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How to Organize a Women’s Chainsaw Safety Workshop

Friday, March 22, 2019 - 14:00 to 15:00

Have you ever thought about planning a chainsaw safety workshop for women? Join us for a presentation and Q&A on this exciting topic.

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Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) in Oregon coming up!

Applications due Friday, February 15.

OREGON PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING EXCHANGE (TREX) PROGRAMS:

Central Oregon TREX – April 29 to May 10, 2019 – Bend, Oregon

Ashland TREX – May 13 to May 24, 2019 – Ashland, Oregon

Announcement Flyer

Application Packet

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Stone Fence Farm Guild Gathering

Friday, June 7, 2019 - 16:00 to Saturday, June 8, 2019 - 16:00

Save the date! Registration coming soon...

Location: Unity, New Hampshire

Save the date for a not-to-be-missed Forest Stewards Guild New England Guild Gathering! Hosts Jeremy Turner and Laura French are excited to host fellow Guild members and friends for a spectacular field event. Stone Fence Farm is a 300-acre working forest and farm in the heart of Guild country, a well-managed woodland in a landscape of continuous forest. Come learn in this “playground” and share your own forest wisdom on adaptive forest management!

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Learn and Burn - Controlled Burning for Wildlife Habitat, Berea

Saturday, March 16, 2019 - 08:30 to 16:00

Register today ($10, includes food)
Back up date: March 23, 2019
PLEASE SAVE BOTH DATES! Burning depends on favorable weather conditions.
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET

Location: Berea College Forest at Berea, Kentucky
Event flyer to share

The Forest Stewards Guild and Berea College invite you to learn how to restore native habitat and promote wildlife species through the application of controlled fire in your woodland. We welcome you....this event is intended for participants with no fire experience to moderate levels of experience.

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Tell Us What You Think! Climate Adaptation Needs Assessment

You can help by answering these seven questions, or by attending one of the listening sessions!

Forest managers need scientifically credible, relevant, and timely information on climate change, its effects on ecosystems, and potential management options in order to effectively respond to climate change. The Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science and Forest Stewards Guild are seeking input on key areas of uncertainty where managers have questions so that we can help promote science to address managers' needs.

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Putting the Forest First

From Humboldt County, California, to Aroostook County, Maine, we are the stewards for America’s finest forests.

We invite you to join us.

From our beginnings over thirty years ago, the Forest Stewards Guild has recognized that maintaining healthy, productive forests is the best investment we can make in promoting the wellbeing of people and forest communities. Our work includes hands-on forest stewardship, education and training, research, policy advocacy, and promoting professional practice – all based on high ethical standards and our unique mission of “putting the forest first.”

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