Managing Bottomland Hardwoods
Webinar Details
When:
Oct 26, 2021 1:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 03:30 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Robert Bardon, NC State Extension
- Haven Barnhill, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Jake Comer, Quail Forever
- Jeff Marcus, The Nature Conservancy
- Hans Rohr, NC Forest Service
- Aimee Tomcho, Audubon NC
- Dakota Wagner, Forest Stewards Guild
- Bruce White, GFR Forestry
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Note: This workshop consists of two parts, a webinar (October 26) and a field tour (October 28 or October 29). Participants may participate in the in-person field tour on either October 28 or 29, 2021. Tour times are 9-12 or 1-4 PM on both dates. Attendance in the field tour is not required to participate in the webinar. The field tour will take place at Bladen Lakes State Forest near Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Pre registration is required.
Bottomland Hardwood forests are critically important to conserving ecosystem biodiversity in the Southeast. They provide nature-based solutions for maintaining water quality as well as buffering us from natural disasters that increasingly threaten local communities with inland flooding. Can we successfully consider active habitat restoration and conservation while balancing the economic equation that family forest owners, consulting foresters, and small timber markets require?
This workshop brings a unique set of partners together to explore forest management options from a 5-year science-based case study in North Carolina’s coastal plain. We will suggest guidelines for accomplishing desired future ecological conditions in bottomland hardwood forests to help you develop goals to address what happens next in your forest.
This workshop will benefit landowners interested in learning more about active management approaches to enhance forest health and function, resiliency, wildlife habitat and timber income objectives in bottomland hardwood forests. It will also be of benefit to foresters and natural resource professionals who consult with and advise private forest landowners.
Webinar Agenda
- Introductions and workshop purpose
- Value of bottomland hardwood forests for wildlife, water quality, and resiliency
- Value of bottomland hardwood forests for timber: Management and marketing considerations
- Break
- Desired future conditions in bottomland hardwood stands
- Management suggestions for implementing desired future conditions
- Case study - Bladen Lake State Forest
- The Forest Stewards Guild's Bottomland Hardwood Management Guide
- Technical assistance and support available to landowners
- Wrap up and closing remarks
- Field tour logistics
Resources
- Forest Stewards Guild Management Plan Template for Wildlife Forestry Practices in Bottomland Forests
- Resources from the 2017 NC Bottomland and Swamp Forest Symposium
- Forest Landbird Legacy Program - Financial incentive Program Administered by Audubon NC
- String of Pearls Harvest Method
- Carbon Programs
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