Potential Impacts of Prescribed Fire Smoke on Air Quality, Public Health and Socially Vulnerable Populations in the Southeastern U.S.
2021-08-12 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
While prescribed fire is an essential land management tool in the Southeast, its impacts on air quality and public health remain uncertain. This webinar will cover a recent project that used burn permit records, air quality modelling, and epidemiological associations between fine particulate matter concentrations and multiple health endpoints to examine these impacts, with a focus on case studies in Georgia and North Carolina. Results show not only potential health impacts from prescribed fire, but call for greater attention to the characterization of prescribed fire impacts, potential air quality benefits of land treatment, and the communities most exposed to fire-related smoke. Following the presentations there will be time for audience Q/A with the speakers.
SAF CFE credits expected.

Jackson Park Bird Walk
2021-08-14 08:00 - 10:00 | Jackson Park, 708 Glover Street, Hendersonville, NC, 28792, United States
Offered monthly by Blue Ridge Audubon.

Stand Level Management: Desired Forest Conditions, Structure and Composition
2021-08-17 13:00 - 14:00 | virtual via WebEx
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forest Ecology Working Group (FEWG) and NCTC, working in collaboration with many FWS programs and partners, have developed a 12-part monthly lecture series to address the 50-year decline of 3 billion birds through partnerships, conservation science and forest management. The series tells a compelling story about forest bird population declines, partnership opportunities, and forest management actions that can support bird population recovery and sustainability.
Attendance at all presentations is recommended as each month’s topic builds upon the previous presentation. To register for any upcoming event, check the box next to the webinar(s) listed below and click register. Upon registration you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the webinar.
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Swannanoa Valley Bird Walk
2021-08-21 08:00 - 10:00 | Owen Park, 875 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, NC, 28778, United States

Cost Share Programs: Preparing Landowners to Make Application
2021-08-25 10:00 - 14:00
Learn about federal and state cost-share programs that reimburse landowners for various timber management activities. Learn how to apply for USDA, N.C. Forest Service cost share, and farm loans through USDA Farm Service Agency.
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Assessing Storm-Damaged Pine Stands
2021-09-15 13:00 - 14:00
Hurricanes and tornadoes stress, damage, or kill trees by uprooting, breaking, bending, leaning, wounding, and flooding stands. This webinar will provide landowners with assessment tools, preventative action strategies and management plans to mitigate long-term consequences and facilitate recovery. This webinar will cover such questions as: What kind of storm damage do individual pines and pine stands sustain? What are the ecological impacts of this damage? What management strategies are available?
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Wildlife Enterprises on Private Lands
2021-09-17 12:00 - 13:00
Learn the basics of establishing wildlife enterprises as recreational businesses. Such businesses benefit wildlife, forestry, and natural resources by providing landowners with income to reinvest in habitat and conservation practices. More broadly, these farm level decisions affect rural communities and income. Webinar topics include types of outdoor experiences for garnering income, and assisting landowners in deciding whether to invest their time, energies, and finances in an enterprise. Legal and liability issues are discussed briefly. An understanding of financial feasibility and marketing can contribute to success. A case study from 3D Duck + Deer Destination owned by Mr. Lacy of Newport, Arkansas offers insights about how financial factors play into wildlife enterprise decisions on the farm.

Advance Registration is required.

Forestry for the Birds
2021-09-21 13:00 - 14:00 | virtual via WebEx

Manipulating Mesopredator Populations to Benefit Native Prey: Exploring Controversies and Potential Solutions
2021-10-12 14:00 - 15:00
Despite numerous studies evaluating mesocarnivore population reduction as a tool for managing wild prey populations, there remains mush more controversy associated with efficacy of the practice. This webinar will explore existing data to better understand this controversy. Important questions for determining when predators may limit a population will be discussed. Finally, the webinar will provided criteria that may be useful for predicting efficacy of predator population manipulations for increasing prey populations.
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Bird-Friendly Forestry on Corporate Lands: Forest Certification Programs
2021-10-19 13:00 - 14:00 | virtual via WebEx

Forest Landowner Conference
2021-10-26 - 2021-10-27
Learn about the role of conservation practices in forestry and agriculture to address the challenges of climate change.

Managing Bottomland Hardwoods
2021-10-26 13:00 - 15:30
Bottomland Hardwood forests are critically important to conserving ecosystem biodiversity in the Southeast. They provide nature-based solutions for maintaining water quality as well as buffering us from natural disasters that increasingly threaten local communities with inland flooding. Can we successfully consider active habitat restoration and conservation while balancing the economic equation that family forest owners, consulting foresters, and small timber markets require?
Note: This workshop consists of two parts, a webinar (October 26) and a field tour (October 28 or October 29). Participants may participate in the in-person field tour on either October 28 or 29, 2021. Tour times are 9-12 or 1-4 PM on both dates. Attendance in the field tour is not required to participate in the webinar. The field tour will take place at Bladen Lakes State Forest near Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Pre-registration is required.

