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SUMMARY:2024 Yankee SAF Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Register \nMarch 1\, 2024\n9:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time \nThe Publick House\, Paige Hall\n277 Main Street\nSturbridge\, MA 01566 \nEvent flyer and agenda for download \nThe 2024 Yankee Annual Meeting\, includes a gourmet hot buffet lunch. The program will feature presentations on Massachusetts’s Forests as Climate Solutions Initiative\, NRCS opportunities to advance implementation of climate-smart practices\, and resiliency and equity in urban forestry.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/2024-yankee-saf-annual-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Northeast
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240308T133000
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SUMMARY:Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Pests & Pathogens
DESCRIPTION:This topic session has moved from it’s original May dates. \nFull series website \nMarch 6\, 2024\n12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time\nRegister for this webinar or entire series \nRestoration and sustainable forestry at GPMCT with Roger Greene\, forest consultant to GPMCT. Beech management\, forest defoliators\, and disease threats with University of Maine Angela Mech and state entomologist Aaron Bergdahl. \nMarch 8\, 2024\n9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.\nGreat Pond Mountain Conservation Trust\, East Orland.\nRegister for this field tour \n5\,000 acres of mountains\, woods\, and water managed for wildlife habitat\, sustainable forestry\, and community trails. 2023 Maine Outstanding Tree Farmer Award. \nFull Series Summary:\nScience and Practice: Addressing Forest Climate Change in Maine\nAn Interactive Webinar Series for Stakeholders and the Interested Public \nJoin us as we dig into forest health concerns due to climate impacts at new sites around the state. Our panelists will address management & restoration efforts\, relevance of long-term research\, fire as a tool\, biohabitat concerns\, forest health threats\, and unique adaptation strategies at each site. \nNoontime webinars are free (registration required). $25 field tour registration includes lunch\, snacks\, and van transport. Each tour has limited space.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/maine-forest-climate-change-webinar-field-tour-series-pests-pathogens/
CATEGORIES:Field event,Northeast,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240318T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T093000
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SUMMARY:Webinar Series: Climate-Smart Silviculture
DESCRIPTION:Learn more and register for one or both remaining in the series \nDates and topics are listed below. \nWhile climate-smart forestry is a hot topic in forestry today\, there are many questions about what practicing climate-smart silviculture looks like. In this webinar series\, participants will hear from some of the leading silviculturists\, ecologists\, and foresters – including two Guild members –  about how we can adapt silviculture\, manage for old-growth a with novel threats\, and balance carbon\, forest health\, wildlife habitat\, and other important goals. Each topic will be covered in-depth by one of the experts in a presentation\, and the series will be capped off with a panel where the presenters take questions from participants. All webinars will be recorded and can be viewed for free. This webinar series is presented by the Forest Owners Climate and Carbon Education program. \n\nMarch 11 at 8 am: “Adapting Silviculture to a Changing World” presented by Guild member Maria Janowiak\, Acting Director of the USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub and NIACS.\n\n\nMarch 13 at 8 am: “Managing for Old-Growth with Novel Threats” presented by Paul Catanzaro\, Professor and State Extension Forester at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.\n\n\nMarch 18 at 8 am: “Having it All: Balancing carbon\, forest health\, and other goals” Presented by Guild member Anthony D’Amato\, Professor\, Director of Forestry Program\, and the Director of Research Forests at the University of Vermont.\n\n\nMarch 20 at 8 am: “Climate-smart Silviculture: A panel discussion”
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/webinar-series-climate-smart-silviculture/
CATEGORIES:Northeast,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T100000
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SUMMARY:Advancing Equitable Approaches to Climate Adaptation
DESCRIPTION:March 19\, 2024\n9:00 a.m. EST \nUniversity of Vermont\, Aiken Center 103\nVirtual via teams \nPreapproved for 1 continuing forestry education credit (1.0 category) \nJoin Rachel H. Swanwick for her Master’s Thesis Defense titled Advancing Equitable Approaches to Climate Adaptation: Exploring Barriers\, Opportunities and Cross-Cultural Socio-Environmental Collaborations for Forest Stewardship across Tribal Nations and State Agencies in Maine\, USA. On Rachel’s committee is Guild member Tony D’Amato and collaborators include Guild member Tyler Everett. \nAbstract: Increasingly\, the socio-environmental challenges confronting forest systems such as climate change\, invasive plant species\, insects\, and pathogens will demand that forest stewards leverage their adaptive potential across spatial and temporal scales. However\, adaptation is not occurring evenly across regions\, resulting in adaptation gaps. These gaps are projected to have greater impacts on vulnerable populations\, such as Indigenous Nations\, whose cultures and rights to self-determination are tied to the landscape. Despite this vulnerability\, multifaceted relationships between Indigenous peoples and their homelands\, informed their inherent adaptability to environmental change. This has led to a growing recognition that Indigenous knowledge systems hold critical insights for adaptation planning and implementation. To advance equitable adaptive actions\, this thesis explores how forest stewards from state agencies and Tribal Nations in present-day Maine\, in the Northeastern U.S.