Randolph
Vermont
Vermont Woodland Association will hold its Woodlands Conference & Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 13th, at Vermont State University in Randolph, VT from 8:30 am to 4 pm.
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8:30 am Registration and Refreshments 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks 9:15 am A Career and Call to Action: Stories of Stewardship and Conservation —Nancy Patch, County Forester, VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation 10:00 am Woodland Streams: The Past, Present and Future — Shayne Jaquith, Watershed Restoration Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy 11:00 am Managing Our Forests for Extreme Weather —Steve Roberge, UNH Extension 11:45 am State of the Forests and Forestry Policy: State, Regional and National Updates 12:15 pm Lunch, VWA Annual Meeting and Tree Farm Awards Ceremony 1:30 pm Stewardship Concurrent Session 1: Programs, Practices and Tools 2:15 pm Stewardship Concurrent Session 2: Programs, Practices and Tools 3:15 pm Closing: Rays of Hope and Celebration — Charlie Hancock, consulting forester 4:00 pm Safe Travels Afternoon Stewardship Sessions include · Managing Invasive Plants: A panel of practitioners and landowners · Reserve Forestland Category Q&A · Best Practices for Tree Planting · Deciding the Future of Your Land · Getting Started as a Vermont Tree Farmer · Improving Wildlife Habitat through NRCS Pre-registration is required. Please register by April 1st. The registration fee is: $35 for VWA Members and VT Tree Farmers (and their guests) $50 for Others (and their guests) $20 for Students
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