How Carbon Credits Influence Commercial Forest Management

Register (includes full series) Monday, November 13, 2023 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. ET This is one session, led by Guild member Kyle Burdick of Baskahegan Company, in the Yale Forest Forum's fall's speaker series titled: Understanding Climate Smart Forestry in Practice. Climate-smart forestry has become a buzzword across the forestry sector and beyond. In this…

Keeping Forests as Forests – Tax programs and other incentives for the Georgia landowner

Register Thursday November 16, 2023 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. ET Webinar on zoom (join information will be sent after you register) Join the Forest Stewards Guild for an evening of learning about ways to keep forests as forests. We will be joined by experts on tax incentive programs, conservation easements, and the Georgia Forest Legacy…

Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: Fire History as a Bridge Between Ecological Knowledge Systems

Register November 16, 2023 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. This panel discussion will explore how different types of fire history information (Indigenous Knowledge and physical archives), when considered together, provide improved context for understanding the ecologies and processes that are linked to…

66th Annual Forest Pest Management Forum

Register (by November 24th, 2023) November 28 at 7:30 a.m. to November 30 at 4:30 p.m. ET In-person at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown in Ottawa, Ontario and virtually via Zoom Hosted by the Canadian Institute of Forestry. Lodging, sponsor, and contact information is all available on the full forum website Agenda for download Organized by…

Federal policy on mature and old growth forests

Register December 5, 2023 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time Presenters: Zander Evans and Rhiley Allbee, Forest Stewards Guild On April 22, 2022, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order 14072, which directs the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of the Interior to define, inventory, identify threats towards, and develop policies to mitigate…

Prescribed Fire for Forest Management: Fire in Northern Pine Systems

Register December 6, 2023 6:30 am Pacific / 7:30 Mountain / 8:30 Central / 9:30 Eastern 1.5 hours Brian Palik and Jed Meunier will be the presenters in this session of the year-long webinar series from the Wisconsin Forestry Center at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Dr. Palik will explore the ecological considerations of prescribed…

Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Long-term Watershed Research

Full series website Dec 6, 2023 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register for this webinar or entire series Mike Howie, American Forest Management and Ivan Fernandez, University of Maine Professor of Soil Science. Long-term research: the intersection of science, recovery and climate; ecological implications from the past and current research that will help address…

Diversity in the Woods – A Conversation with LGBTQIA+ Forest Stewards

Register December 12, 2023 9:00 am – 10:00 am PT/ 10:00 am – 11:00 am MT/ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CT/ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET Zoom Panel Discussion (Zoom meeting information will be sent after you register) Join the Forest Stewards Guild as we meet with Seeing the Forest for the Queers,…

Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: The Future is Smoky

Register December 14, 2023 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters. With increasing wildfire activity due to changes in climate, smoke will likely become more prevalent and continue to have an effect on society. Earlier this year, smoke from Canada wildfires lowered air quality…

Fire in Southern Pine Systems: Prescribed Fire for Forest Management ​Webinar Series

Registration and full series information January 3, 2024 8:30 - 10 a.m. Central Time Online via Zoom Fire ​into the Future: Geospatial Technology to Identify and Categorize Fire in the Southeast Join us as we explore the ecology of southern pines, the reintroduction of ​​fire into fire-adapted ecosystems, and the legacy of prescribed fire and how…