information\, contact: Beth Girshman\, Chair of the MTWP Education/Outreach and Research Committee\, bgirshman@gmail.com
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/oaks-in-new-england-forests-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Northeast,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Register (hosted virtually\, $28) \nDecember 16\, 2021: 10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET\nDecember 17\, 2021: 8:30 a.m. – Noon ET \nFull conference info is online \nSome highlights: \n\nFull conference approved for 7.0 Category 1 SAF credits\nTwo plenary sessions with presentations by Drs. Erika Svendsen and Julia Burton\,\nTwenty-eight contributed talks held during two concurrent sessions with a total of seven topic tracks\,\nA poster session with opportunities to speak with presenters\,\nFour working group sessions that provide a chance to contribute to project development\,\nNetworking and connection breakout rooms to chat with colleagues from across the region during the lunch and coffee breaks\,\nA resource board for sharing jobs\, events\, RFPs\, and other opportunities
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/forest-ecosystem-monitoring-cooperative-annual-conference/
CATEGORIES:Northeast,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Management for Old Growth Characteristics
DESCRIPTION:Register \nDecember 16\, 2021\nNoon – 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time \nThis webinar with Dr. Bill Keeton will focus on approaches and strategies managers can use to encourage the development of late successional or old growth characteristics. Because old growth forests are rare and many species depend on them\, managers may seek to help younger forests hold attributes of older forests faster than nature can on its own. Scientists have experimented with structural complexity enhancement techniques such as encouraging the growth of larger diameter trees\, standing dead trees\, large down logs\, and structural diversity. Dr. Bill Keeton will share his research and answer questions.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/management-for-old-growth-characteristics/
CATEGORIES:Pacific Northwest,Webinar
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