About the Series
The NC Forest Service's Urban & Community Forestry Program is hosting a series of webinars on five topics designed to educate professionals who have responsibility for managing urban forestry assets. Partnering with the NC State University Forestry & Environmental Outreach Program, the webinars will be accessed through the ForestryWebinars.net portal. The webinars will be offered monthly from January to May 2015. Urban foresters, community and civic planners, arborists and urban conservation organizations are encouraged to participate.
Webinar Opportunities
Each webinar will be 1 hour in duration and feature presenters from a variety of land management organizations and educational institutions. Continuing education credits from ISA, SAF and APA are in the proccess of being approved for each webinar. Participants will join the webinars through the Webinar Portal at www.forestrywebinars.net.
Click on the webinar title below for registration details. The titles will be live when the webinar has been published in the portal.
Webinar Title |
Webinar Description |
Presenters |
2015 Dates |
Urban Wood Resource |
Communities, large and small, make decisions about how to best dispose of waste wood materials as a routine part of their urban forestry programs. Recently, both public interest in sustainable energy, and economic opportunities, have opened a market for urban wood. This resource may have value and benefits that are only now being thoughtfully considered. |
Harry Watt, |
Archived |
Green |
Communities face challenges between development pressure and community character and values. Find out how to: frame the discussion, engage all stakeholders, define local priorities, develop supporting policies |
Karen Firehock, |
Archived |
Urban |
Continued development in and around forests, combined with drough, tree mortality and increased fire potential requires careful planning and understanding of people and fire. What is the Interface and what must be considered when building in the Interface? There are resources and partners focused on the interface. |
Fred Turck, |
Archived |
Emergency Planning |
Severe weather events are becoming more and more common and the costs of clean-up and service disruption can be substantial. The purpose of emergency planning is to mitigate, respond, and recover from an emergency or natural disaster in a timely manner. Incorporating tree inventories, risk assessments, and remedial and routine tree maintenance as part of your emergency management plan can help in withstanding the impacts of changes to the urban forest. |
Connie Head,
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Archived |
Tree |
Trees add to the character and environment of a community. Cost effective management to get the biggest impact for your financial investment means planning: what is planted, where it is planted and maintaining it. Planting should be a long-term strategy, not repeated every 8-15 years. It takes working with qualified staff or professionals. How do you get bigger bang for your buck? |
Todd Watson, |
Archived |