The Outlook | April 2023

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Earth Day.

This week is Earth Week and April 22 is Earth Day!

Being a Responsible Consumer

Over the past several months, we have started preparing infographics to highlight the key takeaways of our reports. Our latest infographic in honor of Earth Week and Earth Day addresses "Being a Responsible Consumer" and highlights many of the key actions we reported on in our Responsible Consumption Series.

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We also offer infographics with the key takeaways from our recent reporting on the topics of mass timber construction, deforestation, and ESG - You can view them at the bottom of this newsletter!

Who’s Your Hero? Finding Community Leaders in Fire-Adapted Northeastern Minnesota

Dovetail team member, Gloria Erickson, co-wrote this blog about four owners and their families who come together to practice fire risk-reduction treatments on each other's land.

Who inspires you? Who are your heroes? My inspiration, my heroes are people who face challenges with a can-do, how-can-I-help attitude. People who want to be part of the solution. Not as a superhero, but in leading by example and mentoring others. These people are respectful, thoughtful, know their limits, and are willing to share the responsibility and do the work. I recently was invited to a fuels mitigation/pile burning cooperative group gathering that totally embodied all of these characteristics.

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To find additional resources for Residents & Land Owners, Community Leaders & Fire Departments, or Land Managers visit the Minnesota Arrowhead Region - Fire Adaptive Communities website.

The LWS Engineered Solutions in-person seminar is back! Dovetail's president, Katie Fernholz, is on the agenda to speak.

When: May 9th, 2023

Where: Eugene, OR

What:

In-person Plant Tour
Earn 3 PDH credits
E-LAM Structure Design
Sustainability of Engineered Wood
Extending the Life of Existing Infrastructure
Q&A

Federal government awards nearly $900,000 to reduce wildfire risk in St. Louis County

St. Louis County (MN) will be receiving $890,925 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service to help plan for and mitigate wildfire risks within the county. The county's proposal is one of 100 projects selected nationwide to receive a portion of the $197 million through the Community Wildfire Defense Grant program, which is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The funding will be used to assist fire departments, lake and road associations, and township boards in the highest wildfire risk areas in St. Louis County to increase wildfire awareness, reduce fuels and provide opportunities to help their communities be more wildfire resilient. The county will provide more information to these organizations once details are finalized on how they can partner with the county in these efforts.

St. Louis County contracts with Dovetail Partners to coordinate Firewise, and expects to continue working with them on the broadened program.

Biochar Factsheet for Landowners

Making biochar is a great forest management tool.

Diseased or insect infected trees can be used to make biochar and also control insects and disease transfer to healthy trees, and clearing brush on your land reduces wildfire fuels, and provides open landscape wildlife habitat for game species like sharp tailed grouse and woodcock and countless song birds and animals. Biochar fixes carbon, and when we harvest biomass, convert it to biochar, and apply it to soil - we extend carbon storage.

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This information was originally developed by the Carlton SWCD with support from an RSDP Grant and as part of the project “Biomass to Biochar for Landscape Health in Carlton County”. Special thanks to University of Minnesota Extension.

Dovetail's 20th Anniversary & First Score Club

2023 is a big milestone for Dovetail Partners - it’s our 20th Anniversary!

Hopefully you've been enjoying our Flashback Fridays on LinkedIn. And we would love for you to share any memories you have or how you have worked with Dovetail over the years.

We also want to thank the individuals and organizations that have already responded to our invitation to join Dovetail's First Score Club!

Special thanks and much gratitude to:

Members

Steve & Janet Bratkovich
Paul DeLong
Carmen & Sally Fernholz, A-Frame Farm
Patrick de Freitas
Heather Himler
Tom & Mary Kroll, Kroll Consulting Forestry, LLC.
Thomas McLain
Gerry Mich
Norm Moody
Robert Scheierl
Beth Waterhouse

Champions

John Bradfield, Dedicated to My fellow Wood Science Graduates and my Professors at NC State University 1977-1982

Leaders

Domtar, Inc.

Donations made before November 25, 2023 (twenty years to-the-day of Dovetail’s founding!) will count toward membership in the First Score Club. Donors to the First Score Club will be recognized in Dovetail’s e-newsletter, at our website, and in our annual report.

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Happy Hour for the Forest!

Dovetail is proud to support "Happy Hour for the Forest!" Stop in for Happy Hour and a free tree seedling on Friday, April 21 from 5-8 pm to celebrate Earth Day at the participating breweries throughout Northern Minnesota...

Bemidji Brewing
Klockow Brewing
Block North Brew Club
Cuyuna Brewing
Jack Pine Brewing
Big Axe Brewing
Roundhouse Brewery

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