Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:02:21 -0400
From: Katherine Forrer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Announcing Making More of Your Backyard Forests Workshop,
  September 29th

Hi,

Below, please find the announcement for the Making More of Your Forests Workshop.  Please distribute this announcement through your networks, over e-mail listservs, to colleagues, and post on calender of events.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  I will be out of the office next week, but will be checking e-mail.

Thanks for your help in getting the word out about this workshop!

Kate Forrer

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Making More of Your Backyard Forests, Saturday , September 29, 2007, Montpelier High School 

 

Do you have a small woodlot, or forested area?

Do you want to learn more about it?

Are you interested in exploring stewardship of your backyard forest?

 Then this workshop is for you!

This one-day workshop will begin at Montpelier High School with an opening session that will place your property in the larger landscape. Next, you will learn to discover what types of forest ecosystems may exist on your property. We will wrap up the morning sessions by     exploring examples of what some landowners are doing to manage their small piece of forestland. Lunch and afternoon field sessions will take place at Hubbard Park, where we will explore a wide variety of topics, including,    invasive species, natural communities, tree  identification, wildlife habitat, building recreational trails and choosing which trees to keep and cut.

Come learn about your forest and the values it is capable of providing, as well as gain  access to resources and tools for making  decisions about management.

 Visit our website for more information and registration materials at http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmext/soul/backyardforest2007.pdf, or contact Kate Forrer, at [log in to unmask]
 
Workshop Agenda

8:30 am   Registration and Refreshments

9:00 am  Welcome

9:15-10:00 am   Managing Across the Forested Landscape, Steve Sinclair, Director of Forests, VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

10:15- 10:45 am   Discovering the Pieces, Patterns and Processes of Your Forest, Thom McEvoy, Professor and Extension Forester, University of Vermont                     Extension

11:00- 12:00 pm Case Studies in Backyard Forest Management , Facilitated by Mike Snyder, Chittenden County Forester, VT Dept. of Forests, Parks and                       Recreation

12:00 pm Lunch (at Hubbard Park with exhibits and resource displays)

1:00-3:25 pm Walk in the Woods Field Sessions, At Hubbard Park

Inventory Tours

Tree Identification, Presenter: Kate Forrer, UVM Extension
Exploring Natural Communities, Presenter: Jane Lazorchak, Botanist, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Dept.
Invasive Species, Presenter: The Nature Conservancy

Stewardship Tours

Choosing Which Trees to Keep and Cut, Presenter: Mike Snyder, Chittenden County Forester
Creating Recreational  Trails, Presenter: Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
Wildlife Habitat, Presenter: Peter Upton, VT Coverts Cooperator
 
3:30 pm Evaluation and Door Prizes


 

Katherine A. Forrer
Community Involvement Coordinator -Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program
617 Comstock Road, Suite 5
Berlin, VT 05602-9194
Phone: (802) 223-2389 X 25 or 1-866-860-1382 (toll free)
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COMMUNITY TREES ARE THE ANSWER!

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Beth Holtzman
Women's Agricultural Network

617 Comstock Rd.
Berlin, VT 05602

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