\, perceive their adaptive capacity\, and potential for collaboration to enhance knowledge exchange and reduce the adaption gap. To explore these questions\, we conducted interviews with 22 forest stewards across state agencies (n=12) and Wabanaki Tribal Nations (n=10). Barriers and opportunities for climate adaptation were organized into three themes i) resource availability\, ii) operational capacity and iii) decision making practices. Cross-cultural collaboration was identified as a primary opportunity to enable knowledge exchange and reduce maladaptation. However\, challenges related to socio-political tensions\, institutional incongruities\, and finite capacity limited cooperation. Final study results suggest that adaptive capacity is strengthened by recognizing the sovereignty of Indigenous Nations and co-creating flexible institutions that enable cross-cultural collaborations to sustain forest stewardship.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/advancing-equitable-approaches-to-climate-adaptation/
CATEGORIES:Northeast,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T080000
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SUMMARY:Monetization of Ecosystem Services in Forestry - Duke Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Register (by March 15 at 5 p.m.) \nSaturday\, March 23\, 2024\n9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (refreshments and check in start at 8 a.m.) \nVirtual or in-person attendance options are available\nIn person sessions will be held at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment\, with lunch provided. \nSAF CFE credits are available. \nFull schedule can be viewed online
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/monetization-of-ecosystem-services-in-forestry-duke-symposium/
CATEGORIES:Northeast
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240326T190000
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SUMMARY:Tree Identification in Vermont
DESCRIPTION:Register \nMarch 26\, 2024\n5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time \nChamplain Valley Union High School\, room 124\n369 C V U Road\, Hinesburg\, VT \nMany people rely on leaves to identify a tree\, making tree identification during “stick season” a daunting task. Join Chittenden County Forester and Guild member Ethan Tapper for a one-night course in learning to identify Vermont’s most common trees and shrubs by looking at their bark\, buds\, and other clues. \nThis course will use primarily outdoor instruction to teach participants to identify some of the most common trees in Vermont’s forests. \nThis class will meet inside CVU to start and then move outside. Please dress appropriately for the weather\, as the class will take place outside CVU and may involve walking over some muddy and uneven ground. This class will meet rain or shine.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/tree-identification-in-vermont/
CATEGORIES:Northeast
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T210000
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SUMMARY:Guild Gathering (dinner) concurrent with New England SAF meeting
DESCRIPTION:RSVP link ($20 covers event costs) \nThursday\, March 28\, 2024\n6:00 p.m. ET\nHalvorson’s Upstreet Cafe\, 16 Church St.\, Burlington\, VT. \nWe know that many Guild members will be attending the New England SAF meeting in Burlington. Based on interest in a recent poll of members\, we have reserved the Barn Bar space at Halvorson’s and ordered up some tasty appetizers: wings\, sliders\, flatbread pizzas\, mac & cheese\, and garden salad. \nWe are asking for a $20 contribution to help cover these costs. Drinks and full dinner are on your own. You can pay the Guild online or bring your payment with you to Halvorson’s on the 28th (cash or check). \nWe are so excited to see you there. A Guild Gathering is always a highlight of any week!
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/guild-gathering-dinner-concurrent-with-new-england-saf-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Guild Gathering,Northeast
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240330T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240330T163000
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SUMMARY:University of Alabama Student Chapter Guild Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Cahaba River NWR. Photo By/Credit: Amelia Plemons/USFWS \nRegister \nDate: March 30\, 2024\nBackup date in case of inclement weather: April 6\, 2024 \n8:30 am – 4:30 pm CT \nWe will paddle from the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge to Pratt’s Ferry. We will focus on the effects of forestry practices on the environmental health of the Cahaba River.  \nThis trip is around 5.5 miles. Starting in the Refuge\, we will see the flattened\, foliated rocky shoals\, the habitat of the Cahaba lily\, Hymenocalis coronaria. We will also sample for fishes and aquatic macroinvertebrates here in the shoals. Assessing the biota in the river gives an indication of the health of the system. There are species which are intolerant to changes in the water chemistry which will die off with increased pollutant loads or habitat loss. We will look for these indicator species as well as intermittently testing the chemical composition of the water and discussing how land use\, even miles away from the riverbanks\, affects life in one of the most biodiverse rivers in the nation.  \nContact Dakota Wagner with questions.   \nAccessibility: We will canoe a beginner-friendly route. Boats and gear are provided with the cost of registration. 
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/university-of-alabama-student-chapter-guild-gathering/
CATEGORIES:Field event,Guild Gathering,Southeast,Student Chapter event
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