News Archive

• Southern Regional Extension Forestry Awards Announced
• 2008 Family Forests Education Award Nominations Open
• New Software Tools Available for Sawmill Efficiency Analysis
• Forest Utilization Committee Annual Meeting
• 4th Annual ANROSP Conference: Call for Presentations
• FIA Symposium 2008 2nd Announcement and Call for Papers: Climate Change, Fire, and Other Hot Topics
• Working Forests in the Tropics: Partnering Research with Practice for Conservation and Development
• Eastern Forest Environmental Threats Center Publishes Winter Newsletter
• Forest Service Adds New Online Resource
• Two Regional Bioenergy Alliances Leverage Their Resources by Merging
• "Economic Opportunitites in Forest Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms" Workshop Planned
• New Bilingual Glossary of Arboricultural Terms Published
• Northeastern Area USDA FS Events Scheduled
• COFE Annual Meeting
• 2008 National Conference on Urban Ecosystems
• 2008 NE Utilization and Marketing Meeting Announced
• IUFRO First Announcement - "Evolving Challenges and Changing Expectations for Forestry Extension and Technology Transfer: Meeting needs of people and forests around the globe"
• FIA Symposium 2008 Announcement and Call for Papers
• SAF National Conference Announced
• Bradley/Murphy Trust Announces the Availability of Grant Funds
• Wood Education and Resource Center Begins Beta Testing of Online Training Information Exchange System
• VA Woods & Wildlife Conference Announced
• FRA Launches On-Line "Job Board"
• Call for Papers and Posters - Southern Forest Economics Workers (SOFEW)2008 Annual Meeting
• Southern Forest Futures Project Status Report
• 24 part Forest Stewardship Leaflet series announced
• Forestry on the Grow Conference & Expo Adds Value to Oklahoma's Economy
• Forest Service Announces Open Space Conservation Strategy
• Wood Education and Resource Center competitive grants available
• Forest Biomass Educational Materials Developed
• 15th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference Announced
• Outreach Notice, Rural Forest Program Manager, GS-0460-12/13
• Working Paper: A Regional Comparison of Scholarship and Service in Cooperative Extension
• The American Tree Farm System® Honors Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year
• University of Florida Announces Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program
• New quail book available for sale from UF-IFAS
• Second Announcement and Call for Papers for Small-scale Rural Forest Use and Management: Global Policies Versus Local Knowledge
• International Conference on Technology Transfer Proceedings Published
• New publication: Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2007 Tax Year
• Second Announcement and Call for Papers: "Fire in the Southwest: Integrating Fire into Management of Changing Ecosystems"
• NUFAC 2008 request for pre-proposals due date Extended
• The 3rd annual conference of the Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach & Service Programs (ANROSP):Best Practices for Master Naturalist Programs & More
• Wood Education and Resource Center Leads Development of Online Training Information Exchange System
• National Urban Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) 2008 Challenge Cost-Share Request for Pre-proposals
• Call for Proposals - More Kids in the Woods
• Arborist Certification Training offered
• Regional Cogongrass Conference Announced
• Call for Project Proposals for Translational Research to Improve the Health and Safety of Farmers, Farm Workers, Fishing Industry Workers, and Foresters and their Families
• Arkansas Carbon Credits Conference
• Virginia Tech researchers to study poplar tree as model biomass crop
• Family Forestry article from The New York Times
• Virginia Tech professor writes comprehensive report on American forests
• New Book Announcement from Oregon State University Press
• Investing Globally in Forestland Summit - A World Forest Institute Conference
• Bioenergy 2007
• 50th Anniversary Meeting Announced
• The Woods in Your Backyard
• Georgia creates first state-wide Carbon registry for NIPF owners
• The Michigan Working Forest Carbon Offset Program
• ANROSP 3rd Annual National Conference announced
• Forest Service Creates Climate Change Research and Development Website
• New Website: Intergenerational Land Transfer/Estate Planning
• 2007 NAUFRP-NWOA Family Forests Education Award Announcement
