In this webinar, Dr. Andrew Loyd will discuss beech leaf disease (BLD) biology, impact, and potential management strategies. The American beech (Fagus grandifolia) plays a significant role in many forest ecosystems across the eastern US. It is an economically important, slow growing and shade tolerant tree which adds structural diversity to many forest types, and its nut production makes it a valuable food source for wildlife. Click here for more information.

This presentation will define bottomland forests, discuss their function and silvicultural challenges, address which species to favor and outline some forest management practices that landowners can implement. Click here for more information.

This presentation will define bottomland forests, discuss their function and silvicultural challenges, address which species to favor and outline some forest management practices that landowners can implement. Click here for more information.

This presentation will include research associated with the publication “Complex and highly saturated soundscapes in restored oak woodlands reflect avian richness and abundance.” The research assessed whether soundscapes in an eastern North American woodland reflect biodiversity changes during restoration measured in a concurrent multitrophic field study. In five restored and five degraded woodland sites in Wisconsin, researchers sampled vegetation, measured arthropod biomass, conducted bird surveys, and recorded soundscapes for five days of every 15-day period from May to August 2022. Click here for more information.

This presentation will include research associated with the publication “Complex and highly saturated soundscapes in restored oak woodlands reflect avian richness and abundance.” The research assessed whether soundscapes in an eastern North American woodland reflect biodiversity changes during restoration measured in a concurrent multitrophic field study. In five restored and five degraded woodland sites in Wisconsin, researchers sampled vegetation, measured arthropod biomass, conducted bird surveys, and recorded soundscapes for five days of every 15-day period from May to August 2022. Click here for more information.

This presentation will include research associated with the publication “The Influence of Management Practice on the Snakes in Forest Food Webs.” Researchers investigated the effects of frequency of forest management on the trophic structure and resource use of snake communities in two pine forests under high and low frequencies of management (i.e., shorter fire return intervals and thinning versus longer fire return intervals and limited thinning). They sampled snakes, prey, and dominant basal resources across each site for three summers from 2018 to 2020. Using stable isotope analysis, they compared community-wide metrics of trophic structure and generated isotopic mixing models to determine the relative contribution of resources to snake consumers. Click here for more information.

Join this webinar for an overview of several different management practices for your woodlands, as well as funding opportunities to implement practices. The webinar series is hosted via Zoom and recordings are available to anyone who is registered. Click here for more information.

The REPI Program ensures responsible, sensitive, and collaborative project execution by aligning with regulatory requirements for environmental compliance, cultural preservation, and tribal consultations. Join the REPI Program and the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership to learn about projects that involve compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and Tribal consultations to effectively balance military readiness with environmental stewardship and cultural preservation. Click here for more information.

Each second Thursday of the month, the Impact Collaborative's Extension Skills series will provide an opportunity for Cooperative Extension professionals to build capacity with tools, processes and tech skills training. Click here for more information.