This is the final call for abstracts for our conference "Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Land-Use Science and Society", to be held April 9-12, 2007 at the Sheraton Atlanta. The conference announcement is below and the deadline for submission of abstracts is January 31, 2007. We have a dwindling pool of money made available by NSF to provide travel grants for students.
The USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program is pleased to announce the 2008 FIA Symposium, " Climate Change, Fire, and Other Hot Topics" October 21 - 23, 2008 in Park City, UT. The symposium will emphasize innovative uses of FIA data that shed new light on contemporary issues, such as carbon, climate change, fire, bio-energy/biomass, forest health, and other contemporary issues. Plenary and breakout sessions from a variety of disciplines will be presented.
The USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program is pleased to announce the 2008 FIA Symposium. The symposium will emphasize innovative uses of FIA data that shed new light on contemporary issues, such as carbon, climate change, fire, bio-energy/biomass, forest health, and other topics. Plenary and breakout sessions from a variety of disciplines will be presented.
ALBANY, Ga., June 16— F&W Forestry Services, Inc., one of the South’s oldest and largest forestry management and consulting firms, today announced a major geographic expansion of its U.S. operations and the launch of its first foreign base in South America. Both moves are a direct result of F&W’s strategic partnership with RMK Timberland Group, a business unit of Birmingham, Ala.-based Regions Bank.
The Forest History Society and the Eastern Region (Region 9) of the USDA Forest Service wish to announce the online availablity of more than 6,000 Forest Service photographs – the largest number of searchable historic Forest Service images on the Web. The image database is searchable on the FHS website at: http://fhsnb.oit.duke.edu/dbtw-wpd/textbase/WebQuery.htm
World Forestry Congress – Official Side EventBuenos Aires, Argentina18th – 23 October 2009Side Event:Tuesday, October 20 – 12:45-14:15
On July 5, 2006 eXtension launched its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) initiative for use by all Cooperative Extension Service professionals.
Nearly 50% of U.S. forestland is privately owned, says Jonathan Kays, natural resources specialist for University of Maryland Cooperative Extension. And many of the owners are individuals and families earning their living as doctors and plumbers, far removed from wildlife or forest management.
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities announced that it has partnered with The Conservation Fund to launch an online marketplace to benefit working forests and rural communities.
GENEVA, Ill. – A destructive, non-native pest that feasts on ash trees has been detected in northern Illinois. The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced today that a beetle found in the yard of a Kane County home east of Lily Lake is an emerald ash borer (EAB).