• Video Training Conference: Decision Making Software Tools for the Sawmill Industry
• Speak Up, Plan, and Protect - June 6, 2007
• Call for presentations - SOFOR GIS Conference
• National Woodland Owner Survey Update
• Land enrolled in CRP should stay put, USDA secretary says
• National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council Announces Public Forum on Catastrophic Storms and Urban Forests
• First Call for Abstracts - 6th Natural Resource Extension Professionals Conference - 2008
• Southern Region Council on Forest Engineering 2007 Meeting
• Extension and Education Grants Available Through the Bradley/Murphy Trust
• Outreach Notice - S&PF Forest Legacy Program Manager, Region 8, GS-00460-12/13
• "Redcedar: Challenge or Opportunity?" Workshop
• New Website Launched - "Ties to the Land"
• House Legislators Secure One-Year Extension of Rural Schools Act
• Forest Biomass Utilization Workshop May 14 - 25, 2007
• JOHANNS ANNOUNCES URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANTS
• 38th Annual SAF/SFRC Spring Symposium: "Managing Conserved Forest Lands" May 2-3, 2007 at the Paramount Hotel in Gainesville, FL
• CNREP 2007 Conference Updates - Program Now Online for CNREP 2007 Conference
• Sun Grant Initiative 2007 Regional Competitive Grants Program
• 13th International Symposium on Society & Resource Management, Park City, Utah USA June 17-21, 2007
• Sustaining Family Forests Report Released
• Louisiana Natural Resources Symposium
• Extensive digitized U.S. Forest Service photo collection now available
• 2nd call for Abstracts - Caribbean Fire Ecology and Management Symposium, April 17-19, San Juan, PR
• Building Blocks of Arboriculture: Preparing you for the ISA Certified Arborist Examination
• 2nd Announcement and Call for Papers: International Plantation Certification Symposium, “Impact of Certification on Plantation Forestry"
• 9th Annual Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium convenes March 20-22, 2007
• New Book Available - Thinking Like a Manager: Reflections on Wildlife Management.
• Call for Papers: IUFRO Divsion VI Symposium: Integrative Science for Integrative Management
• Forest Stewardship Silvopasture Tour
• Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center Announces New Website and Additional Staff Members
• Administration Releases Proposed Farm Bill
• First Call for Papers: IUFRO Extension Working Party Technical Session and Poster Session at Division VI Symposium:Integrative Science for Integrative Management, Sarriselka, Finland
• 2nd call for papers for the IUFRO unit 6/06 “Managing Forest research” conference titled “Forest Research Management in an Era of Globalisation”
• USDA ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR $1.6 BILLION INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE FUELS
• Request for Proposals: The National Learning Center for Private Forest and Range Landowners
• Final Call for Abstracts: Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Land-Use Science and Society
• Green Infrastructure Courses Scheduled for 2007
• Call for Papers: International Bioenergy Conference and Exhibition
• Call for Presenters for SAF's Convention
• Call for Proposals: North American Association for Environmental Education
• Call for Papers: 2007 Southern Forest Economics Workshop
• USDA Forest Service Urban Natural Resources Institute (UNRI) Informational Webcast
• Call for Abstracts - Challenges of Natural Resource Economics & Policy
• U.S. gives US$450M to U.S. agencies, Habitat for Humanity after softwood agreement finalized
• Live Forestry Satellite & Internet Program Announced
• Urban Forest Inventory System Videoconference Symposium Broadcast via Polycom to 10 locations across Florida
• International Paper Agrees to Sell 13 Lumber Mills to West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. for Approximately $325 Million
• First Call for Papers: IUFRO 3.08 Conference
• Call for Papers: Sharing Indigenous Wisdom: An International Dialogue OnSustainable Development Conference
• U.S. Forest Service Open Space Conservation Strategy and Implementation Plan
• Call for Papers - 9th Annual Southeast EPPC Conference
• Final Call for Special Sessions, Oral and Poster Papers for the 2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference
• 2007 Master Tree Farmer Program to focus on planning for the future owner
• Lessons Learned Regarding Communicating about State Wildlife Action Plans
• New Forest Health Publication Dealing with Climate Change
