PCSWCD 2022 Forestry Series: Forest Recreation Management for Small Woodland Owners

Register Field Tour: July 8, 2022 9:00 a.m. - Noon, Eastern Time Law Farm Nature Trails 20 Lee Cemetery Rd, Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426 This event is part of the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District’s 2022 Forestry Series. Full series information is available on their website. Join Jessica Leahy, Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural…

Managing for Old Forest Characteristics: A Field Workshop for Landowners

Register August 23, 2022 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, Woodstock, Vermont Join Dr. Tony D’Amato from the University of Vermont, as well as Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation staff and Vermont Land Trust staff to discuss old and old-growth forests, and how we might manage for some of…

PCSWCD 2022 Forestry Series: Wildlife Biodiversity

Register Field Tour: September 20, 2022 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., Eastern Time Demonstration Forest, Williamburg, Maine This event is part of the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District’s 2022 Forestry Series. Full series information is available on their website. Our last workshop in the Forestry Series is with Jim Ferrante, PCSWCD Supervisor and Maine Forest…

Timber Harvest Series: Pre-Harvest Tour

To register contact Andrew Smart: a.smartfarms@gmail.com or (207) 837-0924 Sunday, November 6, 2022 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET Frye Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Montville, Maine Pre-Harvest Tour: A visit to Frye Mountain to look at skid trail layout, timber marking, brook crossings, the condition of the forest stands before operation, and the considerations used…

Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Massabesic Experimental Forest

Full series website December 14 webinar 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register for this webinar or entire series December 16 field tour 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Massabesic Experimental Forest Register for this field tour Details for this webinar and field tour pairing: Panelists: Mariko Yamasaki, USFS-NRS, Jon Janelle, USFS-R9-FHP, John Neely, USFS-R9-WMNF, Chuck Lubelczyk,…

2022 Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative Annual Conference

Advances in Forest Science: The role of technology and innovation in stewardship and engagement Register ($28) December 15, 2022 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time Location(s): University of Vermont Davis Center, Burlington, Vermont Virtual Continuing Forestry Education credits will be applied for from the Society of American Foresters. Agenda for download Full event website…

Managing Young Forests to be Like Old Forests

Register January 21, 2023 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time Hinesburg Town Forest Hinesburg, Vermont (Location details will be provided after registration.) The vast majority of Vermont’s forests are young, having been cleared within the last 200 years. While old forests once dominated Vermont’s landscape, they are now extremely uncommon: accounting for less than 1%…

Yankee Division SAF Annual Meeting

Register February 10, 2023 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time The Publick House, Paige Hall 277 Main Street Sturbridge, MA 01566 We will gather in person again for the 2023 Yankee Annual Meeting, which will be held in a forester-friendly timber framed meeting hall and include a gourmet hot buffet lunch. The program will…

Getting to the Core: Utilizing paleoecology to understand fire in the northeast

Register February 22, 2023 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern time In this hour-long webinar we will hear from Madi Landrum, a Ph.D. student in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program and Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, as she explores the role of paleoecology in fire management decisions on the land in the…

Maine Forest Climate Change Webinar & Field Tour Series: Brown Ash

Full series website March 1 webinar 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Register for the webinar series to participate in this webinar March 3 field tour 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Location to be determined. Register for this field tour Topics in this pair of dates in the series: Species preservation goals in…