1 Rabbit Hill Road
Westborough
MA
Members can *Register Online Here*. If you are not a member, please contact Annette Belanger (617-455-9918) to register.
The Massachusetts Forest Alliance will hold its Annual Meeting and Workshops at Mass Wildlife’s Field Headquarters, Richard Cronin Building, in Westborough on Saturday, June 3rd, from 7 am to 3 pm. The theme of the program is Partnerships for Forestry
The tentative schedule for the day is listed below:
7 – 8 a.m. Bird Identification & Habitat Walk at the neighboring Wayne MacCallum WMA – led by Sean Williams and Marianne Piche, Mass Wildlife (register by email below)
7:30 am Meeting Registration Coffee & Refreshments
8:30 am Welcome
- Nathan L’Etoile, MFA
- Matthew Beaton, Secretary — Mass Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
- George Peterson, Commissioner — Department of Fish & Game
- Jack Buckley, Director, Division of Fish & Wildlife
9 am Session One Workshops
- Telling the Story – panel discussion on marketing your business or projects for success
- Paul Catanzaro — the Keystone Project
- Bryn Gingrich — the Statewide Wood Energy Team’s multi media activities
- Hull Forest Products — Hull’s corporate marketing
- Nathan L’Etoile — the power of stories in the legislative process
- Telematics: a Glimpse of Modern Harvesting Technology — John Deere
10:20 am Break
10:45 am Session Two Workshops
- Elements of Habitat – John Scanlon, forestry manager, Mass Wildlife
- Using Our Wood – Panel presentation on increasing the market for Massachusetts wood
- Bob Perschel, New England Forestry Foundation — the Build it With Wood campaign
- Charlie Cary — Better using the available wood
- Peggi Clouston — Research on local wood species and CLT
Noon Lunch & Trade Show
12:30 pm Lunch, Trade Show, MFA business meeting, DFW Building tours
1:30 pm Session Three Workshops
- Woodland Conservation Partnerships – Panel discussion about working together to conserve forests in different regions of Massachusetts
- Robert O’Connor — the Mohawk Trail Woodland Partnership
- Sarah Wells — Successful partnerships for land conservation
- Ed Hood — the MassConn Forest Partnership
- Bringing back the American Chestnut – Lois Breault-Melican, Mass/RI Chapter ACF
3 pm Adjournment
To register for the 7 am birdwalk, email Greg Cox at gcox@crocker.com by June 1st