Events

The Reforestation Pipeline: Ensuring Equitable Access to Replanting Presenters: Dr. Brian Morris, Senior Director, Forest Restoration, American Forests; Becca Shively, Senior Wildfire Manager, Sustainable Northwest The science behind reforestation is not new, but in a changing climate, new challenges are rising around what to plant, where to plant, and who has access to planting opportunities. […]

Portland, Science Friday has really taken a lichen to you. That’s why Ira Flatow is coming to the World Forestry Center for a day full of the fuzzy growths on trees, roofs and gravestones. Join Science Friday and the World Forestry Center as we highlight these special symbiotic organisms! Meet experts in the forests, hear about their role in […]

A symposium for property owners Learn how to build climate resilience in your forest Maintaining healthy, resilient forests in a changing climate is a major challenge that property owners face. The Puget Sound area has seen extensive die-offs of mature trees, especially western redcedar, due to heat and drought stress. New tree plantings struggle to […]

NEMO & SOMENS 2024 Annual Meeting, November 3-5, 2024 Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT Registration Pricing: Registration fee is $300 USD/person.    Registration fee for students (undergraduate or graduate) is $200 USD/person.  Free T-shirts included along with food and drink listed in the agenda. Please provide sizes (during online registration) by October 1, 2024. Free shuttle […]

Recreating and Relating to the Land After Fire Presenters: Dr. Eric White, Research Social Scientist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Jon Meier, Assistant Field Manager, Wenatchee Field Office, Spokane District Bureau of Land Management Wildfires reshape recreation access and experiences over the short and long term. A researcher shares emerging science that is […]

This workshop will teach you the basics of woodland roads and how they work through a combination of classroom and field-based instruction. We will cover standard types of roads, drainage features, and surface types. Participants will learn about effective approaches for monitoring that will help catch problems early and save money. Essentials of the new […]

Join FHS Historian Jamie Lewis as he engages in Conversations in Forest History with leading historians, artists, researchers, policy makers, and newsmakers as they apply their historical knowledge to current topics. Each conversation opens with a short presentation before Jamie and his guest take questions from the audience. Topics include the decline of the majestic American hemlocks […]