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SUMMARY:Restoring Oak Forests
DESCRIPTION:Register ($75 – $125) \nOctober 3 at 8:30 a.m. – October 4 at 3:00 p.m. EDT \nChatham County Agriculture & Conference Center\n1192 U.S. 64 #Bus Pittsboro\, NC 27312 \nCFEs pending. Estimated 10.5 hours. \nFull event details \nThis advanced training for professionals & experienced landowners will teach the silvicultural techniques required to establish oak forests. Guild members David Halley\, Alex Finkral\, and several other esteemed colleagues will present. \nThere are plenty of oak forests in North Carolina right now\, but trends show that we are not replacing them with new oak forests after harvest. The probability of replacing an existing oak stand with a new one by just cutting it down and letting it grow back is zero or unacceptably low. If we are going to reverse this troubling trend\, we need to implement better oak restoration techniques now. \nRegenerating oak is more of a process than an event. It is one of the most difficult management prescriptions to undertake and requires specific silvicultural knowledge and proper site analysis to implement correctly. During this two-day advanced workshop for natural resource professionals and experienced landowners\, experts will share their experience and knowledge on how to successfully regenerate and manage oak. Attendees will learn through classroom and field instruction how to implement the necessary silvicultural techniques to ensure that oak trees are part of our next forests. \nThis program is offered by the North Carolina Tree Farm Program. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/restoring-oak-forests/
CATEGORIES:Field event,Southeast
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T183000
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SUMMARY:Restoring Old Growth Characteristics (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Register \nWednesday\, October 4\, 2023\n6:30 – 8:00 p.m. ET \nOnline on Zoom \nOld-growth forests were once the predominant natural condition across New England and New York before European settlement. However\, they are now one of the rarest. Though new old-growth forests cannot be created\, there is an opportunity through both passive and active management to restore old-growth characteristics in our current forests. There is renewed focus on restoring these characteristics given their compatibility with objectives such as biodiversity conservation\, forest carbon\, and resilience to climate change. \nThis session will focus on the new publication Restoring Old-Growth Characteristics to New England’s and New York’s Forests. The goal of this publication is to increase the amount of old-growth characteristics in the region by giving decision-makers the information they need to adopt old-growth restoration strategies in ways that complement their ownership goals\, helping to sustain our native forests and their many benefits. \nThis webinar is presented by Paul Catanzaro\, MA State Extension Forester and Professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/restoring-old-growth-characteristics-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20231006T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20231006T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T072330
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SUMMARY:NIFS 2023 Field Tour - Stossel Creek and Oxbow Farm Assisted Migration
DESCRIPTION:This field tour is part of the Northwest Innovative Forestry Series events in 2023. This year’s NIFS focus is experimental forests\, traditional and non-traditional\, and their efforts in facilitating innovation and community within forest management and research. Full NIFS series details are on the NIFS website. \nRegistration is closed \nOctober 6\, 2023\n9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time\nOxbow Farm and Conservation Center and Stossel Creek\, 10819 Carnation-Duvall Rd\, NE\, Carnation\, WA 98014 \nLogistics: some walking over uneven ground and near brush\, so we recommend sturdy shoes. Stossel has no facilities\, so please bring water. \nAgenda for download \nPlease join us for a tour of assisted migration and climate adapted restoration projects near Carnation\, Washington. We will be meeting at the Oxbow Farm and Conservation Center to tour their assisted migration project along the banks of the Snoqualmie River\, and then carpooling to the Stossel Creek Adaptive Reforestation Project site. During the tour\, we will discuss the details of both adaptive reforestation projects and have an open discussion on the ethics of assisted migration. \nSpeakers during the field tour will include staff from the Oxbow Farm and Conservation Center\, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust\, Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities\, and Northwest Natural Resource Group. \nConditions: Field tours may include longer walks on uneven or steep terrain. Sturdy shoes and weather appropriate clothing are recommended.  \nPolicy on event cancellations:   \n\nIf a registrant cancels their own registration ahead of the event and wants a refund for registration fees\, we will issue a refund for the event’s registration/lodging amount only (less any credit card fees the registrant covered in their initial payment). \nIf the Guild cancels an event\, we will refund registrants the full amount they paid\, including any credit card fees they covered with their original registration. 
