Past Events

This page lists past events in reverse chronological order (most recent first). Upcoming events are here.

2020:

Fire in Minnesota Ecosystems

January 29 & 30, 2020
Details, slides, recordings, and other resources

Webinar: Thinking Like a Pond: Beavers and Watershed Management in the Western Great Lakes

January 21, 2020
Recording of the January 2020 webinar

Symposium: 2020 Forestry and Wildlife Research Review

January 11, 2020
Details, slides, recordings, and other resources

2019:

2019 SFEC and UMN Extension Webinar Series

Monthly during 2019
Details and recordings

Webinar: Ruffed grouse and forest management

Tuesday December 17, 2019 from noon-1pm
Speaker: Jon Steigerwaldt, Ruffed Grouse Society
Recording of the December 2019 webinar

Webinar: All-lands Forest Stand Mapping

Tuesday November 19, 2019 from noon-1pm
Speaker: Chris Beal, Superior National Forest
Recording of the November 2019 webinar

Webinar: Expanded Climate Adaptation Resources from NIACS

Tuesday October 15, 2019 from noon-1pm
Speakers: Stephen Handler and Danielle Shannon, USDA NIACS
Recording of the October 2019 webinar

Workshop: Remote Sensing Tools for Timber Sale Prep and Administration

Tuesday October 8, 2019
Remote sensing tools workshop details

Workshop: Superior National Forest Climate Change Pocket Guide

Wednesday October 2, 2019
Climate Change Pocket Guide Workshop details

Webinar: On-the-job Experimentation: How to Learn More from Your Daily Woods Work

Thursday September 19, 2019
Speaker: Eli Sagor, University of Minnesota, Cloquet Forestry Center
September 2019 details and recording

Workshop: Adaptive Silviculture in the Driftless Area

Thursday September 5, 2019
Adaptive silviculture in the Driftless workshop details

Webinar: Understanding family forest landowners in the Lake States

Tuesday August 20, 2019
Speaker: Stephanie Snyder, USDA Forest Service-Northern Research Station
August 2019 details and recording

Webinar: Oak Wilt: Biology, Distribution, and Management Approaches

Tuesday July 16, 2019
Speakers: Jennifer Juzwik, USFS-NRS, Laura Reuling, UMN-Forest Resources, and Ben Walker, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
July 2019 details and recording

Webinar: Treaty Rights and the Chippewa National Forest

Tuesday June 18, 2019
Speaker: Doug Thompson, US Forest Service
June 2019 details and recording

Workshop: Spruce Budworm and Wildfire Risk on the North Shore

Tuesday June 11, 2019
Spruce budworm and wildfire risk workshop details

Webinar: Understanding Treaty Rights and Obligations

Tuesday May 21, 2019
Speaker: Joseph Bauerkemper, Department of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota Duluth
May 2019 details and recording

Workshop: Dwarf Mistletoe on Black Spruce: Practical Management Options

Wednesday May 15, 2019
Dwarf mistletoe on black spruce workshop details

Workshop: Tribal Cultural Landscapes and Natural Resource Management

Thursday May 2, 2019
Tribal cultural landscapes workshop details

Webinar: An update on invasive plants in Minnesota’s forests

Tuesday April 16, 2019
Speaker: Monika Chandler, Noxious and Invasive Weeds Specialist, MN Department of Agriculture
April 2019 details and recording

Workshop: Small UAS in Forestry and Land Management

Wednesday April 3, 2019
Instructor: Dan Heins, UMN Remote Sensing Lab
Small UAS workshop details

Webinar: Structured Decision Making: An approach to solving problems in natural resources

Tuesday March 19, 2019
Speaker: Mike Larson, Supervisor & Decision Analyst, Forest Wildlife Research, MN DNR
March 2019 details and recording

Workshop: Lidar and Object-based Image Classification for Forest Management

Wednesday and Thursday March 13-14, 2019
Instructors: Trevor Host and Keith Pelletier, UMN Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory
Lidar and object-based image classification workshop details

Webinar: Understanding Minnesota's Changing Climate

Tuesday February 12, 2019
Speaker: Kenny Blumenfeld, MN State Climatology Office
Details and recording

Webinar: An update on the health of Minnesota's forests

Tuesday January 15, 2019
Speaker: Brian Schwingle, Forest Health Specialist, MN DNR
Details and recording

Symposium: 2019 Forestry and Wildlife Research Review

Thursday January 10, 2019
Details and event resources

2018:

