Northeast

Women landowners across the eastern United States (and beyond) have an incredible new resource at their fingertips in the form of the Women on the Land: A Landowner's Guide to Stewarding her Woodlands.

Wednesday, January 25

6:30pm – 7:30pm ET

Online

(Above photo shared by Tessa McGann) Hale, left, and Tessa discuss forestry in the field.

Written by Maddie Eberly, Forest Stewards Guild

 

Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Great Pond Mountain Conservancy, and Maine Woodlot Owners Downeast Chapter are offering a Forestry 101 comprehensive short co-ed course in the Spring of 2023 for small woodlot owners, or for anyone who would like to learn about the forests of eastern Maine. The course will comprise of 6 four hour sessions, both indoors and in the field. The indoors portion of the course will be located at the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in Orland, Maine and the outdoor sessions will be location on BHHT and GPMT land in Orland, Ellsworth, and the Blue Hill Peninsular.

Photo above depicts Dr. Antomia Farrell welcoming 500 women forest stewards to the Congress.

By Amanda Mahaffey, originally posted on the Women Forest Congress's blog

 

Chainsaw Safety Workshop for Women

Williamsburg Forest, Williamsburg, Maine

October 1st & 2nd, 2022

(Weather flex date 9/30)

9 am - 3:30 pm ET

 

2 Days of Training

Level 1 & 2

$115/participant

 

To learn more and register, e-mail [email protected] or visit the website: https://piscataquisswcd.org/PCSWCD/event/chainsaw-safety-for-women/

 

 

 

Femme, Non-binary, Trans, and Women (FNTW) Chainsaw Safety at Hidden Valley Nature Center

September 10-11 — Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Jefferson, Maine

Join the Conservancy at the Van Scott Nature Reserve as we learn Chainsaw Safety with a Game of Logging instructor. The training focuses on introducing open face felling and the development of techniques to safely use it. Topics covered include personal protective equipment, chainsaw safety features, chainsaw reactive forces, bore cutting, pre-planning the fell, and understanding hinge wood strength.

There are two opportunities to learn:

Written by Annica McGuirk, originally posted by National Association of Conservation Districts

 

JOIN US on June 7th, 2022 for TWO very special Women Owning Woodlands webinar topics ON ONE DAY, with two opportunities to watch!

 

“You and Your Woods”

5:30 PM and 7:00 PM EST, June 7th, 2022

Written by Maddie Eberly, Forest Stewards Guild

Article originally posted on MassWoods website.