N.C. Forestry and the Global Economy: Webinar
2021-10-28 13:00 - 17:00
NCFA invites you to a conversation about North Carolina forestry and the global economy. Learn about forest exports, marketing forest products and North Carolina’s national ranking, export challenges and the future of exporting for forestry in North Carolina.
Attendees are eligible for: 1 hour of Category 2 CFE.
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An Environmental History of the American Chestnut
2021-11-03 13:00
Before 1910, the American chestnut was one of the most common trees in the eastern United States. The natural distribution of the American chestnut extended across more than 400,000 square miles of territory, contributing to the American chestnut becoming an integral part of American environmental and cultural history. But then a blight fungus introduced during the late nineteenth century rendered the tree “functionally extinct.” Although its eradication caused one of the greatest ecological catastrophes since the last ice age, sentiment towards the iconic species continued unabated. Over the last several decades, considerable effort has been expended to try to restore this iconic species to the forest, but not without controversy.

Fall Cankerworm in the Southeastern U.S.
2021-11-10 13:00 - 14:00
This webinar will provide a general overview of identification, impact and management strategies for fall cankerworm in the Southeastern United States.

Creating Wildlife Habitat with Native Plants
2021-11-10 18:00 - 20:00
In this webinar, N.C. Cooperative Extension Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will discuss guidelines for landscaping with native plants and highlight some favorite trees, shrubs, perennials, vines and grasses that benefit pollinators, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Debbie will share the plant lists she has developed over the years and discuss tools for selecting plants.

Integrating Indigenous Traditional Practices into Bird-Friendly Forest Management
2021-11-16 13:00 - 14:00 | virtual via WebEx

Venus Flytrap Champions: Virtual Lunchbox Talk
2021-11-18 12:00 - 13:00
Much of North Carolina’s Venus flytrap territory is privately owned. Debbie Crane of The Nature Conservancy will describe the Venus Flytrap Champions, a program that works to help private landowners identify and manage flytrap habitat. Landowners in the Carolinas with Venus Flytrap on their property can play a significant role in maintaining the remaining Flytrap populations and preventing the loss of this fascinating, management-dependent species.

Mosquitoes and Wildlife Tracks and Scats
2021-11-18 12:00 - 14:30
Webinar participants will learn about the biology and management of mosquitoes and the how-tos of identifying wildlife signs.

Using Ecological Forestry to Support Bird Management Objectives
2021-12-14 13:00 - 14:00 | virtual via WebEx

Effectiveness Monitoring – Evaluating the Effects of Forest Management on Bird Populations
2022-01-18 13:00 - 14:00 | virtual via WebEx

Basics of Timber Basis: Re(setting) the Table
2022-01-25 13:00 - 14:00 | www.forestrywebinars.net, United States
This webinar is the second of five in the “Forestry Taxes: Learn, Plan & Save Money Webinar Series.” What are the basics of timber basis? Join this webinar to learn more about one of the most important financial aspects of timber management that often goes unnoticed or underappreciated. Timber basis is how much you have invested in the timber and it is used to determine net taxable income. It can be applied to reduce taxable income, minimize inheritance taxes, and reduce financial losses after a storm, and more.
Many forest landowners pay more taxes on their timber than they should. Accountants can help to calculate taxes, but forest landowners need to understand how timber expenses should be reported, and how they are taxed. Saving money on timber taxes starts by keeping good records and knowing how tax rules will affect your bill. The Woodland Stewards Regional Extension Program for Landowners was developed by a collaborative team of forestry Extension professionals from eleven different organizations. This is the fourth year of the series and other webinars from the current and past series can be accessed on the Webinar Portal.

Timber Management Expenses and Deductions
2022-02-01 13:00 - 14:00 | www.forestrywebinars.net, United States
This webinar is the third of five in the “Forestry Taxes: Learn, Plan & Save Money Webinar Series.” Managing your timber costs money, and like any other business, many of your expenses can be deducted from your tax bill. In this presentation, you will learn how to assess your forest management costs and correctly claim your deductions. In addition, presenters will discuss other related topics from how to fill out a “Form T,” to the ins and outs of reforestation costs, and conservation easements.
Many forest landowners pay more taxes on their timber than they should. Accountants can help to calculate taxes, but forest landowners need to understand how timber expenses should be reported, and how they are taxed. Saving money on timber taxes starts by keeping good records and knowing how tax rules will affect your bill. The Woodland Stewards Regional Extension Program for Landowners was developed by a collaborative team of forestry Extension professionals from eleven different organizations. This is the fourth year of the series and other webinars from the current and past series can be accessed on the Webinar Portal.

