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Women and Our Woods Workshop - Wells

Wednesday, March 25

8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., followed by optional woods walk

Wells National Estuarine Reserve, Wells, ME

Do you or your family own a woodland?  Do you have what you need to plan and care for your land? 

This day-long workshop is designed for women woodland owners. We’ll introduce you to local resources and knowledge that will help you set objectives, work with forestry professionals to plan a successful harvest, and manage your land for wildlife, recreation, and a family legacy.  We invite you to bring your questions about forest management and share your story of why your woodland is special to you.  After lunch, weather permitting, we will enjoy a walk in the woods at the Wells Reserve.

The cost for this workshop is $15 and includes breakfast and lunch.  To find more information and to register, please contact Amanda Mahaffey at amanda@forestguild.org or (207)432-3701, or visit www.womenowningwoodlands.net. 

SAVE THE DATE! Low Impact Forestry 101 Field Day in Cherryfield

Want to learn or polish up on the basics of managing your Maine woodlot?

On Friday May 1st spend the day with at least six forest and soil experts actually out in the woods learning about:

• tree species identification,
• the influence of soils on forest plants and harvesting operations,
• and how to make choices about which trees to cut or not.

Because most farms have woodlots, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s Low Impact Forestry program (MOFGA LIF) and the Maine Forest Service (MFS) have, over the past 3 years, developed this fast-paced introductory series of hands-on sessions, aimed at people who are at the beginning of their woodland management journey, but is open to anyone. 

We will meet at 9 AM at Charlie Hitchings' beautiful woodlot on Route 182 in Cherryfield.  After introductions we will break up into three groups for the morning to cycle through three learning stations.  At noon we'll gather for a lunch break (bring your own!).  We will spend the final couple of hours in groups again, then all together, actually marking three small sections of forest as if for harvesting, based on the morning's information.  We plan to be done by 3 PM.

This 6 hour workshop is offered to everyone for free, but a recommended donation of $10 per person will help offset the costs for travel, refreshments, and administration.

To help us get an idea of how many are coming please register with: 

Anna Mueller, MOFGA events coordinator, events@mofga.org, 568-4142 

For more information about the event, contact:

LIF's Sam Brown sam@ddatt.org 277-4221

MFS's Sandy Walczyk at sandra.l.walczyk@maine.gov 441-4924

or Charlie Hitchings at springriverfarm@myfairpoint.net 546-9715

Eagle Hill’s Summer Field Courses 2015 - Steuben

Taught in Steuben, Me by experts from the United States, Canada, and Europe  

For general program information, go to  http://www.eaglehill.us/programs/nhs/natural-history-seminars.shtml  

For more information, contact Marilyn Mayer: marilyn@eaglehill.us    or    207-546-2821

For information about each course below visit: http://www.eaglehill.us/programs/nhs/nhs-calendar.shtml

May 24 – May 30        
Foraging for Edible Wild Plants                                                                             
Tom Seymour   

May 31 – June 6          
Trees and Shrubs of Northeastern North America: Identification & Ecology 
Eric Jones 

June 7 – June 13         
Plant Identification and Herbarium Techniques 
Fred Olday 

June 7 – June 13         
Bogs and Other Maine Peatlands 
Nancy Slack 

June 14 – June 20       
Mosses: Structure, Ecology, and Identification 
Susan Williams and Jerry Jenkins 

June 21 – June 27       
Lichens and Lichen Ecology 
David Richardson and Mark Seaward 

June 28 – July 4           
Crustose Lichens: Identification using Morphology, Anatomy, and SimpleChemistry      
Irwin Brodo 

June 28 – July 4          
Sedges and Rushes: Identification and Ecology 
Anton Reznicek 

July 12 – July 18
Moths and Butterflies: Identification, Specimen Preparation and Taxonomy
Hugh McGuinness and Bryan Pfeiffer

July 12 – July 18          
Beetles: Diversity, Identification, and Natural History
Warren Steiner and Gary Hevel

July 19 – July 25          
Grasses of Northeastern North America: Practical Identification for Field Biologists       
Dennis Magee

July 19 – July 25          
Native Bees as Pollinators: Diversity, Ecology, Conservation, and Habitat Enhancement     
Alison Dibble and Frank Drummond

July 19 – July 25          
Wetland Identification, Delineation and Ecology
Matthew Schweisberg and Joseph Homer

July 26 – Aug 1            
Field Botany and Plant Ecology of the Eastern Maine Coast
Jill Weber

Aug 9 – Aug 15            
Botany at the Landscape Scale
Jerry Jenkins

Aug 16 – Aug 22         
Plant Anatomy and Microtechniques
Richard Keating and Robbin Moran

Aug 23 – Aug 29          
Taxonomy and Biology of Ferns and Lycophytes
Robbin Moran and Carl Taylor

Sept 11 – Sept 13       
Making Medicine from Wild Plants
Tom Seymour

Marilyn Mayer, Science Program Manager
Eagle Hill Institute 
PO Box 9, 59 Eagle Hill Road, Steuben, ME 04680-0009 
207-546-2821
marilyn@eaglehill.us