FL Forest Recovery Webinar Series

Landowners in the central Panhandle region of Florida are ready to move forward with restoring their property after the devastation of Hurricane Michael in 2018. The latest webinar will be held October 1 from 2:00-3:00 ET, and it will include an exploration of invasive species identification and control. Webinar recordings, links, presentation slides, and supplemental reading material associated with this Forest Recovery Webinar Series (and other past and upcoming events) are all available at Florida Land Steward Events and Webinars. To learn more about this webinar series, click here. Please register for each webinar you wish to attend with the previous link. 

This webinar series, hosted by the Florida Land Stewards, will serve as a short course for landowners. The series, which runs October 15 through November 12 will help landowners learn about timber marketing, maintaining groundcover and valuable wildlife habitat in reforestation, using biomass markets in forest restoration, and planning for resilience after hurricanes. This course offers Continuing Education Credits. To learn more about this short course, click here.

The Bipartisan Policy Center is hosting a webinar with Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) who will discuss their legislative priorities in the Growing Climate Solutions Act and the Rural Forest Markets Act of 2020. Recognizing the role of the agriculture and forestry sectors as a critical climate solution, these bills create opportunities for U.S. producers and forest landowners to better access private markets for carbon and environmental credits. The webinar will be October 1 from 8:30 to 9:30 am ET. To register, click here.

The Georgia Division Society of American Foresters (SAF) virtual meeting will be held October 22 from 9 am to 11 am ET. Rocky Goodnow, VP of North American Timber Service, Dr. Tom Rox, VP of Research Productivity, and Sustainability and Jeff Peters, Southest Regional Director of WoodWorks are all going to be speakers. To learn more or get information about sponsorship, click here. 

PennState Extension is launching a new webinar series to share how research and work across Pennsylvania are providing cost effective approaches to managing stormwater. Explore how to properly prepare soils, select appropriate vegetation, plant, and maintain green stormwater infrastructure systems. Many American communities have realized considerable financial and water quality gains by incorporating green infrastructure strategies for reducing and managing stormwater. The same green infrastructure that helps manage urban stormwater and improves water quality provides a wealth of other benefits to our communities including reducing urban heat island effects, providing evaporative cooling and shade, improve air quality by removing pollutants, human health benefits, and tangible economic benefits such as increase property values and green jobs. To learn more or register, click here.

The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy is hosting a webinar September 29th at 2 pm. Dr. Alan Ager will be updating viewers on the advancements in the development of this national “fireshed” dataset and how it can be used to assist decision-makers in prioritizing, planning and investing in cross-boundary, large landscape-level treatments. These efforts are in alignment with the Cohesive Strategy concept of sharing risk and responsibility to achieve landscape resiliency, fire adapted communities and a safe, effective wildfire response. To register for this webinar, click here.

The Climate Displacement Forum, presented by the National Adaption Forum, is a 5-part webinar series that will take a look at climate displacement pressures along with approaches to prevent displacement or adaptation by exploring migration, current managed retreat and relocation strategies, equity implications, and policy considerations. This series starts October 15th at 2pm ET. In order to ensure open access to this information, the series is offered for free. However, sponsors recommend a donation of $20 per webinar or $100 for the series so that the Forum team can offer future webinars and events for the adaptation field. To register for the first webinar, click here.

The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced that it will be awarding up to $360 million through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) to partnerships that improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat, and protect agricultural viability. The NRCS is inviting potential conservation partners to submit project applications for this federal funding through the RCPP, which is a partner-driven approach to conservation that funds solutions to natural resource challenges on agricultural land. By leveraging collective resources and collaborating on common goals, RCPP demonstrates the power of public-private partnerships in delivering results for agriculture and conservation. Partners may request between $250,000 and $10 million in RCPP funding through this funding announcement, and partners are expected to offer value-added contributions to amplify the impact of RCPP funding in an amount equal or greater to the NRCS investment. Funding is open to private industry, non-government organizations, Indian tribes, state and local governments, water districts and universities, among others. A webinar with general program information for RCPP applicants was scheduled for 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Aug 27, 2020, and proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 4, 2020.  Visit the RCPP website here for information on how to participate and how to apply.

Applications are being accepted for the position of State Forester at the Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC).  The GFC is seeking a visionary Director who personifies the mission: to provide leadership, service, and education in the protection and conservation of Georgia’s natural resources. The Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission holds a myriad of critical responsibilities that directly impact millions of people. For more information, click here. Application deadline is October 30^th. 

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) invites applications for a nationally recognized leader to serve as the Director of ACES at Auburn University. ACES is the primary outreach and engagement organization for two land grant universities, Alabama A&M University and Auburn University. The strengths of two universities come together in one public agency under the joint leadership of the Director at Auburn University and the 1890 Administrator at Alabama A&M University. The Director reports jointly to the Presidents at Alabama A&M University and Auburn University and will be responsible for providing innovative, joint leadership to more than 700 faculty and staff located on two university campuses and in 67 counties across the state. The Director will oversee an annual budget of approximately $65 million. This environment is rich with possibilities for further innovative leadership. For more information, or to apply, click here.

Primary responsibilities of the Dean are to carry out visionary leadership, administration, and advocacy; promote excellence and innovation in extension educational programs and initiatives that meet needs of the people of Tennessee amongst other tasks. The position is open until October 1, 2020 and information can be found here.