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Winter Webinars: monthly series to connect with nature offered by Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners Association Registration is free and membership is not required. All webinars are on a Wednesday 7 PM- 8 PM via Zoom. Topics include Orchids, Ticks, & Observing Seasonal Change. Here’s the https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/ifwoa-winter-webinar-series-1436359
Date & Time: February 8, 2023; 9-4 ET
Location: Longship Club, Kroger Stadium, Lexington, Kentucky. Registration fee $35 includes lunch Individuals can register and pay online here but if you are planning to register a group, this can be done over the phone by calling Reneé Williams at 859-257-7597. This year’s conference will be in-person at the Longship Club in Kroger Stadium, Lexington, KY. It will feature a range of talks on current issues, threats on the horizon, and management options including talks on spotted lanternfly, hemlock woolly adelgid biological control, and more. CEUs anticipated: SAF, KY Pesticide Applicators, ISA, KY Landscape Architects. Announcing Kentucky Voices 2022 on Tuesday, December 13, 7PM: This annual event is back to highlight Kentucky's creative talent, and to benefit the Kentucky Conservation Committee (KCC) and its mission. This year’s event will be virtual via Zoom,...we knew that many of you had been participating in the many, many great charity events to support Eastern KY flood relief...so we made some changes to our event for 2022 for a modest virtual event, and we will return to an in-person Voices event in 2023.
This year’s event will be virtual via Zoom featuring two great authors and one special surprise.
Note that donations to KCC are not tax-deductible due to our effective legislative work. Full Ky Voices Details and Tickets HERE November 2: Common Wildlife Issues, Forest Steward of the Year, Tree of the Week
November 9: World Forest ID, Christmas Trees, What's Bugging My Tree? November 16: EQIP Programs for Woodland Owners November 23: No Show. Happy Thanksgiving! November 30: Sustainable Oak Practices, Tree of the Week The show airs live on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. ET. You can watch via Zoom or Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/ForestryExtension/ Links to live shows are posted on www.fromthewoodstoday.com just prior to the show, where you can Join live or watch recorded shows later. 2022 Kentucky Maple School: November 5 | 9am - 12pm ET: Join us as we tap into Kentucky's untapped resource! The School allows for maple syrup producers to learn about current topics in maple production and allows producers to network and share ideas.
This is a Zoom Webinar. Registration is required. Register Now  Phil Traxler, left, and Laurie Yanoshek, right, have been named Kentucky Tree Farmers of the Year. Photo provided by Billy Thomas. The field day will run 1-6:30 p.m. EDT. Registration is required by Sept. 27. To register, email forestry.extension@uky.edu, contact the Lewis County extension office at 606-796-2732 or the UK Forestry extension office at 859-257-7597.
KWOA is partnering with UK Cooperative Extension, Dr. Greg Kuhns (landowner), KY Division of Forestry, and Salt River Watershed Watch to offer a forest stewardship field day for closer look at how trees and water go hand-in-hand. We will explore how forest stewardship practices are used at Crooked Creek Farm and Knobs State Forest to protect soil and water resources now and into the future. Please register as space is limited. Lunch provided.
When: Friday, October 14 from 10AM to 2PM Where: Crooked Creek Farm/Knobs State Forest (869 Pioneer Dr., Lebanon Junction, KY); Just off I-65 in Bullitt Co, KY; 27 miles south of Louisville, 3.5 miles west of Bernheim Forest Register: https://forms.gle/NbAKXeedD2rcdiBD6 Registration is FREE but required; space is limited to 30 participants. Contact: Amanda Gumbert @ amanda.gumbert@uky.edu or 859-257-6094 Forest Landowner Foundation is offering a series of six engaging webinars to inform both landowners and foresters on how to navigate forest carbon markets. Part 1 is "From the Basics to the Deep Dive" and Part 2 is "One-on-one with Carbon Market Providers, each providing details of their programs and specifics. While not all providers operate in KY you can select ones that do or tune in to learn what might be coming our way in the future.
All webinars are free and open to all landowners and foresters. Dates are 9/8,9/15,10/6,10/13,10/20, & 11/3/2022; all at 11a.m. ET. Learn more & register at: https://www.forestlandowners.com/fcu-webinars-foresters/ 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 |