Guild Events

Ecological Forestry Workshop, Tennessee, May 28–29, 2008
The Ecological Forestry Workshop is part of the Conservation Forestry Network.This workshop seeks to bring together land trusts and foresters to solve management and preservation challenges. It is a practical, field-based workshop to discuss skills, methods and new strategies to work with forestland and landowners to support the natural and economic productivity of forests on the Southern Cumberland Plateau. For more information, click here.

Northwest Region Field Trip, June 7-8, 2008
There will be a Northwest regional field-based meeting for Forest Guild members June 7- 8. The tour on Saturday, June 7 will be hosted by Ken Bible and Guild member David Ford (both associated with the University of Washington) at the Wind River Experimental Forest near Stabler, Washington. The tour will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility in the forest’s Trout Creek division. The crane is 250 feet tall with a gondola attached to the 279-foot-long load jib that can be turned in a 550-foot-diameter circle. Two hours will be available for canopy crane lifts. After a BYO-brown-bag lunch, the field trip will continue for the afternoon in the gorgeous and classic old growth Doug-fir forest.

Saturday overnight accommodations have been arranged at Camp Namanu in Sandy, Oregon (about 55 miles from Stabler). The Sunday, June 8 tour at Camp Namanu will be hosted by Guild member Barry Sims, who is forest manager of Camp Namanu. The forest is mainly 100-year-old Douglas-fir, hemlock, cedar, and maple situated on a rugged terrain with many steep slopes. One trail accesses a ridge with residual old growth trees and views of the Sandy River. Current projects include thinning in Douglas-fir plantations to enhance diversity, recreational trail work, and small patch cuts. Their forest management plan is a good example of low-impact forestry where aesthetics and recreation are the primary objectives of the landowner.

To register or obtain more information about the Guild’s June 7– 8 Northwest regional field-based meeting, please contact Jean Shaffer at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Lakes States Regional Meeting at Ford Forest, Michigan, June 21–23, 2008
There will be a Forest Guild Lakes States regional meeting June 21–23, 2008, at Michigan Technological University’s (MTU’s) Ford Center, Research Forest, and Conference Center in the heart of the extensive hardwood forests of Michigan's western Upper Peninsula. The meeting is open to all interested persons and the agenda includes presentations and discussions on the Guild’s Model Forest program, forest restoration at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, and the BURN-UP biomass-utilization project.Monday’s program will be a field tour of the Ford Research Forest. For more information, click here.

Ecological Forestry Workshop, West Virginia, October 22–23, 2008
The workshop will focus on incorporating natural models into silviculture using management techniques that mimic ecological processes that have shaped our forests for thousands of years. The goal is to introduce core principles of natural disturbance and natural development-based silviculture, and matrix management paradigms through classroom lectures, discussion, and field visits to innovative projects that implement these principles.The workshop is sponsored by the US Forest Service Northern Research Station, West Virginia University, the Forest Guild, and other members of the Conservation Forestry Network and will take place in Elkins, West Virginia. For more information, click here.

Forest Guild Annual Meeting, Florida, October 29–November 1, 2008
Join us where the piney woods meet the live oaks in Sandestin, Florida, for the Forest Guild's annual meeting, "Forestry in a Changing World: New Challenges and Opportunities." Our focus will be on climate change and the new challenges and opportunities facing our forests. We will be exploring the resilience of our ecosystems and discussing many of the challenges and opportunities resulting from the increasing stresses and market demands on our forests. We are just beginning to develop the program, but topics will include biomass markets and their impact on forestry, forest restoration and management in a context of climate change, and new ways for excellent forestry to thrive under these changing conditions. For more information click here.

New Mexico Forestry and Climate Change Workshop, November 20, 2008
The Forest Guild, New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute, and a broad group of partners are hosting a workshop on climate change and forests in New Mexico. The goal is to provide foresters and other natural resource professionals working in New Mexico's forested ecosystems with information about climate change and its projected impacts on New Mexico's forests to incorporate into their forest management decision making. Forest managers, researchers, landowners, students, activists, and the general public are encouraged to attend. For more information, click here.  

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