Register by Friday, June 30th to take part in the Forest Stewardship Council’s Community and Family Forest Workshop.
With a focus on existing tools and needs for additional support, the workshop will offer practical ways to improve the opportunities FSC offers to community and family woodlands. Whether you’re a group manager, consulting forester, forest owner or forest manager, FSC encourages you to participate in this free in-person workshop.
The event will also offer a good opportunity to connect with peers about shared challenges facing small, low-intensity, and community-managed forests.
Forests meeting one or more of the following criteria are eligible for the resources and tools that will be introduced in the workshop:
Forests smaller than 2,471 acres (1,000 hectares; any ownership)
The rate of harvesting is less than 20% of the mean annual increment (MAI) and EITHER a) the annual harvest is less than 1379.5 cords; OR b) the average annual harvest is less than 1379.5 cords/year during a 5-year cycle (any ownership)
Only non-timber forest products are collected or harvested (any ownership)
Both: a) the legal right to manage the forest is held at communal level; AND b) the members of the community actively manage the forest or have authorized someone else to manage it
Breakfasts and lunches will be provided with the workshop, but participants are responsible for covering their travel, lodging and dinner expenses.
This workshop has been awarded 13.5 hours of Cat 1 CFE credits through the Society of American Foresters.
For more information and to register, please visit https://evt.to/ahaedgoow
If you have any questions, please contact Amy Clark Eagle (a.eagle@us.fsc.org).