This 12-part monthly webinar series tells a story about how small- and large-scale forest disturbances, 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. Series topics […]
Temperate old-growth forests are found globally in both the northern and southern hemispheres, sharing many unique characteristics but also exhibiting fascinating differences. In this talk, Professor William Keeton will take the audience on a virtual tour of old-growth systems around the world. The talk will explore contemporary notions of “old-growthedness” on multiple continents, highlighting current […]
The 2024 Combined Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association and Intermountain Container Seedling Grower’s Association Meeting will focus on native plant nurseries and their role in successful restoration projects. The first morning will cover nursery-based curricula for middle/high school, AS/BS/graduate and internship programs, as well as continuing education and resources for practitioners. The second morning […]
President Biden’s executive order, ‘Strengthening the Nation's Forests, Communities, and Local Economies,’ (EO#14072, April 22, 2022) acknowledges the interest in mature and old-growth (MOG) forests by directing U.S. Federal agencies to consistently define and inventory these resources including sampling errors on United States Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands. We address […]
When Americans landed on the Moon in 1969, in the northeastern U.S. there were still workers cutting trees with axes, skidding with horses, and driving logs to the mill by river. It wasn’t the chainsaw and the feller-buncher that industrialized American logging. The power of nature did. Starting around 1870, bodies and forest landscapes were […]
Cutover Capitalism: The Industrialization of the Northern Forest with Jason Newton When Americans landed on the Moon in 1969, in the northeastern U.S. there were still workers cutting trees with axes, skidding with horses, and driving logs to the mill by river. It wasn’t the chainsaw and the feller-buncher that industrialized American logging. The power […]
The Intertribal Nursery Council is happy to announce the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde (CTGR) will be hosting this year’s meeting. No specific theme is slated for this year, but presentations will span a diverse array of topics including seeds, native plant production, restoration, traditional knowledge, training programs, special tribal projects, Forest Service resources, […]
The Pacific Northwest has millions of acres of unlogged mature and old-growth forests. We have learned much about their ecology and conservation after more than four decades of research and efforts to conserve them. Thomas will highlight some of the distinctive features of the structure, composition, functions and dynamics of these ecologically diverse, centuries-old forests. […]
The International Association of Wildland Fire and the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) and its three regional strategy committees, invite you to register for the 7th Annual National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Workshop, September 16-19, 2024 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. WFLC has affirmed that the Cohesive Strategy remains the solid framework by which all stakeholders can […]
The 2024 Mountain Climate Conference is pleased to welcome attendees during September 16-19 to beautiful Granlibakken at Lake Tahoe, California. Our community of scientists, managers, students, and stakeholders will convene for three+ days of programming including dedicated presentation and poster sessions on fire science, hydroclimate, people in mountains, and observational networks, along with combined general […]
The Resources We Manage The theme “The Resources We Manage” references all the considerations that forestry and natural resources professionals need to reflect on when planning and implementing decisions on the ground. Resources mean many things to land managers -- the values on the landscape, the services needed like air, water, food and fiber, the budget we […]
The Department of Natural Resource's Urban and Community Forestry Program will be hosting an Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Trap Tree Workshop on September 17th 2024 from 9am-11am in Vancouver, Washington. This workshop will cover the basics of EAB as an emerging pest of concern, an overview of how and why to create trap trees as […]
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