2018 SFEC and UMN Extension Webinar Series

Monthly, during 2018
Details and recordings

Webinar: A Fisheries Perspective on Timber Sale Design

Tuesday December 18, 2018
Speaker: Jeff Tillma, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Details and recording

Webinar: Forest Inventory with LiDAR: Minnesota's Approach

Tuesday November 20, 2018
Speaker: Dennis Kepler, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Details and recording

Workshop: Tribal Cultural Landscapes and Forest Management

October 25, 2018
Location: Mille Lacs Kathio State Park
Workshop details

Webinar: An Update on Minnesota's Deer Management Plan

Tuesday October 16, 2018
Speaker: Erik Thorson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Details and recording

Workshop: Forest Road Construction and Maintenance

October 9, 2018
Location: Tettegouche State Park, Silver Bay, MN
Workshop details

Workshop: Timber Sale Design from a Wildlife Habitat Perspective

September 25, 2018
Location: Grand Rapids, MN
Workshop details

Webinar: Genetic Impacts of Harvesting and Regeneration

Tuesday September 18, 2018
Speaker: Andy David, University of MN Forest Resources and Cloquet Forestry Center
Details and recording

Workshop: Adaptive Management for Climate Change

August 29-30, 2018
Location: Itasca Community College, Grand Rapids, MN
Workshop details

Cohort Course: Ecosystem Silviculture 2017-2018

October 2017-August 2018
Course details

Webinar: Update on DNR's Sustainable Timber Harvest Analysis

Tuesday August 21, 2018
Speaker: Jon Drimel, MN DNR Forestry
Details and recording

Workshop: Forest Health: Practical Approaches

Thursday August 16, 2018
Location: Cloquet Forestry Center, Cloquet, MN
Details

Workshop: Forest Road Construction and Maintenance

Wednesday August 8, 2018
Location: Blandin Foundation, Grand Rapids, MN
Details

Workshop: Forest Health: Practical Approaches

Tuesday July 24, 2018
Location: Sanford Center, Bemidji, MN
Details

Webinar: Managing Deer Browse for Forest Health: Insights from the Great Lakes Silviculture Library

Tuesday July 17, 2018
Speakers: John Geissler, St. John’s Abbey Arboretum and Christel Kern, US Forest Service Northern Research Station
Details and recording

Workshop: Forest Road Construction and Maintenance

Tuesday June 26, 2018
Location: Long Lake Conservation Center, Palisade, MN
Details

Webinar: Urban Forest Inventory and Analysis in Minnesota

Tuesday June 19, 2018
Speakers: Chris Edgar, UMN Department of Forest Resources and Mark Majewsky, USDA Forest Service
Details and recording

Workshop: Timber Sale Design from a Wildlife Habitat Perspective: Focus on Fire Dependent Forest Systems

Tuesday June 12, 2018
Location: Cloquet Forestry Center
Workshop details

Webinar: Update on Silvicultural Practics and the Logging Sector in Minnesota

Tuesday May 15, 2018
Speaker: Marcella Windmuller-Campione and Charlie Blinn, UMN Forest Resources
Details and recording

Hybrid Course: Advanced Silviculture for the Lake States

Online April 2,5,9,12,16,19 and in-person April 23-27
Course directors: Marcella Windmuller-Campione, UMN Forest Resources and Eli Sagor, UMN Cloquet Forestry Center
Course details

Webinar: The Physiology of Tree Responses to Drought

Tuesday April 17, 2018
Speaker: Rebecca Montgomery, UMN Forest Resources
Details and recording

Webinar: Forest Canopy Disturber Update: Major events of 2017 and implications for 2018

Tuesday March 20, 2018
Speaker: Brian Schwingle, Minnesota DNR
Details and recording

Workshop: Smoke Tools

Tuesday March 13, 2018
Instructor: Trent Wickman, US Forest Service Eastern Region
Event details

Webinar: Seasonal Timing of Fire and its Influence on Succession

Tuesday February 20, 2018
Speaker: Eli Anoszko, UMN Forest Resources
Details and recording

Webinar: Changes to the SFIA Program: What it means for landowners and service providers

Tuesday January 16, 2018
Speaker: John Carlson, Minnesota DNR
Details and recording

2018 Forestry and Wildlife Research Review

Thursday January 11, 2018
Details and event content

2017:

2017 SFEC and UMN Extension Webinar Series

Monthly, during 2017
Details and recordings

Webinar: Wood Utilization Options for Urban Trees Infested by Invasive Species

Tuesday December 19, 2017
Speaker: Brian Brashaw, US Forest Service and Don Peterson, Sustainable Resources Institute
Details and recording

