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Conserving Mature and Old-Growth Forests in a Changing Climate Webinar Series: Old Growth: How to navigate science and feelings

September 26 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am PDT

Old-growth is a scientific term, and as environmental professionals, we need to be advocates for science.  At the same time, the term “old-growth” conjures up emotions with most members of the public that shouldn’t be ignored—an notion reiterated in Gifford Pinchot’s 11 maxims.  While ensuring science remains out guiding light and honoring the public’s sentiments are not incompatible endeavors, navigating their simultaneous implementation takes care.

Speaker Biography

With a background in both forestry and natural resources policy-making, Bryan Petit represents large US landowners as a Vice President at the National Alliance of Forest Owners where he leads NAFO’s development and execution of policy, regulatory, and legal strategies.  Prior to coming to NAFO, Bryan spent 11 years overseeing the forestry and wildland fire portfolios in the U.S. Senate where he helped to craft the Great American Outdoors Act, developed the ecosystem restoration and wildland fire title of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and oversaw the agriculture and forestry title of the Inflation Reduction Act.  Before working in Congress, he served as a career staffer in the Office of the Secretary at USDA, advising policy officials on matters pertaining to natural resources and the environment.  Prior to coming to DC, Bryan earned an undergraduate degree in forestry in North Carolina and a Master of Forestry from Yale University and has worked as a field forester in various positions across 8 States.

 

Conserving Mature and Old-Growth Forests in a Changing Climate Speaker Series

There is broad agreement that protecting and managing forests is critical for meeting global climate mitigation and sustainable development goals. However, there is less agreement on how to determine what is ‘best’ management to reach these goals in the context of mature and old-growth forests (MOG). This webinar series invites a variety of speakers representing the United States Forest Service, Tribal nations, private forest owners, forest industry, academia, and forest advocacy organizations to share how they are responding to and shaping the discussion on mature and old-growth forests, including as mandated by Executive Order 140752 and the National Old-Growth Amendment.
Join us every Thursday from August 29 to December 5 from 12:00 -12:55 pm U.S. ET. Note that there will not be webinars on September 19 and November 28.
The series is free and open to the public. Each session will be recorded. We will offer CEUs for foresters in attendance. Please email yff@yale.edu(link sends e-mail) for further information.

Series Hosts

This series is co-developed and co-hosted by The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, the Yale Applied Science Synthesis Program, the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, and the Society of American Foresters.

Series Facilitators

The series is facilitated by Mark Ashton (The Forest School at YSE), Gary Dunning (The Forest School at YSE), Sara Kuebbing (Yale Applied Science Synthesis Program and Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture), and Terry Baker (Society of American Foresters).

 

To learn more and register, visit: https://yff.yale.edu/speaker-series/conserving-mature-and-old-growth-forests-changing-climate

Details

Date:
September 26
Time:
9:00 am - 10:00 am PDT
Event Category:
Website:
https://yff.yale.edu/speaker-series/conserving-mature-and-old-growth-forests-changing-climate

Organizer

Yale School of the Environment

Venue

Virtual
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Oregon
Washington

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