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DECEMBER 2015 FEATURES
Notes and tips for woodland stewardship in Minnesota's forests
Reminder: Woodland owner survey
Have you taken our woodland owner survey yet? Help us tailor our educational offerings by taking a 5 minute survey about you, your woods, and classes you'd like offered.
Deer and forest regeneration webinar:  Join us online December 15
Deer can reduce the abundance and composition of trees and herbs through browsing and can alter the habitat availability for a variety of organisms. This webinar will highlight recent research on deer density and its impacts on tree seedling abundance across the northeastern US, with management implications for Lake States forests. 

Matt Russell, UMN Department of Forest Resources and Chris Woodall, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station will present.  Click here   to register and read more.
Save the Date! Gathering Partners conference
Mark your calendars and plan to join us in Winona, Minnesota for next year's Gathering Partners of Natural Resources conference! From May 20-22, 2016, people from all over the state will convene at Saint Mary's University to discuss this year's theme: Nurturing a Healthy Big Woods, Big Rivers Biome. Registration will open in March, and in the meantime you can find more information on the conference website.
Thinking about taxes for next year? Check out these 2015 tax tips for forest landowners
As a forest landowner, understanding tax law is an important part of owning and managing timber, participating in forest stewardship activities, and complying with tax law. The USDA Forest Service-Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry recently compiled a handy document that documents recent changes to forest tax law.
Concerned about emerald ash borer in your community? Join one of these listening sessions
Recent findings of EAB have residents and forest managers concerned about the potential impacts of this invasive insect in their communities. Representatives from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and partner organizations will be on hand to talk about EAB and answer questions. Upcoming sessions will be held in Duluth
and Washington County .
Meet a forest landowner: Jim and Linda Mielke 
Like so many members of the Minnesota Forestry Association, the passion for trees and working with wood started long before Jim and Linda bought their own land. For Jim, it started in his dad's workshop.  Read about Jim and Linda Mielke and their relationship with their woods here.
Help for Minnesota logging businesses
Amid concerns about the future logging industry, Extension forest resources specialists Charlie Blinn and Matt Russell recently assessed how healthy the logging sector is across Minnesota. Read more and find a link to their findings in the latest issue of University of Minnesota Extension's Source magazine.
IN THE NEWS
  • Gypsy Moth:  Numbers are up; Duluth News Tribune explores what's going on.
  • Woodlands of Minnesota Landowner Handbook: MnDNR releases new guide for citizens in Chippewa Plains & Pine Moraine-Outwash Plains.
  • Packing in the research:  A Minnesota bog could shape climate change predictions.  St. Cloud Times
  • A wasp war. State agriculture department reports success fighting ash borer. Winona Daily News
     
More MN woodland news 
UPCOMING EVENTS
  • Impacts on Deer Browse on Forest Regeneration
    • Online (December 15)
  • Forest Insects and Diseases in Minnesota: Highlights from 2015
    • Online (January 19)
Details, and more events, are here

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