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Bureau / Program: Maine Forest Service
Date: July 25, 2025
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Appleton Preserve, 265 Camden Road, Appleton, Maine 04862
Event Type: Workshop/Training
Join Georges River Land Trust and Maine Forest Service for an exploration of Appleton Preserve. Maine Forest Service District Forester Allyssa Gregory will lead tree identification on this guided hike. Participants will learn to identify tree species by looking at form, branching arrangement, buds, bark, and present foliage. Woodland appreciators should leave with a knowledge of Maine's native trees, practical tree identification skills, and insights into forest stewardship. Wear comfortable closed-toed shoes and bring your insect repellent of choice. Join us for a guided tree identification walk!
Directions & Parking: From the intersection of Routes 131 and 105 in Appleton, go east on Route 105 for mile. Parking is available at the ME Inland Fisheries & Wildlife gravel lot on the right, just before the bridge across the Georges River. Please do not park in the Blue Crow Studio driveway or use it as a turnaround!
Bureau / Program: Maine Natural Areas Program, Maine Forest Service
Date: August 5, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: Houlton High School, 7 Bird Street, Houlton, Maine 04730
Event Type: Workshop/Training
Participants will learn about Invasive plant biology, ecological impacts, identification, fundamental concepts of invasive plant management and related state and federal programs in classroom and field settings.
Each participant will receive an Invasive Plant Field Guide and lunch
(Outdoor Identification sessions will be held rain or shine, so plan accordingly.)
Registration is required and will close on July 29, 2025.
Contact Name: Nick Rowley
Contact Phone: 207-778-4650
Contact Email: nicholas.rowley@maine.edu
Cost: $30 (Includes a copy of the Invasive Plants Field Guide and lunch.)
Co-Sponsor: University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Natural Resource and Conservation Service (NRCS), Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP), and the Maine Forest Service (MFS)
Bureau / Program: Maine Forest Service
Date: August 6, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Caribou Bog Outdoor Center located at 153 Taylor Road, Orono, ME
Event Type: Workshop/Training
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9:00am-9:15am Check in and coffee
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9:15am-12pm will be invasive ID and Control Measures
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12:30pm-2pm Closing the Loop Alternatives
The workshop is FREE but will require registration. To register, please contact Amy Polyot.
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4 credits - Licensed Forester
Today, the Secretary of Agriculture announced the award of $80 million to 189 projects under the Wood Innovations, Community Wood, and Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance grant programs. The agency is investing in 189 projects from for-profit entities, state and local governments, Tribes, communities, non-profit organizations, and other partners. Funded proposals foster innovation and create new markets for wood products and energy, which are critical to the sustainable management of federal, tribal, state, and privately managed lands. They also support wood energy projects and strengthen wood products processing and manufacturing capacity. Funding comes from annual agency appropriations, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Date: Friday, August 1, 2025
Location: Whole Trees, Ashland, ME
Topics and Presenters: Join MESAF for a Whole Trees Structures facility tour and a picnic at the Ashland Logging Museum. Whole Trees specializes in designing, engineering, and fabricating structural systems using round timber sourced from sustainably managed forests. After the tour, we’ll gather at the picnic pavilion of the Ashland Logging Museum for lunch. Participants are encouraged to explore the museum independently, relax on the lawn, and immerse themselves in the rich history of northern Maine logging stories shared by the on-site museum curator.
Continuing Education Credits: 6 Category 1
Cost: $20 for SAF members, $40 for non-members
Date: Friday, August 22, 2025
Location: Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Surry, ME
Topics and Presenters: Spend a day with Blue Hill Heritage Trust’s Conservation Forester, JW Harriman, on BHHT’s two 2,000+ acre properties in Ellsworth and Surry, where the team will be presenting on the Trust’s ongoing management for multi-use recreation land and water conservation, and forest resilience on the Blue Hill Peninsula. Lunch will be provided!
Continuing Education Credits: 6 Category 1
Cost: $20 for SAF members, $40 for non-members
When: October 28 - 30, 2025
Where: Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Mass Timber+ is where wood-based offsite construction’s suppliers, buyers and specifiers meet to explore opportunities, exchange ideas and introduce technologies to move this industry forward. Opportunities and advancements in integrated, offsite, wood-based manufacturing explained by the experts.
Mass Timber+ is bringing together top architects, engineers, contractors, owners, developers, and manufacturers from the integrated offsite construction industry for the purpose of creating a beneficial platform for education, innovation, networking, and policy discussions.
The 2025 tour line-up is taking shape, with exciting mass timber projects just announced as part of the tour stops that will kick off the Mass Timber+ on October 28th:
David Rubenstein Treehouse at Harvard University
Be one of the first people to see this new 18,000-square-foot building, opening in Fall 2025.
Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment
Learn about the largest public housing redevelopment in Boston's history and the largest Passive House certified project in North America. The project's requirement for speed and economy relies on panelized and prefabricated construction, using mass timber and cold-formed steel in a hybrid system.
Other stops include 69 A Street and the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) at Harvard University. Save big before August 6th. Early Bird registration is officially open.
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