The new Forests of Fun curriculum opens the world of forests to youth.
By Carol L. Spence LEXINGTON, Ky., (April 29, 2009) -- The management of privately held woodlands is a family affair. The 2009 Woodland Owners Short Course reflects that view by offering, for the first time, beginners and advanced programs based on an individual's or family's experience and interest level. A youth program will run concurrently with the day-long adult programs. The course also has moved to Saturdays to accommodate people's busy schedules.
The Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech; as well as several other partners including the Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin; National Hardwood Lumber Association; and the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station and Wood Education and Resource Center hosted an informative workshop in March 2007 for hardwood lumber manufacturers. The final outcome of this workshop was a publication that was compiled and edited by Brian Bond from Virginia Tech.
BLACKSBURG, Va., March 14, 2007 - The Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program announces an online Woodland Options for Landowners course. The purpose of the course is to provide an introductory level understanding of basic forest management principles and techniques.
BLACKSBURG, Va., June 4, 2007-If you are a small woodlot owner, and are looking for ways to make money from your woods, or if you want more information on how to start managing your woods or perhaps run a woods-based business, the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources has a workshop for you.
Virginia Tech is offering an on-line "Woodland Options for Landowners" beginning March 10, 2008.
The Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN), in cooperation with American Forests, hosted a webcast in May 2004 called "Seeing Green with Trees: The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Urban Forests."
To address issues on invasive species and ecosystem (agricultural, forestedand natural system) health, the Center for Invasive Species and EcosystemHealth has been established at the University of Georgia. Invasive plants,insects, plant pathogens, aquatic species and terrestrial wildlife cost theUnited States economy more than $100 billion each year.
by Michael Andreu, Kevin Zobrist, and Thomas Hinckley.When European settlers first arrived in NorthAmerica, it is estimated that the southern U.S. had200 million acres in pine, mixed oak, and other forestsystems. Pine savannahs and open woodlandscontaining longleaf (Pinus palustris Mill.), loblolly(Pinus taeda L.), shortleaf (Pinus echinata Mill.),slash (Pinus elliottii Engelm.), and pond (Pinusserotina Michx.) pine were dominant.
Why: To gain an understanding of basic woodlot management and to use this understanding to become better land stewards.
