On a warm morning in August, several local community members from Ramah, New Mexico gathered at the Old El Morro School Art Gallery for a workshop on Women and Wildfire Home Defense. This beautiful area near the Cibola National Forest in western New Mexico is home to a small artists community, beautiful mountain vistas, and fire adapted ecosystems. Some of the women that showed up included a local restaurant owner, artists, and a local volunteer fire fighter.
Prescribed Fire
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By:
Amanda Mahaffey
Ponderosa pine forests of the Southwest are home to the native bark beetle. However, human influence, denser forests, and increased temperatures and drought events have led to recent bark beetle outbreaks that threaten the health of ponderosa stands. Where dead trees stand, fire can move as much as three times more rapidly, creating dangerous conditions for firefighters and residents. Restoration treatments can be used to help restore the balance needed in ponderosa pine ecosystems.
Event
By:
Amanda Mahaffey
Fri, Sep 14, 2018 - 8:00 am
until 4:00 pm
Forests at the Top of the Lake
A Combined Annual Meeting of the Michigan Forest Association & Michigan Tree Farm System
Newberry and Engadine Michigan, September 14‐15, 2018
Featuring a Women Owning Woodlands hike Friday, September 14 in the Newberry area
For full event information, click here!
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A Combined Annual Meeting of the Michigan Forest Association & Michigan Tree Farm System
Newberry and Engadine Michigan, September 14‐15, 2018
Featuring a Women Owning Woodlands hike Friday, September 14 in the Newberry area
For full event information, click here!
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The Okefenokee wildlife refuge wildfire is a good reminder that wildfires can happen anytime, anywhere. Normally spring rains keep the soils, plants and trees moist in this portion of northern Florida and southern Georgia. This year the springs rain did not come and the lack of precipitation allowed the woods to dry out. This, in turn, made the woods more prone to fire caused by a lightning strike.
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Guest author
Fri, Sep 30, 2016 - 9:00 am
until 5:00 pm
Location: Clinton Town Hall, 8907 MN-37, Iron Junction, MN
Registration: $10/person. Contact East Range Joint Powers Board at [email protected] or call Cherie Grams at 218-229-3671 or 218-780-6144
Additional information: http://woodinnovation.umn.edu/news/forestry-field-day-coming-soon
Registration: $10/person. Contact East Range Joint Powers Board at [email protected] or call Cherie Grams at 218-229-3671 or 218-780-6144
Additional information: http://woodinnovation.umn.edu/news/forestry-field-day-coming-soon
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By:
Nicole Strong
The only constant is change.
A saying attributed to Heraclitus that resonates strongly with those of us who spend time in forests. You have to look closely for the clues: stumps or lack thereof, holes and mounds, scars, downed logs, clues that tell the story of an ever-changing landscape.
A saying attributed to Heraclitus that resonates strongly with those of us who spend time in forests. You have to look closely for the clues: stumps or lack thereof, holes and mounds, scars, downed logs, clues that tell the story of an ever-changing landscape.
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Guest author
It’s important to remember that wildfire season will not be cancelled, even in the time of a global pandemic. Here are some steps you can take to mitigate the risk before the fire happens.
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Guest author
Trees provide shelter and food to the wildlife that live on your land, they hold the soil and protect it from erosion, they provide the air we all breathe, products you use everyday come from tree, and they provide us a place to walk, enjoy the peace and quiet we find in nature. However trees take decades to grow tall and strong. Are you preparing your woods for the next generation of trees? Are your woods healthy? Learn about how to evaluate your woods.
Then make your woods healthier with these activities:
Then make your woods healthier with these activities:
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Guest author
Whether natural or man-made, fires have always had a hand in shaping the world’s forests.
Event
By:
Amanda Mahaffey
Fri, Apr 12, 2019 - 10:00 am
until 4:30 pm
Are you interested in learning about Forestry Projects, Management Plans, and Legacy Planning?
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By:
Guest author
Fri, Feb 8, 2019 - 8:30 am
until 4:00 pm
This Ladies for their Land workshop will focus on all things prescribe burning. Why it is important and the benefits, how to prescribe burn, what and when to burn, and other considerations for burning: wildlife impacts, longleaf pine, and long-term goals.
Hosted in Cochran, Georgia this workshop will focus on everything prescribe burning (why to do it, things to consider, benefits, etc), and if weather works out planning to perform a live demonstration on site.
Hosted in Cochran, Georgia this workshop will focus on everything prescribe burning (why to do it, things to consider, benefits, etc), and if weather works out planning to perform a live demonstration on site.