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Winter Projects for your Woodland

Tree-of-heaven female with seeds

Work-and-Learn: Pile Burning in the Blue Ridge

Group photo in woods of people wearing PPE

Community Chainsaw

A line of chainsaws sit on the ground.

New Hampshire Women’s Forest Planning Program

Women birdwatch in the woods.

Gathering in the Mountains with the Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition

A woman speaks to a group of women in the woods.

Red-breasted sapsucker courtesy of Glenn Bartley/Vireo

Event

Managing Small Forests for Wildlife

By: Kelsey Ketcheson

Sun, Mar 11, 2018 - 12:00 pm

Mary's stewardship goals are for diversity and support of habitat for wildlife.

A hedgerow of interwoven branches at Leafhopper Farm.

Event

Hedgerow How-to

By: Kelsey Ketcheson

Sat, Feb 17, 2018 - 10:00 am

Liz Crain will teach about setting and shaping hedges to cultivate edge space and natural boundaries on the landscape.

Get outside. Observe. Write. I dare you.

Article

Nature Journaling to Tell Your Woodland Story

By: Tiffany Hopkins

How many of the following questions do you answer yes to?

(Excerpt from The Wander Society by Keri Smith in the foreword section pg. XXVII entitled ‘What is the Wander Society?’)

Bet Zimmerman Smith and Eric Hansen discuss her management objectives.

Article

Creating Resilient Forests

By: Guest author

by Morgan Smith, American Forest Foundation, and Lisa Hayden, New England Forestry Foundation

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

Article

Why plant a community food forest?

By: Guest author

by Kate MacFarland, Forest Service Assistant Agroforester

Fall foliage along a lake. Photo by David Whiteman

Event

Metro Area Minnesota Women's Woodland Network Gathering

By: Laurie Schoonhoven

Tue, Oct 17, 2017 - 7:00 pm

Location: Taste of India, 2570 Cleveland Ave., St. Paul (Roseville); 651-631-1222

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Red-breasted sapsucker courtesy of Glenn Bartley/Vireo

Event

Managing Small Forests for Wildlife

By: Kelsey Ketcheson

Sun, Mar 11, 2018 - 12:00 pm

Mary's stewardship goals are for diversity and support of habitat for wildlife.

A hedgerow of interwoven branches at Leafhopper Farm.

Event

Hedgerow How-to

By: Kelsey Ketcheson

Sat, Feb 17, 2018 - 10:00 am

Liz Crain will teach about setting and shaping hedges to cultivate edge space and natural boundaries on the landscape.

Get outside. Observe. Write. I dare you.

Article

Nature Journaling to Tell Your Woodland Story

By: Tiffany Hopkins

How many of the following questions do you answer yes to?

(Excerpt from The Wander Society by Keri Smith in the foreword section pg. XXVII entitled ‘What is the Wander Society?’)

Bet Zimmerman Smith and Eric Hansen discuss her management objectives.

Article

Creating Resilient Forests

By: Guest author

by Morgan Smith, American Forest Foundation, and Lisa Hayden, New England Forestry Foundation

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

Article

Why plant a community food forest?

By: Guest author

by Kate MacFarland, Forest Service Assistant Agroforester

Fall foliage along a lake. Photo by David Whiteman

Event

Metro Area Minnesota Women's Woodland Network Gathering

By: Laurie Schoonhoven

Tue, Oct 17, 2017 - 7:00 pm

Location: Taste of India, 2570 Cleveland Ave., St. Paul (Roseville); 651-631-1222

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Events

Women's Learn 2 Burn Opportunity in FL/GA , Thomasville , Georgia

Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 10:00 am

Reforestation and Best Management Practices in AR , Sheridan , Arkansas

Friday, May 17, 2024 - 9:00 am

Mission

The Women Owning Woodlands web project strives to bring topical, accessible, and current forestry information to woodland owners and forest practitioners through news articles, blogs, events, resources, and personal stories. We support women in forest leadership, women who manage their own woodlands, and all who facilitate the stewardship of forests. Learn More.