Webinar: Even the Healthiest Trees Harbor Fungi that will Eventually Kill Them

Tuesday November 21, 2017
Speaker: Johnathan Schilling, UMN Biosystems and Bioproducts Engineering
Details and recording

Webinar: Transitioning Black Ash Wetlands to an EAB Infested Future

Tuesday October 17, 2017
Speaker: Brian Palik, US Forest Service
Details and recording

Workshop: Exploring Opportunities in Forest Management to Benefit Wildlife Habitat

Tuesday and Wednesday October 10-11, 2017
Event overview

Workshop: Quicker-Cheaper Stand Assessments

Monday and Tuesday September 25-26, 2017
Instructor: Tom Burk, UMN Forest Resources
Event overview

Workshop: DNR Climate Adaptation

Wednesday and Thursday September 13-14, 2017
Instructor: Stephen Handler, US Forest Service Northern Research Station
Event overview

Webinar: SFEC at 20: Where We're Going

Tuesday September 12, 2017
Speaker: Eli Sagor, UMN-SFEC
Details and recording

Workshop: Forester-Logger Collaboration

Wednesday August 23, 2017
Event overview

Webinar: Ecological Forestry to Promote Healthy Forests

Tuesday August 15, 2017
Speaker: Marcella Windmuller-Campione, UMN Forest Resources
Details and recording

Webinar: Habitat for Minnesota's Forest-dependent Wildlife: Status and Trends

Tuesday July 18, 2017
Speaker: Mark Nelson, US Forest Service
Details and recording

Workshop: Desitgning Timber Sales for Wildlife

Thursday July 13, 2017
Event overview

Webinar: Timber Harvesting and Wildlife Habitat

Tuesday June 20, 2017
Speaker: Jodie Provost, MN DNR – Wildlife
Details and recording

Webinar: Life Cycle Assessment – An Essential Tool for Determining Environmental Impacts

Tuesday May 23, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Jim Bowyer, UMN Professor Emeritus and Dovetail Partners, Inc
Details and recording

Webinar: EAB and Minnesota’s Ash Resource

Tuesday April 18, 2017
Speakers: Mark Abrahamson, MDA and Colleen Matula, WI DNR, moderated by Marcella Windmuller-Campione, UMN Forest Resources Department
Details and recording

Workshop: Natural Resource Applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems

Thursday April 6 and Friday April 7, 2017
Instructors: Dan Heins and Andy Jenks, University of Minnesota Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Lab and Department of Forest Resources
Event overview and photos

Workshop: Smoke Tools

Wednesday March 29, 2017
Instructor: Trent Wickman, US Forest Service, Eastern Region
Event overview and photos

Webinar: Two Scales Are Better than One – How to Monitor Forests for Adaptive Management without Breaking the Bank

Tuesday March 21, 2017
Speakers: Mark White and Meredith Cornett, The Nature Conservancy
Details and recording

Webinar: Status of Minnesota's Forest Health

Tuesday February 14, 2017
Speaker: Brian Schwingle, MN DNR Forest Health Specialist
Details and recording

Symposium: 2017 Forestry and Wildlife Research Review

Thursday January 10, 2017
Event overview and presenters’ slides

2016:

Webinar: Minnesota’s changing forests: 1935 to today

Tuesday December 13, 2016
Speaker: Alan Ek, UMN – Forest Resources
Details and recording

Workshop: Fire in Minnesota’s Forests

Thursday December 1, 2016 in Grand Rapids
Event overview, content, and photos

Webinar: Update on northern long-eared bat research in Minnesota

Tuesday November 15, 2016
Speaker: Morgan Swingen, UMD – Natural Resources Research Institute and Mark Jacobs, Aitkin County (MN) Land Department
Details and recording

Webinar: Oak and fire in Minnesota forests

Tuesday October 25, 2016
Speaker: Lee Frelich, UMN Department of Forest Resources
Details and recording

Webinar: Service Delivery Options for Private Woodland Owners Interested in Forest Stewardship

September 22, 2016
Speaker: John Carlson, MN DNR – Forestry
Details and recording

Workshops: Forest Health – Practical Management for Local Issues

September 20, 2016 in Bemidji
September 21, 2016 in Brainerd
Event overview and photos

Field day: Soils and Forest Management, Upland High-quality Soils

September 13, 2016
Event overview and photos

Webinar: Natural Resource Applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems

August 16, 2016
Speaker: Bill Anderson, UMN Department of Forest Resources
Details and recording

Webinar: Forest Disturbances in Minnesota: What Impacts Us Most?

July 19, 2016
Speaker: Matt Russell; UMN Department of Forest Resources and Extension
Details and recording

Webinar: Importance of Managed Forests to Minnesota’s Forest Birds

June 21, 2016
Speaker: Alexis Grinde, UMD – Natural Resources Research Institute
Details and recording

Field day: Soils and Forest Management, Upland Low-quality Soils

June 9, 2016
Event overview and photos

Webinar: EAB and Woodland Ash– Learning from the Michigan experience

May 17, 2016
Details and recording

Field day: Soils and Forest Management, Wetland Soils

April 26, 2016 in Deer River and Marcell
Event overview and photos

Symposium: Soils and Forest Management

April 21, 2016 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event overview and photos

Climate change and eastern larch beetle: A bad mix for tamarack in Minnesota

Tuesday April 19, 2016
Speaker: Brian Aukema, UMN Department of Entomology
Details and recording

Workshop: Natural Resource Applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems

April 12, 2016 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event overview and photos

Workshop: Practical Silviculture for Non-foresters

March 24, 2016 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event overview and photos

Workshop: 2016 Forestry & Wildlife Research Review

January 12, 2016 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event overview and photos

2015:

Webinar: Impacts of Deer Browse on Forest Regeneration across the Northern US

December 15, 2015
Details and recording

Webinar: Forest Management for Moose

November 17, 2015
Details and recording

Workshop: Natural Resource Applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems

October 27, 2015 at the Northland Arboretum, Brainerd
Event overview and photos

Webinar: How Can Minnesota’s Urban Forests Be More Functional?

October 20, 2015
Details and recording

Symposium: Red Pine Ecology and Management

October 14, 2015 at the Sanford Center, Bemidji MN
Event overview

Symposium and field days: Introducing the Great Lakes Silviculture Library

September 29 and 30, 2015 at Clyde Iron Works, Duluth MN
Event overview

2-day Workshop: DNR Climate Adaptation Workshop

September 22 and 23, 2015 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event overview

Workshops: Forest Health: Practical Management Options for Local Issues

Three workshops in September and October 2015, held in Two Harbors, International Falls, and Grand Rapids, MN
Event overview

Webinar: Hydrology of Black Ash Wetlands: Implications for management of the EAB threat

September 15, 2015
Webinar details (recording unavailable)

Workshops: Introduction and Application of the Forest Management Guidelines Quick Reference Guide

August 26 in Cloquet MN and September 15 in Bemidji MN, offered in partnership with the Minnesota Logger Education Program
Event overview

Webinar: A Historic Perspective on Forest Health: What killed trees in the “good old days?”

August 18, 2015
Details and recording

Webinar: Dead Wood and Decay: Implications for forest and wildlife managers

July 21, 2015
Details and recording

Webinar: Awareness of Genetic Principles Can Enlighten Silvicultural Practices

June 23, 2015
Details and recording

Workshops: Timber Sales from a Wildlife Habitat Perspective

Three workshops in June 2015: Wrenshall, Whitewater State Park, and Tettegouche State Park.
Event overview

Webinar: What You Need to Know about Vector-borne Diseases in Minnesota

May 19, 2015
Details and recording

Workshop: Applied LiDAR Analysis for Forest Inventory and Assessment

May 7 & 8, 2015 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event overview

Workshop: Incorporating Forest Health Attributes in Natural Resource Inventories

May 5 & 6, 2015 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event overview

Webinar: Minnesota’s Forest Management Guidelines: Revision, implementation, and monitoring

April 21, 2015
Details and recording

Workshop: Teaching Forestry to Kids

April 9, 2015 at the Northland Arboretum, Brainerd
Event overview

Webinar: Oak Wilt vs. Bur Oak Blight

March 17, 2015 online
Details and recording

Symposium: 2015 Forestry and Wildlife Research Review

February 24, 2015 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event details: Photos, slides, and program

Webinar: Minnesota’s Forest Health: Recent survey and monitoring results

February 17, 2015 online
Details and recording

2014:

Workshop: Applied LiDAR Analysis for Forest Inventory and Assessment

October 14 & 15, 2014 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event details

Workshop: Minnesota Forest Adaptation Planning and Practices

July 10 and 11, 2014 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event details

Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts of Carbon Sequestration Projects in Minnesota’s Forests

June 25, 2014 at the Cloquet Forestry Center
Event details

Workshop: Climate-Informed Forest Management

Wed. May 7-Thurs. May 8, 2014, Grand Rapids and Chippewa National Forest
Event Details