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/nifs-2023-field-tour-stossel-creek-and-oxbow-farm-assisted-migration/
CATEGORIES:Field event,NIFS,Pacific Northwest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231006T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231007T150000
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SUMMARY:NorthWoods Guild Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed.\n$50 registration fee for full 2 days\, or $25/day. Meals and lodging included.  \nOctober 6\, 2023\, @ 9:00 am – October 7\, 2023 @ 3:00 pm Eastern Time \nNorthWoods Stewardship Center\, 154 Leadership Drive\, East Charleston\, VT \n9\, Category 1 SAF CFE credits approved (4.5 each day). \nAgenda for download \nWe welcome Guild members to join us for a Guild Gathering in the forests of the Northeastern Kingdom of Vermont with our hosts\, NorthWoods Stewardship Center. We will visit Mud Pond and the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in the Nulhegan Basin Division to discuss climate driven silviculture. We will learn from managers and researchers about Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) study sites\, forest birds\, managing ash with emerald ash borer\, old growth forests\, post-industrial management\, and spruce-fir silvicultur \nAccommodation is available at the Northwoods Stewardship Center near their Guild Model Forest in Charleston\, Vermont\, where forest managers enhance wildlife habitat\, timber quality\, education\, and recreational opportunities.  \nAgenda overview: \nFriday\, October 6th    \n9 – 10:00 a.m.: Arrival\, sign-in\, coffee/snacks\, catch up with old friends at Caspian Beach parking lot in Greensboro\, Vermont \n10:00 a.m.: Intro circle \n10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Carpools\, field tours\, and lunch provided in the field at Noon \n5:00 – 7:00 p.m.: NorthWoods Stewardship Center social hour and dinner \n7:00 p.m.: NorthWoods Stewardship Center forestry program overview \n7:30 p.m.: Adjourn \nSaturday\, October 7th    \n7 – 8:00 a.m.: Breakfast \n8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Carpool or individual travel to Refuge Visitor Center for field tour and lunch provided in the field at Noon \n12:30 p.m.: Optional Degraded Site field tour led by Jeremy Goetz (people driving individually can leave from here if they wish) \n2:00 p.m.: Carpool back to the visitor center. You can leave from there\, or van back to NorthWoods Stewardship Center if you left your car there. \nLodging info: A few options are available at no cost. Please indicate your lodging needs when registering\, as spots are limited: \n\nThe Bunkhouse at the NorthWoods Stewardship Center is a shared space that sleeps 16 people. Bunks are separated into nooks that sleep 4 people each. There are two bathrooms with showers\, a common area\, woodstove\, and a kitchen space with a minifridge\, microwave\, and coffee pot. Please BYO pillows\, linens\, and towels.  \nThere are plenty of tent camping spots and space for small campers/RVs. In the tent camping area there is an outdoor pavilion kitchen and outhouse. Campers can also have access to the common space and facilities in the bunkhouse. If you would like to bring your own camper please reach out to NorthWoods staff at forestry@northwoodscenter.org to reserve a parking space.  \n\nTravel and hike info: We will have NorthWoods Stewardship Center vans available for carpooling. We will be traveling on lightly managed dirt roads. We will be walking over uneven terrain. \nPlease bring: \n\nyour own water bottle\,\nsnacks\,\nfootware that can get muddy and wet\,\ninsect repellent and/or bug net\,\nsunscreen\,\nif staying overnight\, necessary items (bunk house requires sleeping gear and is a heated space. Camping requires your own camp gear).\n\nThanks to Northwoods for these photos! 
