Forestry for the Birds in Michigan and Minnesota – webinar

Register May 9, 2024 10 - 11 a.m. Central Time The Northern Forest Birds Network presents Michael Paling (Michigan Forester with American Bird Conservancy) and Christian Nelson (Lakes States Coordinator with Forest Stewards Guild) who will give an overview of Forestry for the Birds in Michigan and Minnesota! Forestry for Birds initiatives are built on…

Wildlife Field Day featuring Forestry for the Birds

Register ($5) May 11, 2024 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time Hopkins Demonstration Forest 16750 S Brockway Road, Oregon City, OR Join OSU Extension and the Forest Stewards Guild for a discussion and forest tour featuring the Forest Stewards Guild’s Forestry for the Birds: Western Oregon Guide. The Guide was developed to assist woodland…

Bird Population Trends and Climate Effects in Southwestern National Parks – webinar

Rainbow over Southwestern National Forest mountain range. Full event title: Bird Population Trends and Climate Effects on Breeding-Season Densities Across an Elevational Habitat Gradient in Southwestern National Parks Register Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT / 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. MT / 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. CT This webinar is part…

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…

A Forest of Your Own: The Pacific Northwest Handbook of Ecological Forestry

Full presentation details June 3, 2024 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Location: Northwest Nature Shop, 154 Oak Street, Ashland, OR 97520 Seth Zukerman, co-author of A Forest of Your Own: The Pacific Northwest Handbook of Ecological Forestry, will discuss forest management and ecological forestry. From those who own forested property already to those who dream of…

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…

Forest Farming: A Climate Smart Practice

Register Thursday, June 13, 2024 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Smokey House Center 426 Danby Mountain Road Danby, VT 05739 2.5 category 1 continuing forester education credits (CFE) through Society of American Foresters Full event webpage Join us at Smokey House Center for a field session on forest farming - a USDA-recognized agroforestry practice that involves…

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…