The Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: Prescribed Fire and Wetlands: an Important but Rarely Told Story

Virtual

PANEL DISCUSSION Wetlands are the forgotten sibling of the prescribed fire world. While upland ecosystems across the Eastern U.S. have received significant attention for their fire-dependency, wetlands—characterized by their more episodic encounters with fire—rarely receive equitable fire management investments. Fire managers face unique challenges in these environments, where hydric soils, muck, and dense vegetation can […]

2025 Western Region Council on Forest Engineering Seminar

The Western Region COFE meeting will be held on Thursday, January 9, in Lebanon, OR. WR COFE is a regional chapter of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) for the western United States and British Columbia. COFE is an international professional organization formed to foster the development of forest engineering in industry, government, and education […]

The Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: Expanding the Fuels Planning Toolkit: Terrestrial Laser Scanning and 3D Fuels Characterization for Improved Wildland Fire Decision Support

Virtual

PANEL DISCUSSION Wildland fire managers require an expanded toolbox for decision support in the context of an increasingly novel fuel and fire environment complicated by a changing climate, invasive species encroachment, and rapid increase in wildland-urban interface in many areas within the U.S.  Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) offers an efficient, cost-effective, and powerful tool for […]

Mapping the Course 10th Annual Conference

World Forestry Center 4033 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR, United States

The 2025 Mapping the Course conference will be held at the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon January 22nd, 2025. This conference discusses opportunities and stressors in the North American forest industry, ongoing trends, issues, market forces, and helpful strategies among other topics. A networking social starts the conference the evening of Tuesday, January 21st. The […]

Portland SAF Chapter Meeting

Mt. Hood Community College 26000 SE Stark Street, Gresham, Oregon, OR, United States

For the Portland SAF Chapter's January meeting, Glenn Ahrens, Extension Forester Oregon State University Extension Service, will discuss post-fire restoration on small woodlands after the 2020 Labor Day fires. When:  Monday, January 27, 2025. 5:30 social time, 6:00 dinner ($25), 6:30 program Where: Mount Hood Community College, Town & Gown Room Please RSVP to Portland SAF Chapter chair, […]

Reforestation and Regeneration for Wildlife – Sustaining Forests in Changing Environmental Conditions

Virtual

Managing Forests as Habitat in a Changing World: A Panel Discussion Webinar Series These interactive panel discussions connect land managers, researchers, and practitioners spanning diverse geographies and ownerships to explore managing and stewarding forest habitat amid social and ecological changes. Climatic shifts are impacting forest habitats all across the U.S., challenging how we fulfill our […]

The Fueling Collaboration Panel Discussion Series: Social Acceptance and Communication Strategies for Wildland Fire Management

Virtual

PANEL DISCUSSION Prescribed fire is one of the most effective tools for fuels reduction, habitat improvement, and ecological restoration. Yet, there are challenges surrounding social acceptance in implementing prescribed fire programs across the region. This Fueling Collaboration panel discussion will explore the factors that influence public perception and acceptance of prescribed fire in land management. […]

Timber Market Cycles: 200 Years in the US South’s Forest Products Industry

Virtual

If past is prologue, then understanding our economic past may help us better understand what may lie ahead for the forest products industry. Join Marshall Thomas, president of F&W Forestry, as he discusses the business concept of the product life cycle, examines the naval stores industry and the Southern lumber boom of the 1800s as examples […]

Managing public forest lands for carbon sequestration in Alaska

University of Alaska-Fairbanks Fairbanks, United States

A preliminary Best Interest Finding for a forest carbon sequestration project on state lands is scheduled to be released by Alaska Department of Natural Resources for 30-day public review and comments by March/April 2025 for a potential finding and listing with a carbon registry. Alaska SAF is sponsoring this one-day workshop with invited speakers on the science, management, and […]

44th Inland Empire Reforestation Council (IERC) Annual Meeting

Coeur d'Alene Resort 115 S. 2nd Street, Coeur D'Alene, ID, United States

The 44th Inland Empire Reforestation Council (IERC) Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 4 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. The theme for the 2025 meeting is “Adding Value to Reforestation Efforts." This conference qualifies for 6 SAF CFE Cat 1 credits, and 3 Idaho & 16 Montana pesticide recertification credits. Washington pesticide recertification credits are expected for […]

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