Changing Roles Posts
The Changing Roles Post is an electronic message with information on professional development opportunities for natural resource professionals, such as upcoming conferences, webinars, or courses, sent out on a weekly basis through the Changing Roles listserve (click here to sign up). Here you can sort through past Changing Roles Posts. You can also contact us if you want to suggest a future Post topic.
Changing Roles Post: Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation Webinar Series- Session 2
May 07, 2012
The USFS is hosting a webinar series on planning for growth and open space conservation! The second session will explore Forest Service participation in local planning efforts. There will be time at the end for questions/answers.
Session #2: YES YOU CAN! Participating in Growth Planning Beyond the Green Line
Tuesday, May 8, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, Eastern
Call-in information:
Toll-free: (800) 260-0719
Participant code: 245892
Webinar Link: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id=OSWeb%232&role=attend
First-time Live Meeting users, check your system before the call to make sure it is ready to use Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
For more information on the series, please visit: http://www.fs.fed.us/openspace/.
If you have any questions or would like to be added to their mailing list, please contact scomas@fs.fed.us.
Changing Roles Post: Next Session of the Landscape Stewardship Webinar Series- May 1
Apr 17, 2012
There is a webinar series focused on landscape stewardship sponsored by the US Forest Service. This series aims to highlight examples of landscape stewardship projects, approaches, and plans. The third session of the series is at 2:00 pm Eastern on May 1st, A Partnership Approach to Forest Land Conservation in Kennebec County, Maine. This session has been submitted for SAF continuing forestry education (cfe) credit.
To join the webinar visit: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id=F3PPP9&role=attend
First-time webinar users visit: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=90703
This will allow you to check your system to make sure it is ready to use Microsoft Office Live Meeting in advance of the session.
Changing Roles Post: Forest Farming Non-Timber Products: Opportunities and Challenges- A Webinar
Apr 12, 2012
The Forestry Webinar Portal is hosting a webinar on Forest Farming Non-Timber Forest Products: Opportunities and Challenges. In this webinar, James Chamberlain with the USFS, will talk about forest farming and explore opportunities and challenges for cultivating understory plants and fungi with economic value as a way for small-scale forest landowners to generate income. Farming plants in a forest setting could reduce pressures on natural populations, increase biodiversity and forest health, while diversifying income portfolios. Forest farming will be related to government initiatives such as "Know Your Farmer-Know Your Food'. One hour of SAF Category 1 credit and one hour of ISA "other" credit have each been applied for.
Date/Time: May 16th at noon Eastern.
To participate, go to www.forestrywebinars.net on the day of the webinar.
Changing Roles Post: Climate Change Misconceptions- A Webinar
Apr 05, 2012
The Forestry Webinar Portal is hosting a webinar on Misconceptions about Global Warming and Climate Change. In this webinar, Heather Dinon, an Applied Climatologist with the State Climate Office of North Carolina, will present the science that addresses common misconceptions about Global Warming and Climate Change. One hour of SAF Category 1 credit is available.
Date/Time: April 25th at noon Eastern.
Information on how to register: http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/misconceptions-about-global-warming-and-climate-change
Changing Roles Post: Landscape Stewardship Webinar Series- 2nd Session!
Apr 03, 2012
There is a webinar series focused on landscape stewardship sponsored by the US Forest Service. This series aims to highlight examples of landscape stewardship projects, approaches, and plans. The second session at 2:00 pm Eastern today, Designing Your State's Landscape Stewardship Program: Resources and Concepts for Better Integration, is approved for 1 hour of Category 1 continuing forestry education (cfe) credit by the Society of American Foresters.
To join the webinar visit: www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join
Information for first-time users: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=90703
Changing Roles Post: Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation
Mar 29, 2012
The USFS is hosting a webinar series on planning for growth and open space conservation! The first session explores how planners, natural resource managers, private land owners and others can plan for growth as well as open space conservation. Key note speakers Marisue Hillard and Ron Archuleta will discuss firsthand experiences with managing national forests impacted by housing growth, strategies used to conserve open space, and lessons learned. There will be time at the end for questions/answers.
Session 1: National Forest Management in the Face of Housing Growth
Thursday, April 12, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, Eastern
Call-in information:
Toll-free: (800) 260-0718
Participant code: 243051
Webinar Link: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id=OSWeb%231&role=attend
First-time Live Meeting users, check your system before the call to make sure it is ready to use Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
To ensure we have enough phone lines, please RSVP to scomas@fs.fed.us.
This series is sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, National Open Space Conservation Group.
Changing Roles Post: Forest Guild Webinar on Land Fragmentation
Mar 13, 2012
The Forest Guild is hosting another webinar! The focus of this session is "Urban Growth, Second Home Development, and Fragmentation of the Northern Forests of Vermont". Drs. Austin Troy and Brian Voigt will present recent work that simulates future land use change driven by both primary residential development in urban and suburban areas and second or vacation home development. Based on these results, the project will characterize expected future forest fragmentation and habitat connectivity. While the study area is "out of region" for many in my listserve audience, the issues of urban growth and fragmentation are very relevant to the Southern Region.
Date/Time: Tuesday March 20th, 1-2 pm Eastern
To register for the webinar visit: http://www.forestguild.org/component/option,com_chronocontact/chronoformname,webinar_reg/
To read more about this research visit:
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=7ymsovcab&v=001tP2d4sszXqowzl3udPzoQYCIuj4t8XJRzGgR-p_XKYTzr833iewJ_MPL6f7EGnQjItGU-hf0-TA8sMBsiim50h-DMhtbEG-MvwQ3Uv4hI6G6lqBywseWww%3D%3D
Changing Roles Post: Landscape Stewardship Webinar Series
Feb 29, 2012
There is a new webinar series focused on landscape stewardship sponsored by the US Forest Service. This series aims to highlight examples of landscape stewardship projects, approaches, and plans. The first session at 2:00 pm Eastern tomorrow, Testing Social Marketing Strategies in Wisconsin: Overcoming Barriers to Action by Small Woodland Owners, is approved for 1 hour of Category 1 continuing forestry education (cfe) credit by the Society of American Foresters.
