Massachusetts Forest Forum

The spring Massachusetts Forest Forum will be held at Harvard Forest in Petersham on May 17th from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Schedule

3:00 – 3:30           Brief introductions and one sentence about a project related to a Forest Form Goal 

 3:30 – 4:15          Identifying best sites for young forest habitat management —  Brian Hawthorne, Mass Div of Fisheries and Wildlife

 4:15 – 5:30         Putting together a forest carbon market project with West Springfield, Westfield and Holyoke — Bill VanDoren, Spatial Informatics Group

 5:30 – 6:15         Dinner (provided)

6:15 – 7:00           Locating a Cross Laminated Timber Plant in Massachusetts, Bob Perschel, New England Forestry Foundation

7:00 – 7:30           Updates:

                                  ·         Mohawk Trail Woodland Partnership  – legislation – Bob O’Connor

                                  ·         DCR Working Forest Initiative – Jennifer Fish