• USDA & EPA Sign Water Quality Credit Trading Agreement
• Announcements for Proposals - Joint Fire Science Program
• Call for Papers - New Strategies for Urban Natural Resources: Integrating Wildlife, Fisheries, Forestry and Planning Conference
• First Call for Papers - IUFRO Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration
• The Woods in Your Backyard: Learning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas around Your Home
• Announcing Bark and Wood Boring Beetles of The World Website
• NUCFAC Receives 104 Pre-Proposals for 2007 Challenge Cost-Share Program
• NUCFAC seeking nominees to serve on committee
• A New Forest Restoration Information Service Website
• Call for Abstracts for the Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces II Conference
• First Call for Papers of the 15th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition
• First Call for Papers for the Improving the Triple Bottom Line Returns from Small-scale Forestry Symposium
• QDMA publishes new book, "Quality Food Plots, Your Guide to Better Deer and Better Deer Hunting"
• eXtension Invites Participation in Frequently Asked Questions
• Learn How to Become a Steward of Your Forestland
• National Urban and Community Forestry Advisor Council Issues Request for Cost-Share Proposals
• Auburn University launching energy research center
• Urban Forestry Index (UFind) Available
• 2007 Urban Extension Conference - Call for Presentations
• Global Warming Focus Of International Fire Congress; Thousands Of Fire Professionals To Gather In San Diego
• Sign-Up Begins July 17 for Emergency Forestry Program to Replant Hurricane Damaged Trees
• Department of Forestry at Oklahoma State now the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
• USDA and DOE Announce National Renewable Energy Conference for October
• Conservation Education & Outreach Techniques
• Call for Papers/Posters - 2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference - March 26-30, 2007
• "Who Will Own the Forest? 3" Summit Announced
• 2006 Family Forests Education Award
• Live Timber Tax Update Scheduled for August 2, 2006
• Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program
• "Thinking Like a Manager: Reflections on Wildlife Management"
• F&W Announces Major U.S. Expansion: Establishes First Foreign Base in South America
• "New Strategies for Urban Natural Resources" Conference Being Planned
• Call for Papers - Bioenergy 2007
• Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Illinois
• Chairman Launches Web-Based Farm Bill Feedback Form
• New Online Wildfire Risk Assessment
• First Announcement & Call for Papers - Global Vision of Forestry in the 21st Century
• "The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem" Published
• Study on Certified Forests, Forest Products Sets Stage For Educational Programs
• A Southern Region Conference on Technology Transfer and Extension in Natural Resources
• Johanns Releases Conservation Paper; Second Of 2007 Farm Bill Theme Papers
• Virginia begins Master Naturalist Program emphasizing volunteer training
• Virginia Tech selects forestry and natural resources agents for remaining Virginia Cooperative Extension districts
• Advances in Fire Practice
• 2005-2006 Southern Forest Resources Extension Awards Announced
• Excellence in teaching extends to the woodlot
• Virginia Tech announces new doctorate program in geospatial and environmental analysis
• Johanns Announces More Than $790,000 In Urban And Community Forestry Grants
• International Paper to Sell Forestlands for $6.1 Bln
• Second Announcement and Call for Papers: Sustainable Forest Management with Fast-Growing Plantations
• Input Requested: National Forest Taxation Educational Activities of the USDA Forest Service
• Smallwood 2006 Moves East
• Call for Oral and Poster Papers - 3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
• Time to Register - 5th Natural Resources Extension Professionals Conference
• 2006 Bradley/Murphy Forestry & Natural Resources Trust Announces Website
• 8th IUFRO Extension Working Party Symposium
• 4th Latin American Congress on Agroforestry for Sustainable Animal Production
• Hurricane Katrina Impacts on Pine Species: Implications for Landowners
• Energy from Wood: Exploring the issues and impacts for North Carolina
• Fiscal Year 2006 Wood Education and Resource Center Project Applications
• Southern Forestry GIS Conference Call for Papers Deadline Extended!
• Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2005 Tax Year
• Disturbance and the Management of Southern Pine Ecosystems Newsletter Available
• IUFRO 3.08 Small-scale Forestry International Symposium
• Virginia Tech forestry extension offers Woodland Options for Landowners course
• Call for Papers - IUFRO Uneven-aged Silviculture Research Group Conference and Field Tour
• New photo gallery on Interface South
• Forestry Research Advisory Council Members Appointed
• USDA Announces $800 Million in Hurricane Disaster Assistance
• Mississippi Request for Trees Announced
• Report on Reaching Woodland Owners Online Released
• Advances in Threat Assessment and their Application to Forest and Rangeland Management
• 2006 Joint Fire Science Program Announcement for Proposals
• New North Carolina Forest Conservation Group Forms to Help Private Landowners
• ATFS Names Tom and Sherry Fox 2005 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year
• Hurricane Forest Recovery Center
• New Southwide Timber Price Reporting Service Launched
• Southern Group of State Foresters September Newsletter
• USDA Forest Service Reports Significant Damage by Hurricane Katrina to Public and Private Timberlands
• National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council 2006 Challenge Cost-Share Request for Pre-Proposals
• Bradley/Murphy Forestry & Natural Resources Trust Announces Website
• 2005 Energy Bill Provisions of Relevance to Forestry
• Natural Resource Decision Making Tools Series
• 5th Natural Resource Extension Professionals Conference
• The Southern Perspective - SGSF Newsletter
• Scholarships for Minority and Underrepresented Individuals
• USDA Forest Service Seeking Nominations to Fill National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
• Sustainable Forestry Partnership Website Launched
• Presentations Available from International Conference on Transfer of Forest Science Knowledge and Technology
• Status, Trends and Future of the South's Forest and Agricultural Biomass Conference Announced for August
• Master Wildlifer 2005 Materials Order Form
• Fire Director Named for USDA Forest Service Southern Region
• Danny C. Lee Named Director of Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center
• Fire Management Lab Manual Available
• Call for Papers - "Rivers Run Through Them - Landscapes in Environmental History"
• 2005 NIPF Education Award
• Call for Presentations - 2006 ANREP
• National Learning Center for Private Forest and Range Landowners Update
• 2005 Awards for Excellence: Southern Extension Forest Resource Specialists
• Wood Education and Resource Center Partners Grant Opportunity
• Master Wildlifer 2005 underway in 9 states
• Extension Forester edits regional publication
• Grant Opportunity: The Electronic Commons: a community led natural resource knowledge portal
• Forests at the Wildland Interface
• Board-Certified Master Arborist (BCMA) Certification
• Sustainable Forestry Partnership Expansion Conference
• Pallet Phytosanitation
• 2004-2005 Request for Proposals (RFP)
• Southern Forest Science: Past, Present, and Future
• Forest Service Pledges Funding for FLEP
• Forest Service Announces National Strategy to Combat Invasive Species
• Secretary of Agriculture Veneman announces the availability of nearly $500 million in disaster assistance to restore farmland, forests.
• Manufacturing Competitiveness of the Forest Products Industry: Competing in Today’s Global Manufacturing and Consumer Marketplace
• Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society
• 2005 Human Factors in Wildfire Workshop
• 1890 Agroforestry Consortium (1890 AFCO) Launched
• Southern Roundtable Sustainable Forests' New Website Activated
• Request for Proposals from the Southern Roundtable on Sustainable Forests
• A Study on Changing Industrial Forest Ownership
• Request for Proposals for Developing and Implementing National Wood Manufacturing Industry Skills Standards
• First Announcement & Call For Papers:
• Foresters Testify in Support of Family Forests
• The Working Forests in the Tropics: Policy and Market
• TREESEARCH is now online
• Healthy Forest Initiative and Healthy Forest Restoration Act Update
• Master Tree Farmer/Master Wildlifer Program Receive USDA Secretary of Agriculture Honor Award
• First World Congress on Agroforestry Well Attended
• First National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration
• Next NAPFSC Newsletter Out in September
• Virginia Tech forest products professor assists international research center
• CSREES launches a new Agency Web Site
• Guidebook to Forest Management Certification Released by Pinchot Institute
• Estate Planning videos available
• 2003 National Urban Forest Conference Proceedings Are Here!
• Funding Application for Regionally Significant Project
• CityGreen for ArcGIS
• FSC Launches New Certification Procedures for Small and Low Intensity
• Industry-specific Website Promotes Economic Development
• American Tree Farm System® Awards First Group Certification of Forestry Association
• Bradley/Murphy Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Trust announces grant program
• Sustainable Forestry and Biodiversity: 2003 Request for Proposals
• S.C. Tree Farmer of the Year
• Distance Education: Achieving Sustainable Forest Management in the Southeast U.S.
• One year Utilization & Marketing Strategic Planning Project
• Healthy Forests Bill an Important First Step
• ACF AND FLTC Sponsor Timber Tax Seminar for Congressional Staffers
• Virginia Tech offers Online Woodland Management Course
• Washington Tree Farmers Bob & Lynette Falkner Named 2003 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year
• Regional Extension Forestry releases new website
• Request for Proposals
• Master Tree Farmer 2004 Schedule
• National Report on Sustainable Forests
• Southern Forest Research Partnership Announced
• Human Dimension of Urban Forestry Website