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SUMMARY:BF 235: Silvopasture course
DESCRIPTION:Register \nWednesdays\, from  from January 14 – February 18\n6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time \nFull event details \nJoin Guild member Eli Roberts to learn to Integrate Trees\, Livestock\, and Forage for Multiple Wins on Your Farm. \nThere are many ways of combining trees\, forage\, and animals in useful\, efficient\, practical\, and profitable arrangements. But none of these outcomes is guaranteed\, and there are a lot of decisions required! When you take this course\, you’ll be able to describe\, plan for\, and evaluate particular silvopasture practices and understand their place in the broader categories of Silvopasture and Agroforestry. You’ll also understand the potential pitfalls that differentiate good silvopasture from poor land management. You’ll leave with the tools to create silvopasture plans for your farm\, and to engage with the topic of silvopasture as a practitioner and experimenter. \nCourse Objectives\nBy the end of this course\, you will be able to: \n\nPlan a silvopasture project of your own\, and understand how your plan relates to other silvopastures\, and how it fits into the larger category of practices that involve trees on farms.\nArticulate goals\, clarify functions\, plan layout and species\, and choose implementation methods.\nUnderstand the guardrails of silvopasture practice\, and have the tools to avoid unmanaged forest grazing.\nHave the tools to evaluate and make the decisions that will get you to a functional silvopasture.\n\nThis course is hosted by the Cornell Small Farms Program.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/bf-235-silvopasture-course/
CATEGORIES:Online Course,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T160000
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SUMMARY:Priorities for Prescribed Fire Research and Management in Maine – A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine\, Orono. \n\n\nRegister for Zoom attendance \nFebruary 9\, 2026 \n 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm E.T.  \nDescription \nJoin us for a panel discussion about priorities for understanding and using prescribed fire (i.e.\, planned and intentional use of fire) in Maine. We will hear from local fire practitioners and land managers about their land management objectives\, considerations when applying prescribed fire in different contexts\, and perceived barriers to safely using prescribed fire. \nPanelists: \n\nAliesha Black\, Maine Forest Service\nTim Bickford\, Maine Prescribed Fire Council\nKeith Kanoti\, University of Maine\nJon Bailey\, The Nature Conservancy\n\nModerators: Rose Abramoff and Lydia Horne\, School of Forest Resources\, University of Maine.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/talk-priorities-for-prescribed-fire-research-and-management-in-maine-a-panel-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T120000
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SUMMARY:Lessons for Riparian Buffers: How Old-Growth Forests Affect Streams
DESCRIPTION:Register \nFebruary 10\, 2026 \n12:00 – 1:15 p.m. ET \nRiparian forests\, the forests that line streams and rivers\, are critical for preserving water quality and aquatic habitat in Vermont’s streams\, providing wildlife habitat\, and slowing floodwaters. But most of our understanding of riparian forest ecology is based on second growth forests that have regrown following 19th century clearing for agriculture. Old-growth riparian forests provide in-stream habitat features that have not been widely recognized in the eastern U.S. \nJoin Allaire Diamond\, Vermont Land Trust’s Ecology and Restoration Program Director\, to learn about VLT’s approach to conserving and restoring riparian forest and Bill Keeton\, Forest Ecologist and UVM Professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources\, who will share 20+ years of research across northern New England on old-growth riparian forests. You’ll learn how enhancing late-successional forest characteristics in stream corridors can store carbon and improve instream habitat structure and complexity\, particularly along headwater streams. It may also contribute to downstream nutrient pollution reduction\, although this remains the topic of ongoing research. Carefully managing\, conserving\, and restoring structurally complex riparian forests are exciting tools that VLT and our research partners hope to use across Vermont’s watersheds in the coming years. \nThis webinar is approved for 1 CFE/CEU.
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/lessons-for-riparian-buffers-how-old-growth-forests-affect-streams/
CATEGORIES:Northeast,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260503T041606
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SUMMARY:Policy Update on the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA)
DESCRIPTION:Register \nFebruary 12\, 2026 \n1:00 p.m. MST \nEvent flyer \nDescription \nIntroduced on January 16\, 2025\, the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) is a bill intended to provide new tools to federal land management agencies which will allow them to enhance forest management\, reduce the consequential outcomes and risk of catastrophic fires\, and restore forest health. In the time since its introduction\, it has received input and recommendations for language and provision inclusions in the versions of the bill. The bill has passed the House and through the Senate Agriculture\, Nutrition\, and Forestry Committee and is now awaiting action by the full Senate. This presentation from speakers with the Alliance for Wildfire Resilience and American Forests will cover what is included in the current bill\, how it has changed since early 2025\, what recommendations from The Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission and The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy have been incorporated\, and what we might expect to happen next. \nSpeakers: Annie Schmidt\, Managing Director of Partnerships for the Alliance for Wildfire Resilience; Danielle Watson\, Senior Director of Policy for American Forests \n 
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/policy-update-on-the-fix-our-forests-act-fofa/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T150000
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet with the Guild's 2026 Membership and Policy Council
DESCRIPTION:Register for this virtual gathering \nFriday\, February 13 \n11:00 a.m. PT / Noon MT / 1:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. ET \nZoom join information will be sent to registrants \nAgenda \nThis casual conversation among current Guild members will include a meet and greet of your MPC members\, a summary of what their focus will be for 2026\, and a time for your Q&A. Please join us! \nNine professional members of the Guild are elected by their peers to serve three-year terms on the Membership and Policy Council (MPC). The MPC supervises the development of Guild policy and position statements and the modification of our Mission and Principles. The MPC also addresses issues related to membership and member services. The MPC holds monthly conference calls and is comprised of committees responsible for work on current projects. Elections are held for a portion of the MPC positions each autumn. These members are your representatives to the Guild board and staff. Come learn how you can engage with them!
URL:https://foreststewardsguild.org/event/meet-greet-with-the-guilds-2026-membership-and-policy-council/
CATEGORIES:Guild Gathering,Intermountain West,Lake States,Northeast,Pacific Northwest,Southeast,Southwest,Webinar
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