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PAST Webinars Recorded webinars, available for viewing
Held January 14, 2009 Presented by Dr. Zander Evans The Forest Guild recently published a review of existing guidelines for the harvest and removal of woody biomass from forests. New interest in using low value wood from forests for energy has promoted a number of states to create guidelines for how such material should be removed and what should be left in the woods for wildlife habitat, protection of site productivity, and other ecosystem values. In this webinar Dr. Zander Evans, Research Director at the Forest Guild, described existing guidelines and provide recommendations for future guidelines. Click here to view.
Woodland Owner Networks and Peer-to-Peer Learning: A Research Review Held January 8, 2009 Presented by Eli Sagor Woodland owners consistently select peers as a preferred source of information to support forest management decisions. However, beyond Extension master volunteer programs, peer-to-peer learning has received little attention as a forestry outreach tool. Can peer-to-peer learning through woodland owner social networks influence landowner behavior? If so, how can Extension and allied outreach professionals mobilize and support landowners to provide accurate decision support to their peers? And what kinds of outcomes can be expected? In this hour-long presentation and discussion led by Eli Sagor, we explored research from sociology, social psychology, and related fields that may help answer these questions. We also briefly discussed case studies from New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Click here to view.
Held August 28, 2008 Presented by Mary Tyrrell and Brett Butler This session highlighted ways to use social marketing principles to increase the likelihood that your messages and programs reach more forest owners. The first few minutes are a bit choppy, but it smooths out for the rest of the session. Click here to view. Examples of other webinars and web-based roundtables, not recorded
Forest Management Lessons Learned from Woody Biomass Removal Case Studies Held January 16, 2009 Presented by Dr. Zander Evans This session was linked in remotely from New Mexico into a local workshop in southeast Ohio organized by Rural Action. Note the image in the lower left of the screenshot, which shows a few of the attendees at the live event.
Held January 16, 2009 Presented by Gary Willison of the Wayne National Forest This discussion-oriented session was broadcast out of the live biomass workshop organized by Rural Action.
Tuesday, December 16 Presented by Dr. Zander Evans This session highlighted lessons learned from 45 case studies of biomass removal from across the country. The biomass removals include fuel reduction treatments, stand improvement harvests, habitat improvement projects, and extraction of fuel for biomass energy plants. The discussion focused on the importance of early and substantial public involvement, partnerships with efficient contractors, existing markets, and harvest mechanization.
Forest Cooperatives Roundtable Held December 15, 2008. A meeting of 10 cooperative leaders from around the country, which included presentations by Harry Groot of the Blue Ridge Forest Cooperative, Suzanne Webber of the Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, and Charly Ray of the Living Forest Cooperative.
Forest Landcare: Restoring Forests and Creating Jobs Held December 2, 2008 Presented by David Richert of the New River Highlands RC&D David Richert, RC&D Forester with the Virginia Department of Forestry and a public board member of the Blue Ridge Forest Cooperative (BRFC), provided an introduction to "forest landcare," a new approach for engaging forest landowners in forest improvement and neighbor-to-neighbor collaboration. Like other forestry cooperatives in the United States, BRFC provides forestry services such as management planning and timber sale administration, but the group also bills itself as a "forest landcare provider." For BRFC, this framing has proven attractive to prospective members who had otherwise not found particular resonance with "sustainable forestry." This approach emphasizes restorative practices to bring back the long-term productivity and value of degraded forests, with special attention focused on the providers of services who can engage in more frequent, lighter touch "landcare" interventions.
Example of member-to-member peer sharing Held October 29, 2008 Harry Groot of the Blue Ridge Forest Cooperative provided an overview of the co-op's use of "forest landcare" as a framing for their work, to members of the Ohio Forestry Cooperative. This is just an example of the types of meetings NNFP hosts based on member interest and demand. |
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An Assessment of Biomass Harvesting Guidelines
