Webinar: Wood Utilization, Land Use and Global Outlook
Register today! June 3, 2020 Noon PT, 1:00 p.m. MT, 2:00 CT, 3:00 ET Join the last webinar in this spring's Forest Climate Working Group Learning Exchange Series! New wood products like mass timber offer the potential to dramatically reduce the emissions associated with core industrial activity while storing carbon in end-products. Under the right…
Burning in Hardwoods (webinar)
Register today. June 10 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET This free, two-hour webinar is hosted by the North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council, the Southern Fire Exchange, NC State University, and the University of Florida. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit is expected. There is increasing interest in using prescribed fire to restore and maintain…
Considerations for evaluating effects of wildfire to Northern spotted owls (NSO) and NSO habitat
Register today! June 16, 2020 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET Full event flyer for download Fire is a natural ecosystem process and forest dependent wildlife evolved with, and are well adapted to fire. Spotted owl responses to fire continue to be the topic of significant research, investigating changes in occupancy, foraging behavior, colonization and site…
LANDFIRE Remap in the Southeastern United States (webinar)
Register for this webinar June 17, 2020. 10:00 a.m. PT, 11:00 MT, Noon CT, 1:00 p.m. ET Presenter: Jim Smith, Ph.D., TNC LF Program Lead LANDFIRE Remap is a multi-year effort to improve the usability of the product suite by recreating base LANDFIRE products using new plot information, new imagery and production techniques. Presenter Jim…
State of Montane Conservation and Management in Maine
To register email Bryan Wentzell: bwentzell “at” mainemountaincollaborative.org. Or, you can wait as a direct registration link will be coming soon. June 17, 2020 2:00 p.m. ET This webinar is hosted by the Maine Mountain Collaborative as part of a series of webinars leading up to their Symposium in autumn. More details about this webinar…
Webinar – Regeneration Issues. #7 in the Forest Adaptation Webinar Series
Forest Adaptation Webinar Series (#7) Regeneration Issues featuring Kathryn Miller, with the National Park Service, and Chris Zimmerman of The Nature Conservancy. June 25, 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 brings…
Women’s Chainsaw Safety course
McDougal Orchards LLC 201 Hanson Ridge Road, Springvale, MERegistration is full. Contact Amanda Mahaffey at amanda@forestguild.org regarding potential future offerings. We are monitoring state and CDC guidance and will determine in early June whether it is safe to proceed with this course as planned. In the meantime, join a two-part, free, web-based event on Saturdays April 25 and May 2. View the detailed…
Northeast Silviculture Institute for Foresters available online – 40% off for Guild members!
40% discount on Online Silviculture Institute for Guild members with promo code ForestGuild. Offer expires in August, 2020. Summary Get Forester Credits without going to meetings or field training. The Institute is a series of 5 two-day graduate level training sessions held in 2017 and 2018 for foresters all over the northeast. Each session, including…
Coffee with the Commissioner (webinar style)
No registration required. Please contact membership@forestguild.org for the zoom participant information. Friday, July 10 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ET Join Vermont Coverts and Vermont Woodlands Association for an informal discussion over coffee with Michael Snyder, the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation. Michael, author of Woods Whys has much knowledge and…
Natural Resource Management Academy (online course)
Sign up today July 13 - 17 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. ET Program flyer The Natural Resource Management Academy is a learning opportunity “for youth entering grades 7-12 who are interested in the environment and ready to explore, in depth, their passion for Vermont’s natural resources.” This program is a partnership between UVM Extension 4-H…