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Bureau/Program: Maine Forest Service
Location: Topsfield Town Office, 48 North Rd, Topsfield, ME
This full day workshop, provided by the Maine Forest Service, the Maine Sustainable Forestry initiative and Baskahegan Company, is designed for loggers and foresters and includes indoor presentations and an outdoor session. The workshop will focus on the Fundamental BMPs with an emphasis on controlling runoff from roads and trails and minimizing/stabilizing exposed mineral soil.
Continuing education credits:
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SAF 4.5 category 1 credits
Lunch will be provided courtesy of the Maine Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
Registration is limited to 25 people.
Organization: Maine Audubon
Location: Lura Libby Room, Thomaston Municipal Building, 13 Valley Street, Thomaston
This workshop is designed for professionals responsible for road-stream crossings.
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We will cover road-stream crossing projects from site assessment to permitting and installation.
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Emphasis is on maintaining and restoring aquatic habitat and economic values of the stream.
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Workshop presenters include professionals from state and federal agencies and statewide non-profits.
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Participants can receive recertification credit for Maine DEP's Voluntary Contractor Certification Program.
This half-day introductory workshop provide training for professionals to expand the local knowledge base on how to include aquatic organism passage and higher storm volume capacity when designing stream/road crossings. Applying the Stream Smart principles to road crossings can help connect and maintain fish and wildlife habitat while protecting roads and public safety. Stream Smart crossings can also help towns prepare for the large and frequent storm events that have been washing out roads around the state and the northeast.
Registration is mandatory and has a $35 fee (training is free to all Knox County Municipalities).
In collaboration with the Maine Forest Service, Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, and the Spruce Budworm Task Force, Keeping Maine's Forests is hosting a free hybrid informational session with presentations about Maine's building spruce budworm populations and the early intervention strategies being used to prevent an outbreak.
When: Thursday, May 1, 2025 1-4PM
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1-3PM: Spruce Budworm Informational Session
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3-4PM: Location-dependent activities may include a tour of the University of Maine Spruce Budworm Lab (Orono), viewing local defoliation (Fort Kent), tree ID (Orono & Fort Kent), and examining spruce budworm larvae under a microscope - more information to follow.
Where: 2 locations and online via Zoom
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Wells Conference Center, University of Maine Orono (131 Munson Rd, Orono), AND
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Nadeau Hall, University of Maine Fort Kent (23 University Drive, Fort Kent), AND
There will be opportunities to ask questions directly with the experts. Maine’s forestry community is diverse and interconnected – whether you are an interested member of the public who lives, works, or recreates in the Maine woods, this event may be for you. All are welcome. Registration is required.
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