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Forest
Stewardship Calendar:
Forest stewardship workshops and classes for North Idaho.
Current Topics in Forest Health:
Animals, plants, insects and fungi can
sometimes impede forest stewardship goals. This annual program
updates forest owners, operators, and natural resource professionals
on methods to manage these organisms. Pesticide
recertification credits will be available.
Orofino, Thursday, December 10, 2009, Orofino Armory, (8:00
am to 4:00 pm). Click
here
for the flyer.
LEAP Update:
This program is
designed to deepen and expand the training provided in Logger
Education to Advance Professionalism (LEAP). LEAP updates are
co-scheduled with spring first aid training, so participant can get
all 16 credits required by the Idaho Pro-Logger program within 2
days. Specific program details will be announced this winter.
Orofino, March 3-4, 2010
Troy, March 12-13, 2010
Family Forest
Owners & Managers Conference:
This annual conference brings
together family forest owners, consulting foresters, agency program
managers, and other partners to learn about and discuss current
trends and topics in the world of sustainable stewardship management
of our forests resources. The Idaho Forest Owners Association
and Idaho tree Farm Program conduct their annual meeting in
conjunction with this conference.
Moscow, March 22-23, 2010 (8:00 am - 5:00 pm)
Ties to
the Land - Your Family Forest Heritage:
This
facilitated workshop will explore planning for an orderly transition
through succession planning and the human side of estate planning.
It will focus on: maintaining family ties to the land from
generation to generation; building awareness of the key challenges
facing family businesses, and ; motivating families to address the
challenges.
Moscow, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 (8:00 am to 3:00pm) |
Thinning and Pruning
Field Day: This
program will feature a 2-3 hours indoors discussing basic concepts
of thinning and pruning, followed by a hands-on field tour, to learn
about thinning, pruning, forest genetics, and chainsaw safety
firsthand.
Orofino, Friday April 9, 2010 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)
Logger Education to Advance
Professionalism (LEAP):
Logger Education to Advance Professionalism
(LEAP) is a nationally acclaimed Extension program that helps
loggers improve their skills related to forest ecology,
silviculture, and water quality-- through presentations, discussion,
videos, and other learning experiences.
Orofino, April 14-16, 2010, National Guard Armory
Measuring Your Trees:
Woodland owners may have
dealt with bushels of grain or tons of hay per acre but still not
know how to measure the volume and value of their timber. This
program will feature 2-3 hours indoors learning how to measure
trees, with the rest of the day spent outdoors conducting hands-on
measurements to estimate timer volume and value.
Orofino, Friday, May 7, 2010 (8:00 am
to 5:00 pm)
Using your
GPS: A
Global Positioning System or "GPS" is becoming as common to work and
lay in forests as a compass. this one day program will introduce
participants to the science underlying GPS use, and feature field
exercises to acquaint them with basic tasks that can be done with a
GPS, such as measuring acreages of tree planting units.
Orofino, Friday May 30, 2010 (9:00 am to 4:30 pm)
6th Grade Forestry Tour : This
three-day, two night educational program is held annually in July.
this program designed for 6th graders focuses on natural resources
issues and natural resources uses. This program is also open
for adults and is approved for 2 UI teacher certification credits
(AgEd 503).
Forest Insects & Disease
Field Day: This
program will feature a full day giving participants first-hand
contact to the variety of insects and diseases that can affect
forest growth and health, integrated with discussions of related
management strategies.
Orofino, Friday July
23, 2010 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm) |
