Webinar – Keeping Forest as Forest
A webinar on conversion, fragmentation, and conservation Thursday, March 26, 11:00 a.m. - Noon MT Listen to the recording! In this hour-long webinar for Forest Stewards Guild members and partners we will discuss why and how to keep forest as forest and the negative effects of conversion to other land uses. By 2060 we are…
DuPont State Recreational Forest Learn-and-Burn (cancelled)
High Falls Picnic Area 89 Buck Forest Road, Cedar Mountain, NC, United StatesThis event has been cancelled. More information to come about next steps soon! Date: Saturday March 28 Back up date: April 4 Please keep both dates available in case of inclement weather! Agenda to download View the event map. We will be using the High Falls Loop Trail for our outdoor session. We welcome forest…
Webinar – Changing Hydrology. #5 in the Forest Adaptation Webinar Series
Forest Adaptation Webinar Series (#5) Changing Hydrology featuring John Campbell from US Forest Service Northern Research Station, and Erin Rodgers of Trout Unlimited. April 16, Noon - 1:00 p.m. ET Register now! NIACS and the Forest Stewards Guild have teamed up to offer a webinar series focused on forests and climate change adaptation. The series…
Virtual Guild Gathering – questions and stories of adaptation and resilience
Members register today! Connecting our community: share your questions and your stories of effects, adaptation, and resilience. Webinar April 21, 2:00 - 3:00 pm CT The Covid-19 pandemic is a true crisis and is a time for our community to pull together and reinforce our connection. We are finding ways the Guild can help during…
Communicating with Landowners About Oak Forest Resiliency
View the recorded webinar Wednesday, Apr 22, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Presenter: Dr. Purnima Chawla Director, Center for Nonprofit Strategies Targeted Marketing Consultant, Sustaining Family Forests Initiative The Forest Stewards Guild is working with partners to increase oak forest resiliency in southern New England and elsewhere. To be successful, foresters and allied professionals…
Women’s Chainsaw Safety Fundamentals: A two-part, interactive webinar
View the recorded webinar sessions below (The fundamental information shared in this two-part webinar will help prepare you for an in-person chainsaw safety training, but does not replace one. Until we can offer the in-person courses again, stay safe at home, and we hope that this interactive webinar will help build your fundamental knowledge of…
Unlocking Carbon Markets for Family Forest Owners in the Pacific Northwest – webinar
Register today! Apr 28, 2020 2pm EDT / 11am PDT Carbon markets can provide new income streams to forest owners and may help keep forest as forest. The Pinchot Institute for Conservation and partners ran a NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program aimed at helping forest owners in the Pacific Northwest learn more about forest carbon…
Southwest Fire Season 2019 Overview and 2020 Outlook
Register today! April 29, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. MT The purpose of this webinar is to review 2019 fires and look ahead toward conditions for 2020. Dr. Zander Evans presented an overview of the largest fires in the Southwest during 2019. He will share summaries of forest types and burn severity for each of the…
Webinar – Carbon Storage at the Building Scale – Univ. of WA
Register today! Forest Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series May 6, Noon PT, 1:oo p.m MT, 2:00 CT, 3:00 ET Similar to standing trees in the forests, wood products play an important role in enhancing the global sequestered carbon pool, by retaining the atmospheric carbon in a sequestered form for the duration of the functional…
SCGIS Webinar: Lessons learned from the front lines of climate change
Register today May 7, 10 - 11 a.m. PT Presenter: Dr. Tosha Comendant, Conservation Science Manager, Pepperwood Description: This webinar will take you to the front lines of climate change and will highlight lessons learned, resilience strategies, and geospatial tools we are using at Pepperwood to adapt to changing conditions and respond to community needs. The Dwight…