Join us for Forestry for the Birds Western Oregon Guide. We will be joined by a wildlife biologist, Nicole Ruggiero from Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District and forester from Trout Mountain to help demonstrate the Guide and identify birds and habitat preferences.    This Guide was developed in part to act as a communication tool to assist foresters, natural resource managers and practitioners when […]

The Paul Bunyan myth has been woven through the history of US and Canadian forests, supporting a pride in unlimited logging. Marybeth Lorbiecki, having written a biographies of Aldo Leopold (one for adults and one for children), decided that North America needed a fresh cultural story that integrates a Leopoldian and Native American–influenced ethic. So, […]

For the June meeting, Dr. Jessica Halofsky, director of the Northwest Climate Hub and Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USFS, Olympia Forestry Science Laboratory, will present information on NW forests and climate change. In her role, Jessica promotes applied climate change science and adaptation in natural resources in the Northwest and across the West. […]

This webinar is the first in a Communicating Forestry series by Forest Guild members. Part of putting innovation into practice is knowing what’s important to share about our vision, and then how and when to do so. As forest managers and stewards, we manage forests for a variety of different objectives, values and purposes, but the importance […]

This two-day intensive conference will provide you access to the latest equipment and advances in forest technology. Wednesday, August 2 7:00am - 8:30am Registration and Exhibits Open 8:30am - 8:45am Welcome Session 8:45am - 10:00am Plenary 1 10:00am - 10:30am Networking Break 10:30am - 12:00pm Concurrent Sessions 12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch 1:30pm - 3:00pm Concurrent […]

The US Forest Service in partnership with the US Biochar Initiative and the Southern Regional Extension Forestry will be presenting its latest Biochar Webinar titled: "Biochar's Role in Climate Mitigation". This live webinar will be held August 31, 2023, from 11 to 12 pm Eastern time. Presenters/Authors: Harry Groot - Associate Dovetail Partners, Inc. To […]

The 2023 Joint Annual Meeting of the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association and Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia will cover topics to address growing pains for scaling up the reforestation pipeline. Speakers will cover topics in seed and seedling technology, integrated pest management, outplanting practices, and innovative new strategies to meet increasing seedling […]

This is the second in the Guild’s Communicating Forestry webinar series, by and for Guild members. Check out the previous installment with Ethan Tapper. As we all know, communicating the benefits of forest management practices can be challenging. Cold Hollow to Canada, a nonprofit and regional partnership in northern Vermont, has addressed this challenge by convening […]

The history of timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs) begins in the 1980s and can be divided into distinct eras representing significant changes. To understand how the TIMO industry has grown and invested capital over the past forty years, institutional investor objectives and preferences for committing capital must also be understood. Join Tracy Buran Evens for […]