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Connect with other women and learn more about the ecology of your woodlands. 

By Christine Hubbard, Merck Forest & Farmland Center, Rupert, VT 

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!

Wednesday, September 9, 2020
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET

Join us for a weekend of Game of Logging. This women-only two-level chainsaw safety course will be held at the Merck Forest and Farmland Center, a 3,200+ acre educational environmental non-profit in Rupert, Vermont. The course will be held from 8am to 4pm on September 19th and 20th. 

Join us for a full-day women's chainsaw course at the Merck Forest and Farmland Center, a 3,200+ acre educational environmental non-profit in Rupert, Vermont.

Pollinator Pathway pioneers: Louise Washer, director of the Norwalk River Watershed Association; Donna Merrill, executive director of the Wilton Land Conservation Trust; Mary Ellen Lemay, facilitator for the Hudson to Housatonic Regional Conservation Partnership (H2H), outreach coordinator for the Aspetuck Land Trust and chairman of the Trumbull Conservation Commission; and Kimberly Stoner, who works in the Department of Entomology at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, at Keeler Ridge Meadows. Photo: Erik Trautmann

Planting a hard mast species is a great way to add beauty to your property and improve its value for wildlife. And in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be a welcome diversion to get your hands in the dirt and establish new plant life in your backyard.

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.

This arrived in my inbox today and I wanted to share it with this group from https://foreststewardsguild.org/enews/celebrating-two-women-in-forestry-during-womens-history-month/ 

Celebrating two women in forestry during Women’s History Month

March 17, 2020

Join us in Maine for the Introduction to Women's Chainsaw Safety Course!

This event has been postponed to June 27-28, 2020.

Register today! Participation is limited to 15 students.