CFRC Weekly Summary - October 15, 2009

News

A Tree's Response To Environmental Changes: What Can We Expect Over The Next 100 Years?
Oct. 15, 2009
The many environmental issues facing our society are prevalent in the media lately. Global warming, rainforest devastation, and endangered species have taken center stage. Our ecosystem is composed of a very delicate network of interactions among all species and the non-living environment. http://www.forestrycenter.org/index.cfm?RefID=106859

Swedes to visit Minnesota Farms
Oct. 15, 2009
Minnesota will be home to two Swedish visitors interested in learning about agriculture and farming practices. The visit is a result of a connection made through the Rotary Club’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program. http://www.forestrycenter.org/index.cfm?RefID=106863

Stimulus money to create local forest goods co-op
Asheville Citizen Times | Oct. 15, 2009
Nearly $2 million in federal stimulus money awarded to the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station is aimed at growing the local forest product industry in Western North Carolina. http://www.forestrycenter.org/index.cfm?RefID=106864

Use of Forests as Carbon Offsets Fails to Impress In First Big Trial
The Washington Post | Oct. 15, 2009
Project in Bolivia Keeps Trees Standing But Has Little Clear Effect on Emissions http://www.forestrycenter.org/index.cfm?RefID=106865

Adidas, British Airways Investigate Their Forest Footprints
GreenBiz.com | Oct. 15, 2009
A number of companies including Adidas, British Airways, Kingfisher and Sainsbury's will provide the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project with information on their impacts on forests and what they are doing to shrink their forest footprints. http://www.forestrycenter.org/index.cfm?RefID=106860

Saving forests five times better than carbon capture for climate action
Environmental News Network | Oct. 15, 2009
WWF Sweden is urging its government — holding the current EU Presidency - to get behind an effective international agreement on halting forest loss as a key and highly cost effective measure on climate change. http://www.forestrycenter.org/index.cfm?RefID=106861

Thirsty eucalyptus trees get the chop in Kenya
Environmental News Network | Oct. 15, 2009
Farmers in central Kenya are cutting down water-hungry eucalyptus tree species growing near water sources as a government directive aiming to save water takes effect. http://www.forestrycenter.org/index.cfm?RefID=106862

Events

Tour of Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
October 23, 2009, Bethel, MN
Please join us for this very unique opportunity to visit the UMN Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve for the latest research affecting Minnesota’s natural resources. Presentation on how climate change may affect MN.

For more information, please contact Barb Spears at 651-328-0463 or bjspears@q.com, or visit http://www.forestrycenter.org/events.cfm?refID=106789&categoryID=.

Community Emerald Ash Borer Preparation (Morris)
October 28, 2009, Morris, MN
This class is part of the series: 2009 Minnesota Tree Inspector Fall Recertification Workshops.

For more information contact Rebecca Koetter at 612-624-4261 or band0036@umn.edu or visit http://www.forestrycenter.org/events.cfm?refID=106867&categoryID=.

RESTORING THE WEST CONFERENCE 2009
October 27-28, 2009, Logan, UT
Peaks to Valleys: Innovative Land Management for the Great Basin The theme of this year's Restoring the West Conference is sustainability of Great Basin landscapes from peaks to valleys, with an emphasis on forest, sagebrush steppe, and riparian ecosystems.

For more information, contact Kendra McKenna at kendra.mckenna@usu.edu or visit http://www.forestrycenter.org/events.cfm?refID=106693&categoryID=.

Forestry Tool Field Day
October 31, 2009, Viroqua, WI
Demonstrations of directional felling, pulling logs out of the woods with a cable winch, chainsaw sharpening and the use of other forestry tools will highlight the day along with guided hikes through an area scheduled and marked for a timber harvest this winter.

For more information, contact Lila Marmel at 608-624-5269 or sunmoon@mwt.net, or visit http://www.forestrycenter.org/events.cfm?refID=106827&categoryID=.

