​Mark your calendars now for the 2022 Kentucky Maple School which will take place November 5, 2022 at the UK Wood Utilization Center which is part of UK’s Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability in Quicksand, KY. This annual event features educational sessions from maple syrup experts and helps to connect the Kentucky maple syrup community in Kentucky.
 
Recordings from the past two virtual Kentucky Maple Schools can be found at https://ky-maplesyrup.ca.uky.edu/ky-maple-school.

For more information and to register click here: ​https://wosc.ca.uky.edu/2022WOSC
Here is the schedule for the 2022 Course:

On-line Session Dates (7 to 8:30pm Eastern)

July 19: 2022 WOSC Overview; Starting/Increasing Your Woodland Management Activities; and Tree Identification
July 21: Forest Health
July 26: Wildlife Management
July 28: Woodland Management in a Changing Climate
Registration includes all on-line sessions. Sessions will be recorded for (re)viewing in advance of the woodland and wildlife tours.

Woodland and Wildlife Tours (in-person 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Eastern)
Please choose one field session tour. Detailed directions will be emailed to you in advance of the tour.

August 6 – Pennyrile State Forest
August 13 - Berea College Forest
 
$10 for the webinars only
$20 for the field session and webinars
$30 for the field session and webinars couple rate.

For more information and to register click here: ​https://wosc.ca.uky.edu/2022WOSC

National Agricultural Law Center is offering a free webinar entitled, "Hunting Leases and Liability: What Should the Landowner and Hunter Look for in a Lease?" on June 15 at 12 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. CDT. The webinar speaker will be NALC Senior Staff Attorney Rusty Rumley. This webinar will cover issues for landowners to consider, including insurance, the number of people granted access to the property, and restrictions on certain hunting or other land-use practices. Learn more and register for the webinar at  https://nationalaglawcenter.org/webinars/huntingleaseswebinar/

Yale Forest Forum
Tuesdays, January 25 to April 19 at 11:30am - 12:10pm ET.
The webinar will bring in a wide range of experts to discuss the future role of bioenergy from forests in addressing climate, resource, societal and environmental challenges at regional and global scales. Guest speakers will represent forestry, energy, conservation, and climate science.


More info and register at:
https://yff.yale.edu/news/future-forest-products-changing-climate-bioenergy-forests

FORESTRY TAXATION WEBINARS are one hour each at 1:00 PM ET/ noon CT each Tuesday from January 18 through February 15, 2022.

• Process for joining webinar: 30 minutes before the start of the webinar, click the Join button, answer the questions and then you will get to a screen that says "start the webinar." Click this button and it will take you to Zoom. Keep the original window open, in case you need to re-join the webinar. 
• Click Read More to see the attached PDF document for tips on joining the webinar through the forestry webinar portal.
• Pre-registration is not necessary. However, if you do pre-register, you will need enter your name again when the webinar is live. 
• Each webinar will be recorded for later viewing

The recording from the first webinar: Overview of Forestry Taxes, can be found here: https://forestrywebinars.net/webinars/seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees-an-overview-of-forestry-taxes/?sr=wp~ondemand

Registration is open for the 2022 KY Forest Health Conference, Feb 9, 9-12 ET: https://uky.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zFVCY9CtSFSayEbj0qxvjQ  This year’s conference will feature a range of talks on current issues, threats on the horizon, and management options including spotted lanternfly, thousand cankers disease, invasive plants, storm damage, and more.  The conference will be online and free but registration is required.  Register at https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/fhc-conference  Flyer and Agenda in downloadable PDF's below.