Keeping More of Your Timber Income Following a Timber Sale
2022-02-08 13:00 - 14:00 | www.forestrywebinars.net, United States
This webinar is the fourth of five in the “Forestry Taxes: Learn, Plan & Save Money Webinar Series.” Learn about one of the top ways forest landowners save taxes—receiving capital gain treatment on timber sales. A landowner may only sell their timber a few times in their life, but understanding how to maximize profit and minimize taxes when harvesting takes some thought. Join this presentation for a detailed discussion of how to qualify for capital gain treatment under IRC 631(a) & (b), recordkeeping tips, and proper tax reporting. Tax treatments of cost-sharing payments will also be covered briefly.
Many forest landowners pay more taxes on their timber than they should. Accountants can help to calculate taxes, but forest landowners need to understand how timber expenses should be reported, and how they are taxed. Saving money on timber taxes starts by keeping good records and knowing how tax rules will affect your bill. The Woodland Stewards Regional Extension Program for Landowners was developed by a collaborative team of forestry Extension professionals from eleven different organizations. This is the fourth year of the series and other webinars from the current and past series can be accessed on the Webinar Portal.

Virtual Lunchbox Talk: Naval Stores and the Longleaf Pine Industry in Southeastern NC
2022-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 | virtual via Zoom
In a time before cars, trains, and airplanes, water was often the easiest or the only means of long-distance transportation. Eighteenth-century ships were sailing ships, and they were made almost entirely of wood.
Naval stores are goods used in building and maintaining ships. Originally, ‘naval stores’ included everything used to build a ship meaning tar, pitch, and turpentine. All of these products came from pine trees, and particularly, the Longleaf pine, which North Carolina had in abundance. For that reason and others, North Carolina became a key supplier to the British Navy, and naval stores became central to the colony’s economy.

The Road to Recovery
2022-02-15 13:00 - 14:00 | virtual via WebEx

Coping with Losses from Nature and Chance
2022-02-15 13:00 - 14:00 | www.forestrywebinars.net, United States
This webinar is the last of five in the “Forestry Taxes: Learn, Plan & Save Money Webinar Series.” Growing trees can be subject to forces beyond the owners’ control from weather catastrophes to timber theft and more. While forest landowners can’t plan for these unexpected events, they can learn more about the tax implications for casualty loss, non-casualty losses, timber theft, trespassing and more. Join this webinar for insights into best ways to cope with timber losses from nature and chance.
Many forest landowners pay more taxes on their timber than they should. Accountants can help to calculate taxes, but forest landowners need to understand how timber expenses should be reported, and how they are taxed. Saving money on timber taxes starts by keeping good records and knowing how tax rules will affect your bill. The Woodland Stewards Regional Extension Program for Landowners was developed by a collaborative team of forestry Extension professionals from eleven different organizations. This is the fourth year of the series and other webinars from the current and past series can be accessed on the Webinar Portal.

Common invasive plants of central North Carolina
2022-02-23 10:30 - 11:30 | virtual via Zoom
This webinar covers the fundamentals of invasive plant species and why they can be problematic in landscape and natural settings. We will highlight anatomical features helpful for identification, and recommended control strategies for some of the most common species.

Hardwood Diseases
2022-02-23 13:00 - 14:00 | virtual via WebEx
The warm, humid climate of the southeastern U.S. is well suited for a variety of pathogens that affect hardwood tree species. Diseases like laurel wilt, thousand cankers disease, Hypoxylon canker, oak wilt and others can be difficult to identify and control, and can lead to significant mortality and ecological impacts. These diseases can cause damage to the roots, bowls and branches of trees, and are often transmitted by insect vectors. In this webinar, Dr. Ellen Crocker will discuss the identification of common hardwood diseases, damage implications and potential management strategies.
Advance registration is not available.
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Control of Invasive Plants in the Spring
2022-03-03 13:00 - 15:00 | virtual via Zoom
Join us during National Invasive Species Awareness Week for Blue Ridge PRISM’s Spring Invasive Plant Workshops!
Our online workshop teaches you how to best manage invasive plants during the spring season.
Topics covered in this session include:

Best seasonal practices for specific invasive plants
Using manual & mechanical control methods
Methods for controlling invasive plants with herbicides
Choosing the right herbicide and equipment, and using it properly
Planning a work schedule with best timings for multiple plants

Workshop will take place via Zoom.
This virtual session will be recorded. Those who register will receive access to the recording.