Minnesota's Woodlands and Climate Change (St. Cloud)
November 2, 2009, St. Cloud, MN
This is a one-hour free presentation by Eli Sagor of the University of Minnesota Extension. The presentation is designed to put current climate change predictions in the context of historical changes, discuss likely impacts on Minnesota woodlands, and discuss strategies to best prepare your woods to keep them healthy and productive.

For more information contact Stearns County Extension Office at (320) 255-6169 or 800-450-6171 or visit http://www.forestrycenter.org/events.cfm?refID=106868&categoryID=.

Mapping Wisconsin Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS & Community Analysis
November 5, 2009, Madison, WI
Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.3.1 to do the following: Create Thematic Maps Participants will learn to create thematic maps of their own data, and display spatial trends in information. Address Mapping (Geocoding) Participants will learn to map addresses of their clients, their projects, or incidents such as crime and disease.

For more information, visit http://www.forestrycenter.org/events.cfm?refID=106764&categoryID=.

Webinar: Deer and forests: impacts, assessment, control and recovery
November 18, 2009, Webinar
Presented by Susan Stout and Alex Royo, US Forest Service Northern Research Station. Deer have a documented impact on the regeneration of trees and herbs, and interact with other forest processes. The USDA Northern Forest Research Station has decades of research experience on deer impacts and recovery.

For more information vist http://www.forestrycenter.org/events.cfm?refID=106866&categoryID=.

64th NCWSS Annual Meeting Information Center
December 7-10, 2009, Kansas City, MO
The North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS) would like to invite you to their Annual Meetings to be held from Dec. 7-10th in Kansas City, MO. The program chair, Chris Boerboom, the programming committees of NCWSS, and the local arrangement committee are working hard to produce a quality program.

For more information contact the North Central Weed Science Society at (217) 352-4212 or visit http://www.forestrycenter.org/events.cfm?refID=106692&categoryID=.

Information

EMERALD ASH BORER CONFIRMED IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY ~ Seven Wisconsin Counties Now Known to be Infested
The purple box sticky traps that Wisconsin Department of Ag has hanging in ash trees along Wisconsin's roadsides and alert agency staff have been confirming the presence of the destructive beetle in more places. See http://www.emeraldashborer.wi.gov/ for more details on the emerald ash borer, articles on the latest findings and for a list of counties with a wood quarantine.

Report sightings of japanese knotweed
The Door County Invasive Species Team is building a GIS map layer of known locations and need your help. Japanese knotweed (jk) is tall and blooming now, very easy to spot from a distance. Please report sightings to the DCIST website. Click on 'Report an Invasive' (http://map.co.door.wi.us/swcd/invasive/InvasiveForm.htm. Visit the DCIST website for photos and info on jk.

Publications

New CFRC Newsletter Available Now!
The new edition of the Community Forestry Connections newsletter is now available on the forestrycenter.org Web site as a PDF file for download. In the fall 2009 issue you can get recent updates on the work that the Community Forestry Resource Center has been supporting, including: a habitat restoration and bioenergy program, a bird-friendly forestry project, Emerald Ash Borer in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Wisconsin BMP's for invasive species and an update on the CFRC forest certification program. Download the newsletter at http://www.forestrycenter.org/library.cfm?refID=106828.

Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways
USDANational Agroforestry Center
The Conservation Buffers website offers resources for planning and designing buffers in rural and urban landscapes. The primary resource is Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways which provides over 80 illustrated design guidelines synthesized and developed from a review of over 1400 research publications. Learn more at: http://www.unl.edu/nac/bufferguidelines/.

Forests, Water and People Analysis
USDA Forest Service
The Forests, Water and People analysis uses maps produced in a geographic information system (GIS) to highlight the connection between forests and the protection of surface drinking water quality. This connection of "forest to faucet" is of vital importance to people in the Northeast and Midwest. Forests are the crucial first barrier to protection of drinking water, and managing forests for source water protection is becoming more important as the population and water demand increase. Approximately 50 to 75 percent of the region’s population relies on surface water as their municipal drinking water source – more than 52 million people receive clean drinking water from nearly 1,600 community water systems. These water supplies are protected largely by private forest lands. This analysis identifies these water supplies and the forests that protect them. Learn more at: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/watershed/fwp_preview.shtm.