Earlier this year, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and partner organizations published a report on the important roles forest and forest management play in mitigating climate change through carbon sequestration and storage. We’re planning a fall symposium to hear from the researchers about what they found and how it can inform forest management moving forward.

Lane Johnson with the Cloquet Forestry Center will facilitate a panel discussion with practitioners from federal and non profit backgrounds. They'll discuss their approaches to leveraging limited capacity for burning, preparing timber stand project areas for prescribed fire, reducing barriers to get more fire on the ground, and developing agreement. After the webinar, we'll continue the conversation in the woods as we walk the grounds of the Cloquet Forestry Center and visit some recently burned stands.

This hybrid workshop will combine remote instruction on setting up cruises, optimizing inventory efforts, and inventory analysis with an in person primer on data collection. This workshop is primarily for early career professionals, but open to all interested participants.

This field based workshop, held in partnership with Fond du Lac Natural Resource Management, will address forest management strategies managers can use to meet cultural use goals regardless of their landbase. We’ll focus on sugar maple management for sap production, cedar silviculture, adding and/or retaining paper birch, and promoting blueberries and other culturally useful non tree species.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has substantial value in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and other NRCS conservation programs to address resource concerns for plant health, water, air and biodiversity resources. This webinar explains the basics of IPM that make it useful in resource conservation efforts.

The Forestland In Field Soil Health Assessment (FIFSHA) was developed to assist conservation planners with evaluating the health of private nonindustrial forestland soils. During this session Tom Sauer, ACES Forester (NRCS), introduces assessments of the eight indicators of forest soil health:

This training series provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, design, and certify Forest Stand Improvement (CPS 666). Additional training may be needed.

CPS 666 Job Approval Authority Fact Sheet

This training series provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, design, and certify Pest Management Conservation Systems (CPS 595). Additional training may be needed.

CPS 595 Job Approval Authority Fact Sheet

This training series provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and abilities to plan, design, and certify Managed Grazing (CPS 528). Additional training may be needed.

CPS 528 Job Approval Authority Fact Sheet