Webinar
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,…
Topic Forest-assisted migration in the context of climate change adaptation: Examples from the eastern USA
Register January 25, 2023 Noon Central Time Presenter: Dr. Brian Palik There is increasing momentum to implement conservation and management approaches that adapt forests to climate change so as to sustain ecosystem functions. These range from actions designed to increase the resistance of current composition and structure to negative impacts to those designed to transition…
Climate change and forest management 101
Register for this webinar Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Noon - 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Alexandra Kosiba, PhD, will address how climate change and other stressors pose a threat to our forests and how we can think about and manage forests to bolster their resilience and adaptation to change. Kosiba will discuss how forests help us…
Engaging Private Forest Owners in Carbon Solutions and Markets
Register Webinar February 15, 2023 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time This Microsoft Teams webinar is for anyone interested in learning about carbon markets programs for private forest landowners: state forestry agency program managers, USDA Forest Service program managers, nonprofits, landowner associations, and others. Learn from three State and Private Forestry Landscape Scale Restoration Projects:…
Assessing the effects of Close-to-Nature Forestry on forest birds
Register February 21, 2023 Noon - 1 Eastern Time Europe’s Close-To-Nature Forestry (CTNF) that protects forest canopies has not been promoted to help avian abundance or diversity; however, forest bird populations in Europe have increased 7% over the last two decades. We posit whether similar forest management approaches in the eastern USA could benefit North…
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…
Seeing the Forest for the Queers: February Gathering
Register (After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting). February 23, 2023 7:00 - 8:30 pm Eastern Time / 6:00-7:30 CT / 5:00-6:30 MT / 4:00-5:30 PT The theme of this month's event is "Navigating Field Work." This event is designed to create a safe space for community and empowerment…
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…
Invasive Plant Certification Program classes for 2022
Register today for one or more sessions in the series below Via zoom online: Mar 16, 2023 - State Regulations Pertaining to Invasive Plant Management (A2) 8:45 AM - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Mar 23, 2023 - Principles and Fundamentals of Weed Science (A1) 9:00 AM - 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time Apr 6, 2023 -…
Strategies to reduce wildfire smoke in frequently impacted communities in south-western Oregon
Register for this webinar March 21, 2023 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time/1:00 MT/2:00 CT/ 3:00 ET Presenter: Rick Graw, USDA Forest Service Smoke from wildfires is a well-recognized public health and safety issue. While there have been extensive efforts to help communities be “smoke ready”, most people would still prefer not to live with weeks of…