Healthy Forests: Managing for Bugs, Wildlife and Big Trees
This course will contain 3.5 hours worth of course materials on each day. Please read the course information below carefully as pre-registration and course fees are required.
Course Details: Course content will focus on a well-rounded landscape-level forest
management approach. Topics to be covered include:
- Silviculture - species selection, site selection and preparation, weed control, etc.
- Wildlife - prescribed fire for game species.
- Wildland fire - economic and ecological benefits of prescribed fire, including vegetation control and regeneration.
- Forest insects - southern pine beetle, engraver beetles, biocontrol cycles, and insecticide use.
- Water resources - water quality, best management practices, sustainability Incentive programs for forest landowners, conservation practices, stewardship.
Participants will learn management techniques for healthy southeastern forests for productivity, habitat quality, and wildlife resources, while reducing forest insect and water quality impacts.
When: November 4 - 5, 2020 8:15 AM (Eastern Time)
Instructors:
Dr. Elizabeth McCarty is a Forest Health Extension faculty in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. She specializes in insecticide use for forest pest management and environmental risk assessment.
Dr. Michel Kohl is a Wildlife Management and Extension faculty in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. His work primarily focuses on the application of GPS technology to address management and conservation questions that pertain to wildlife distributions.
Holly Campbell is an Urban Forestry Public Service faculty and member of the Tree Health Care and Community Forestry Lab at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.
Dr. Jay Shelton is a Fisheries and Extension faculty at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.
Sharon Swagger is the State Easement Specialist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Georgia. She specializes in land protection with conservation easements and other financial incentives for landowners, with special emphasize on wildlife habitat, wetlands, and working farm and forest lands.
Where: Online Zoom Webinar
Registration and Fees: The fee for this course is $215 which includes instructional materials.
There is a $50 discount for fees paid and postmarked by October 14, 2020.
Register and pay online at http://conted.warnell.uga.edu.
To register by mail, download the mail-in registration form.
Agenda: For a printable detailed agenda can be found here (.pdf).
How to join and participate in the online webinars: The webinars conducted during this course are hosted on the Forestry and Natural Resources Webinar Portal at http://forestrywebinars.net. To join each of the course session webinars, you'll need to follow the "webinar link" noted under each day as noted in the online agenda below.
Once you follow the link, you'll be prompted to complete the registration information for the specific session before being directed to the 2-step webinar workflow page. To begin the live Zoom webinar session, you'll click the 'Start Webinar' button under STEP-1. The Zoom webinar session will then begin playing in a new Zoom client window. If you get disconnected from the webinar for any reason, you can rejoin the webinar by following the 'restart' instructions under STEP-1.
To receive a certificate of participation for each webinar session completed, at the conclusion of each webinar session, you'll need to return to your open browser window and complete webinar workflow STEP-1.
Zoom video conferencing is used as the webinar platform and requires you to have a computer or smart device capable of running the Zoom client. For instruction on configuring or testing your computer/smart device, visit our the Zoom section on our FAQ page. To make sure your computer is setup, you should test your computer before the course begins.
Continuing Education Credits *
- 6.0 SAF Continuing Forestry Education hours (approved)
- 1.0 MTH Category A (approved)
- 5.5 MTH Category B Continuing Legal Education (CLE) hours - (approved)
* Full attendance both days is mandatory to receive credit.
Online Agenda:
Day 1 - Wednesday November 4, 2020 (8:15 AM - 11:50 AM Eastern Time)
--> Webinar Link: http://forestrywebinars.net/webinars/wce-healthyForests-part1
8:15 - Registration, Welcome, Course Introduction and Overview
8:30 - Silvicultural Systems for Georgia Forest Types, David Clabo
9:30 - Break
9:40 - The Role of Prescribed Fire in Wildlife Management, Michael Kohl
10:40 - Break
10:50 - Wildlife Fire: Reducing Wildfire Risk and Managing Forests with Prescribed Fire, Holly Campbell
11:50 - Adjourn
Day 2 - Wednesday November 5, 2020 (8:15 AM - 11:50 AM Eastern Time)
--> Webinar Link: http://forestrywebinars.net/webinars/wce-healthyForests-part2
8:15 - Registration, Welcome, Course Introduction and Overview
8:30 - Beetles and Pines: a Natural Response with Negative Effects, Elizabeth McCarthy
9:30 - Break
9:40 - Ecological Benefits of Water Quality BMPs and Watershed Management, Jay Shelton
10:40 - Break
10:50 - 2018 Farm Bill, Incentive Programs for Forest Landowners, Sharon Swagger
11:50 - Course Evaluation and Adjourn, Michael Kohl
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