Events

The Inland Tree Conference is the premier annual arboriculture event for networking and education in Spokane. This distinctive conference brings together forward-thinking forest landowners, managers, and leading green industry professionals. Attendees are people who care about advancing their knowledge and skills as it relates to their professional careers including Foresters, City Arborists, Utility Arborists, Planners, and […]

The Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory has been hosting an annual seminar series since 1998. Hour-long seminars are presented by Fire Lab employees and other researchers from throughout the world. Seminars cover current research and management about the natural world from a broad range of disciplines, but most seminars usually have a wildland fire theme. The […]

Gather with our foresters for refreshments and light appetizers to learn more about Washington's vast and varied forest. Day and time: January 11, 2024, from 6-9 p.m. Location: Hands on Children's Musuem  

This 12-part monthly webinar series tells a story about how small- and large-scale forest disturbance, such as fire, wind, ice storms, hurricanes, sea-level rise, flooding, introduced and endemic forest pests, and others, impact forest ecosystems. The series will also examine ecological silviculture and climate adaptation approaches to help inform forest and wildlife management. Webinars are […]

Join the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, USDA Northeast and Northern Forests Climate Hubs, and the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS) for Rooted in Research: Adapting to Extreme Weather “Wild Cards”. Between floods, severe storms, and wildfires, nearly everyone in North America has recently experienced an extreme weather event firsthand. Extreme events will become more commonplace as the climate […]

FRA and WFCA are excited to announce the first in a series of Workforce Development workshops.  This first workshop will focus on current efforts to create educational and training opportunities for future natural resource workers as well as an interactive workshop to discuss best management practices for developing opportunities for future employees. This workshop is […]

Upcoming webinars have been planned to share more information about the Northwest Forest Plan and the Notice of Intent.  Please join for one of our Informational Winter Webinars scheduled for you to learn more about the Northwest Forest Plan, the current amendment effort and how to provide comments to the Forest Service.  All webinars will provide the […]

Forestry and logging workers are exposed to a range of biological hazards, extreme weather, accidents, and – especially for women– assault. Workplace violence is violence or the threat of violence against workers. This training will review the many forms of workplace violence among co-workers, including sexual harassment. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH […]