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Women in the Woods Workshop & Retreat

Fri, Apr 26, 2019 - 5:30 pm

until 3:00 pm

Spend a weekend connecting with other women landowners, learning woods skills taught by women for women, and enjoying leisure activities in Western Montana’s historic Nine Mile Valley!

APRIL 26-28, 2019
Begins at 5:30pm on Friday the 26th and concludes at 3pm on Sunday the 28th

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Life + LAND

By: Guest author

Life + LAND is a blog all about helping ladies get a hand on their land. It features articles, landowner tid-bits, women spotlights, and other resources. This blog was created by forester Danielle Atkins, co-founder of the Georgia Forestry Commission's Ladies for their Land program.

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Forest Landowner Tax Tips for the 2018 Tax Year

By: Amanda Mahaffey

Did you sell timber in 2018? Did you lose trees to a hurricane, fire, or other natural disaster? Do you know how to report these changes on your income tax return?

You're in luck. The USDA Forest Service has produced a tips sheet on Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2018 Tax Year. This quick guide has information on:

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A Successful 2018 Women and Their Woods Retreat

By: Amanda Subjin

This past September marked the 5th Women and Their Woods Educational Retreat hosted by the Delaware Highlands Conservancy. The event this year was held at the Highlights Family Foundation's Workshop Facility in scenic Wayne County, PA.

Michigan Forest Association and Tree Farm Annual Meeting

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Forests at the Top of the Lake

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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Alamco Wood Products Mill Tour

By: Angela Gupta

Thu, Apr 26, 2018 - 12:30 pm

until 4:00 pm

Rahma Edible Forest Snack Garden sign surrounded by food garden. Photo: Catherine Bukowski, VA Tech

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Why plant a community food forest?

By: Guest author

by Kate MacFarland, Forest Service Assistant Agroforester

Across the US, communities are recognizing the importance of urban forests, community gardens, and other green space for residents’ mental and physical health, local and regional environmental benefits, and educational and nutritional opportunities. Food forests are an emerging form of green infrastructure that is becoming more and more common across the country.

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Portable Sawmilling

By: Amanda Mahaffey

Thinking about a timber harvest? Depending on the size of the cut and the quality of the trees, you might want to consider hiring a portable sawmill to come turn your logs into usable lumber.

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Women and Our Woods - Maine outdoors workshop

By: Amanda Mahaffey

Sat, Apr 29, 2017 - 8:30 am

until 4:30 pm

Women and our Woods is teaming up with Women of the Maine Outdoors to offer an action-packed workshop for women woodland owners and outdoor enthusiasts! Join us Saturday, April 29 at Pine Tree Camp in Rome, Maine for engaging, hands-on classes in a variety of forest-based topics.

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Is your Christmas tree a pine?

By: Angela Gupta

Watch this video to learn the difference between pines and other similar trees.

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Puget Sound Forest Owners Field Day

By: Guest author

Sat, Aug 27, 2016 - 9:00 am

until 4:00 pm

Where: Claremont Forest – at the intersection of 396th Dr SE and SE 53rd St, Snoqualmie, WA

$25 per individual | $35 per couple | Student and Master Gardner discounts available

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Women and Our Woods Workshop

By: Amanda Mahaffey

Sat, Jul 30, 2016 - 9:00 am

until 4:00 pm

Women and Our Woods Workshop for Women Woodland Owners

Hidden Valley Nature Center 131 Egypt Rd., Jefferson, ME 04348, July 30, 2016, 9:00-4:00

$45 ($40 for HVNC, Midcoast Conservancy, MOFGA, MFLT members), $25 Students Scholarships available!!

Women and Our Woods

Empowering Maine’s women woodland owners to steward our forestlands

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Maine Women Owning Woodlands at Hidden Valley Nature Center

By: Guest author

Written by Maddie Eberly, Forest Stewards Guild

Three women with chainsaws haul logs in front of a log pile and machinery.

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New Mexico Women Deliver Firewood to Seniors

By: Guest author

By Sarah DeMay

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Women on the Land Webinar Series - Active Stewardship

By: Maggie Mansfield

Wed, May 19, 2021 - 2:30 pm

until 4:00 pm

Women Owning Woodlands is hosting four webinars in May based on “Women on the Land: A Landowner’s Guide to Stewarding Her Woodlands.”

Register here!

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WOW-Catskills | Hudson Valley Virtual Happy Hour

By: Guest author

Thu, Oct 29, 2020 - 4:30 pm

until 5:30 pm

On this video call natural resource professionals and fellow WOW members will be there to talk about your forests, so come prepared with questions, stories, and of course, your preferred drink or snack!

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Greenery Arrangement: Tips and Tricks for a Hands-On Autumn Activity

By: Guest author

By Tiffany Hopkins, Oregon State University Coordinator of the Master Woodland Managers program

As autumn arrives and the weather grows cooler, you may find yourself wanting to bring some of your woodland indoors. An arrangement of evergreens can help you bring the forest home, and can make a festive addition to upcoming fall and winter holidays.

See Tiffany's DIY Greenery Arrangement Youtube tutorial for instructions, tips, and tricks, or read on below!

Sarah Deumling is one of a handful of foresters in the Pacific Northwest harnessing more of the carbon drawdown potential of their land, modeling forestry for a rapidly warming world.

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Oregon Landowner Manages her Forest with Carbon in Mind

By: Guest author

Sarah Deumling is one of a handful of foresters in the Pacific Northwest harnessing more of the carbon drawdown potential of their land, modeling forestry for a rapidly warming world.

By Margaret Morales. The full version of this article, from Sightline Institute, can be found here.

Photo credits: Margaret Morales.