Conservation Calendar

Looking to stay up to date on your CEUs? Have producers asking conservation-specific questions you don’t feel confident answering? Looking to host a training and want to avoid conflicts for your audience? You have come to the right place.

Explore our Conservation Calendar for information on conservation-related events and trainings hosted across Wisconsin and beyond.

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Why Building With Mass Timber is the Best Thing a Company Can do to Sustain America’s Working Forests & Their Role as a Natural Climate Solution

This webinar addresses the question: will rising demand for mass timber products result in unsustainable levels of harvesting forests in the United States? Participants will learn the role family forest owners play in ensuring the availability of domestic wood supply and the importance of demand in US timber for sustaining forests in continuing to serve […]

QGIS for Forestry

Join in on 3-part series exploring QGIS applications for forestry. As part of this series, Mick Wheaton of Valley View Forestry will lead you through hands-on exercises on the basics of QGIS and its use for manipulating data to create maps, application to forestry recon and timber sales, analyzing basic timber sale data, and creating […]

Diseased, Decayed, Defective, and Dangerous: When Good Trees Go Bad

Trees provide a variety of benefits to society. But trees also lose branches or break when forces exceed their structural strength or the root-soil connection. Tree failure can cause severe damage to houses and other structures, deny access or use of infrastructure, and injure or kill people. Landowners have legal “duty of care” for trees […]

Landowner Liability

This webinar will focus on matters of premises liability and timber protection for forest landowners, including matters of trespass, legal sufficiency of boundary and hazard marking, as well as disputes over boundaries and easements. Info here.

Incorporating ​Elements of Old Growth Forests in Timber Sales

Join a team of researchers and practitioners as we explore the Argonne Experimental Forest and discuss incorporating elements of old growth forest into forest management. Through a combination of presentations and field tours we will cover: Elements of old growth habitat and silvicultural treatments to obtain them Enhancing vertical and horizontal structure Forest regeneration consideration […]

Discovering Wisconsin’s Amazing Forestry Legacy: Driving Tour and Short Hikes

Join us as we travel from eastern Iron county to the old growth forest surrounding Star Lake, to explore both historic and modern forestry sites surrounding the Northern Highland AmericanForest. By the late 19th century Wisconsin’s leaders wished to create a state park or forest reserve in Iron, Vilas, Oneida and Forest counties to serve […]

Leaves Down, Look Up! A Tree Health Workshop

Late fall is a great time to inspect your trees for structural health. In this workshop, Wisconsin Forestry Center staff invite you to investigate trees to identify potential hazards and structural health concerns. We will talk about common tree diseases and structural concerns of our urban trees, and how to find reputable help in caring […]

Location, Location, Location: Matching Tree Species to Site Location

What makes for an ideal Christmas tree site and what steps can be taken to mitigate potential problems? Dr. Randall will discuss site selection, tree species, and matching tree species to location. Matching plant species to the site can greatly increase tree survivability. Info here.

Smallholder Planted Forests and Trees for Climate, Restored Landscapes, and Livelihoods

Join the Yale Forest Forum Spring 2023 Speaker Series Webinar entitled “Smallholder planted trees and forests for climate, restored landscapes, and human livelihoods” held on Tuesdays from January 17-April 25th. This webinar series will focus on ways to harness the potential of smallholder planted forests and trees to contribute to the provision of environmental services, […]

Climate Adaptation

Save the dates! Join University of Minnesota Extension foresters to discuss some of the key issues and questions around forest and woodlands facing Minnesota landowners. These online sessions will be very informal and open to the public and free of charge. Each session will start with a brief presentation, followed by a discussion framed around […]

Smallholder Planted Forests and Trees for Climate, Restored Landscapes, and Livelihoods

Join the Yale Forest Forum Spring 2023 Speaker Series Webinar entitled “Smallholder planted trees and forests for climate, restored landscapes, and human livelihoods” held on Tuesdays from January 17-April 25th. This webinar series will focus on ways to harness the potential of smallholder planted forests and trees to contribute to the provision of environmental services, […]

Strategies to keep your woods healthy and resilient

Save the dates! Join University of Minnesota Extension foresters to discuss some of the key issues and questions around forest and woodlands facing Minnesota landowners. These online sessions will be very informal and open to the public and free of charge. Each session will start with a brief presentation, followed by a discussion framed around […]

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