Strategies for increasing prescribed fire application on federal lands

Register today! Prescribed fire is an important management tool on federal lands that is not being applied at the necessary or desired levels. Since 2017, we have been investigating policy barriers and opportunities for increasing prescribed fire application on US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands in the Western United States. In the…

Webinar: Dead Wood and Forest Management

Listen to the recording! Dr. Zander Evans will presented a summary of ten years of the Forest Stewards Guild’s scientific work and management guidance on dead wood (snags, large downed logs, coarse woody material, fine woody material) from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast. Dr. Evans  described the habitat, soil, carbon, and other benefits of…

Webinar – Lyme disease ecology

Webinar - Lyme disease ecology: Working to understand Lyme ecology in a newly emerging hot spot & implications for beyond Register today! Join us for a webinar by Dr. Elizabeth Gleim of Hollins University in Virginia investigating the ins and outs of the lyme’s disease front and how fire may play a role. This webinar…

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Monitoring – Working Woodlands Workshop

Forest Center, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Woodstock, VT

Please pre-register today! To register or learn more call (802) 457-3368 x 226, or use the e-mail/contact us button on the event page. Be sure to tell us how many are coming. Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is a destructive invasive insect that has already been detected in southern Vermont, including Windsor County. Join us for…

Science and Practice Forum

Wells Conference Center, University of Maine Orono, Maine

Register today Hosts: Center for Research on Sustainable Forests and the Forest Stewards Guild A Forest Climate Change Initiative event Price: $0 (lunch included) Continuing education credits are pending...more info soon. Flyer to download Summary: Join us for a day of learning and discussion as we aim to identify the priority needs of researchers, foresters,…

Oak Resiliency in Southern New England

Tolland Agricultural Center 24 Hyde Avenue Route 30, Vernon, CT

Register today ($15) To register: RSVP to Jeff Ward at: Jeffrey.Ward@ct.gov. Check or cash payment accepted in advance or at the door. Please make checks out to "Yankee Division - SAF." Mail checks to: Jeff Ward, CAES, PO Box 1106, New Haven, CT  06504 Event flyer and agenda for download. Co-hosted by The Yankee Division of the…

The Forest Health in Oregon: State of the State 2020 conference

LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon

Register now Location: LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Price: $150 early bird (deadline February 18) Full details and conference website Event flyer for download Summary: The Forest Health in Oregon: State of the State 2020 conference is a biennial conference and scientific update that brings together researchers and members of the forestry community. Participants…

Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Workshop

Hotel Andaluz 125 2nd St NW, NM

Register today! Draft agenda for download Full event website Convened by the Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes (SWERI), we invite partners to share lessons learned from experience engaging in local, regional, and national collaborative forest restoration processes on federal and non-federal forest landscapes. The workshop will bring together land managers, researchers, and their stakeholders to develop…

Webinar – incorporating bird needs into piñon-juniper woodland management

Dial-in and link details to join the call NM Avian Conservation Partners is offering a webinar regarding incorporating bird needs into piñon-juniper woodland management. The webinar will discuss actions that may help minimize negative impacts on numerous woodland bird species, including the following high priority species: Pinyon Jay, Juniper Titmouse, Gray Vireo, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Virginia’s…

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…