Events

Title: Legal Aspects of Family Estate Planning for the Tree Farm Owner Speakers: Randy Grove & Mike Phillips, Landerholm Legal Advisors The Women Owning Woodlands - Washington Fall 2024 Webinar Series registration is now open! Join us to learn about common forest health concerns, management techniques, and resources available to help you reach your stewardship goals. The […]

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 […]

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 […]

Save the date! Fall Seminar, sponsored by the WA Tree Farm Program. This year's theme is "What Family Forest Owners Ought to Know" Program opens with inspiring testimonials on forest certification history, policy, and impacts by national and state leadership from the American Tree Farm System. Program then cuts to technical sessions led by forestry experts on wood, […]

Welcome to the Oregon Tree Farm System 2024 Annual Meeting! Join us in person at the Oregon Garden located on West Main Street in Silverton, Oregon, USA. This event is a great opportunity for tree farm owners, professionals, and enthusiasts to come together to learn, network, and share ideas. Don't miss out on this exciting event where you […]

The USDA Forest Service will be releasing the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Northwest Forest Plan amendment. This important document outlines proposals to address challenges like increased wildfires, climate change, and economic sustainability across 19.4 million acres in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. We invite you to join the Northwest Forest Plan DEIS […]