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/northwoods-guild-gathering/
CATEGORIES:Guild Gathering,Northeast
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SUMMARY:Florida Forests & Water Forum 2023
DESCRIPTION:Registration open until October 6 \nOctober 10\, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m\nOctober 11\, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (limited and requires special registration request email) \nUF-IFAS Austin Cary Forest Campus\n10625 Northeast Waldo Road\nGainesville\, FL 32609 \nAgenda for download \nThis event brings together partners from across the state to discuss the connection between healthy\, managed forests and clean\, reliable drinking water. Join forest landowners\, utilities\, conservation groups\, state agencies\, and others as they plan for a safe\, secure future for all Floridians. \nFor more information\, contact info@southeasternpartnership.org.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/florida-forests-water-forum-2023/
CATEGORIES:Southeast
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T203000
DTSTAMP:20260406T072330
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UID:8652-1696964400-1696969800@foreststewardsguild.org
SUMMARY:Peer-to-Peer Forest Management: The Cold Hollow to Canada Woodlots Program
DESCRIPTION:Recording \nOctober 10\, 2023\n7:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET \nZoom webinar (join information will be provided after registration) \n1.5 Continuing Forester Education Credits from SAF \nThis is the second in the Guild’s Communicating Forestry webinar series\, by and for Guild members. Check out the previous installment with Ethan Tapper. \nAs we all know\, communicating the benefits of forest management practices can be challenging. Cold Hollow to Canada\, a nonprofit and regional partnership in northern Vermont\, has addressed this challenge by convening peer networks of forest landowners who can learn from professionals while also sharing their learning and personal experiences with one another.  These groups meet regularly to learn\, share\, and build a community of novice forest stewards\, with Cold Hollow to Canada providing support and technical assistance. The program has been so successful as a tool for promoting forest stewardship and conservation that Cold Hollow to Canada was asked by other groups to document our methods in an online Toolkit that facilitates adoption or adaptation of the program as needed.  \nIn this workshop\, Guild member Nancy Patch and Cold Hollow to Canada’s Monica Przyperhart will introduce the Woodlots peer-to-peer model for communicating forest management and then guide participants through the intended use of the online Toolkit\, sharing ideas for how to adapt it into new contexts or to start with simple first steps.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/peer-to-peer-forest-management-the-cold-hollow-to-canada-woodlots-program/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231013
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SUMMARY:Climate Adaptation and Forest Carbon training
DESCRIPTION:Applications are due September 1\, 2023 with a limit of 50 chosen. Read on for details. \nDate: October 11 – 12\, 2023 \nLocation: Gardner\, Massachusetts \nDescription: A new 2-day graduate level Northeast Silviculture Institute for Foresters training session on climate adaptation and forest carbon. This Module will include two mornings of classroom training and two afternoons of field training. The entire Module will be videotaped and made available to anyone – attendees and all others – after the training session. \nSpeakers for this Institute Module include: William Van Doren\, Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation; Dr. Alexandra Kosiba\, VT Extension Forester\, Dr. Robert Seymour\, Professor emeritus\, Univ. of Maine; Dr. Matt Russell\, Arbor Custom Analytics; Samantha Myers Fellow\, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub; Dr. Tony D’Amato\, University of Vermont; Dr. David King\, University of Massachusetts; Steve Roberge\, UNH Extension Forester; Joelle Vautour & Keith DiNardo of MA DCR & Charles Levesque of the North East State Foresters Association and Innovative Natural Resource Solutions\, LLC. \nApplication instructions: if you are interested in attending the training\, you must complete this application. \n\nFirst\, download the file and include your name in the file title as you save it to your hard drive.\nPublic sector employees with state forestry agencies in New England and New York should not use this application – instead\, they should contact their supervisor about attending.\nThe application is a fillable PDF file and due by email only no later than September 1\, 2023.\nIf you choose to fill it out as a PDF file on your computer\, please save the file with a file name that includes your name. If you fill it out by hand\, please scan and send in via email. Either way\, please send to levesque@inrsllc.com.\n\nWhy do you need to complete an application in order to be considered for the Institute Module training? There are only 50 seats available at this training and if more applications are received than seats available\, those asked to register for the training will be chosen on merit based on the application answers. \nQuestions? Email to Charles Levesque at levesque@inrsllc.com. \nA reminder – in 2017 and 2018\, the Northeast Silviculture Institute for Foresters held 10 days of graduate level training (each year) on various silviculture topics for the forest types in the northeast U.S.  Those 10 days of training were all filmed and are still available. See all the Northeast Silviculture Institute for Foresters materials online. \nNote: The Institute workshops are designed to provide northeast U.S. foresters with the appropriate knowledge to make sound\, science-based decisions for forest ecosystem management\, harvests and regeneration. This project is designed so it can be used in the USDA Forest Service’s National Advanced Silviculture Program (NASP) to provide landscape-specific materials for northeast forests. The Institute offers a graduate program level of instruction for practicing foresters.  Funding support has been provided by the USDA Forest Service State & Private Forestry and many private funders.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/climate-adaptation-and-forest-carbon-training/
