Whether you own 25 acres or 2,500, Cover Your A$$ets is an indispensable guide for anyone who owns forest or agricultural land and wishes to see it maintained for future generations.
The American Forest Foundation's Center for Conservation Solutions and project partners have organized a series of landowner fields days in Florida. The field days will highlight and recognize the longleaf pine habitat restoration and conservation accomplishments at the host properties and discuss the forest management strategies used to ensure long-term economic and ecological benefits.
Gwen Beavens of the USDA Forest Service, along with illustrator Jack Elrod, has published a children's activity book titled "Living on the Wild Side...Responsibly: An Activity Book about Living Near Woodlands" through the USDA. This book is about the responsibilities, risks, and rewards of living where wildlands and urban environments meet, the area land managers refer to as the Wildland Urban Interface. It is designed for students in the third-sixth grades.
The Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach & Service Programs (ANROSP) is pleased to announce that the 3rd annual national conference of ANROSP (formerly National Master Naturalist Initiative) will be held from October 17-19, 2007 at the University of Minnesota Forestry Center in Cloquet, MN.
Save the date! The 2009 National 4-H Forestry Invitational will be held on July 26-30! Has your state started preparing to send a team to the “Super Bowl of 4-H Forestry”? We’re inviting your state to send a 4-H forestry team to compete this summer at the Invitational. Once again, the Invitational will be held at Jackson's Mill State 4-H Conference Center in Weston, WV. You will find the “Intent to Participate” form attached with this e-mail. If your state has never competed in the Invitational, 2009 would be an excellent opportunity to get your state involved in this exciting event!
The Bugwood Network announces the availability of Bark and Wood Boring Beetles of The World. This website features over 4,000 images and information on over 400 species of economically important beetles that feed on the cambium layer or wood of living or recently killed trees and shrubs.
The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) is an interagency research partnership focused on wildland fire and fuels management issues. Each year at this time we post Announcements for Proposals on our website: http://jfsp.nifc.gov
The 2009 National Extension Tourism Conference, the theme of which is “The Tourism Connection: Sustaining People, Places, and Communities,” will take place June 14-17, 2009 at The Yarrow Resort Hotel and Conference Center in Park City, Utah.
he American Forest Foundation seeks proposals from research professionals who are interested in investigating the impact of state and local tax policies on family forests. Timeline:Proposals are due by close of business Thursday May 28, 2009. Awardee will be notified by June 22. Awardees must be able to complete the project by December30, 2010.
We would like to announce the launch of a feature on the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center site – Advances in Fire Practice. AFP is developing with the information needs and concerns of fire professionals front and center.