CATEGORIES:Field event,Northeast
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T072330
CREATED:20231005T173937Z
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SUMMARY:WI SAF 2023 Annual Meeting "The Good Oak"
DESCRIPTION:Register (by October 11) \nOctober 11 at 8:30 a.m. to October 12 at 3:30 p.m. ET \nChula Vista Resort\nWisconsin Dells\, WI \nAgenda for download \nThis year’s theme is “The Good Oak” and will feature speakers from the U.S. Forest Service\, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources\, University of Kentucky\, among others\, presenting the importance of Wisconsin’s oak resource to the state\, throughout the nation\, and across the world. Topics include silviculture\, oak savanna\, carbon\, oak wilt\, assisted migration and more. WI SAF is excited to collaborate with the Aldo Leopold Foundation to host field tours at their center in Baraboo\, to include the legendary “shack” and oak management techniques. \nReserve your room by calling the Chula Vista Resort at 608-678-3119. The first 100 registrations will receive a FREE copy of the book: “Managing Oak Forests in the Eastern US”.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/wi-saf-2023-annual-meeting-the-good-oak/
CATEGORIES:Lake States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231014T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T072330
CREATED:20230918T205441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230918T232616Z
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SUMMARY:ForestHer NC: Piedmont Region Gathering 2023
DESCRIPTION:Register by October 9\, 2023 (Registration is $10 and includes lunch and the watercraft.) \nOctober 14\, 2023\n8:30 .m. – 3:00 p.m. \nCool Springs Environmental Education Ctr\n945 Cool Spring Rd\, New Bern\, NC 28560 \nJoin ForestHer for this Coastal Regional Gathering to learn how forests protect our coastal waterways. \nAgenda\n8:30 – 9:00 Check in\n9:00 – 10:30 Interpretive Wetlands Walk\n10:30 – 11:15 Coastal Land Trust – Protecting our Land and Water\n11:15 – 12:15 Macroinvertebrates – What is that in the water!?\n12:15 – 1:00 Lunch provided by Weyerhaeuser\n1:00 – 3:00 (optional) kayaks and canoe available.  Your feet will probably get wet.  A guide will be on hand to help those who want it. \nContact Dakota with questions: dakota@forestguild.org
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/foresther-nc-piedmont-region-gathering-2023/
CATEGORIES:Southeast,WOW
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231017T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231018T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T072330
CREATED:20230803T164607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231014T015213Z
UID:8459-1697529600-1697630400@foreststewardsguild.org
SUMMARY:Northern Forest Birds Network 2023 Conference – Forestry for Birds in a Changing Climate
DESCRIPTION:Connecticut Warbler. Photo by Robert Royse. \nRegister ($50 per person includes lunch\, snacks\, and beverages) \nOctober 17 at 8:00 a.m. – October 18 at Noon\, Central Time \nAmericInn by Wyndham Ashland\n3009 Lake Shore Dr E\, Ashland\, WI 54806 \nLunch provided on Tuesday\, October 17. (New registrations after October 13 are no longer guaranteed a lunch at this late date). \nLodging is available via a room block at the AmericInn. The cost is not included in the event registration. Please arrange for lodging on your own online or by calling 715-682-9950. \n8.5 CFEs for SAF are approved. Pending approval on Wildlife Society CFEs. \nAgenda for download – updated on October 10\, 2023 \nThe NFBN 2023 conference will benefit foresters\, biologists\, land managers\, researchers\, and private landowners. We will showcase collaborative initiatives\, while sharing about bird conservation amid climate change\, and discussing bird habitat management tools. \nOn day one\, the conference will focus on project updates from Northern Forest Bird Network and Upper Mississippi River / Great Lakes Joint Venture\, Forestry for Birds initiatives in Michigan and Minnesota\, and discussions of forest bird habitat best management practices (BMPs). On day two\, the morning session will be focused on climate change impacts for forest bird conservation and will be followed with a discussion of how our network can use the NIACS Climate Change Adaptation Workbook to promote large- and small-scale forest resilience. \nPlease see the full agenda for more details. \nEvent Contact: Jayme Strange\, jstrange@abcbirds.org \n \n 
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/northern-forest-birds-network-2023-conference-forestry-for-birds-in-a-changing-climate/
CATEGORIES:Forestry for the Birds,Lake States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231020T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231020T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T072330
CREATED:20230927T175704Z
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UID:8679-1697817600-1697824800@foreststewardsguild.org
SUMMARY:Maine Guild Member Social Hour - Augusta
DESCRIPTION:Register (free\, current members and guests encouraged\, buy-your-own drinks and food).\nNot sure of your membership status? Contact membership@forestguild.org to confirm. Or join or renew today – we welcome you! \nOctober 20\, 2023\n4:00 -6:00 p.m. ET \nCushnoc Brewing Co. Annex\n3044 N Belfast Ave\, Augusta\, ME 04330 \nJoin us for just a drink at the Cushnoc Brewing Co. Annex in Augusta\, Maine! There is space indoors and out to gather and talk about all things forestry. We look forward to connecting with you! \nQuestions? Reach out to Maddie Eberly\, maddie@forestguild.org
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/maine-guild-member-social-hour-augusta/
CATEGORIES:Guild Gathering
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