Cornell's Department of Natural Resources is offering a series of interactive web seminars on forestry topics, to include
3/18/09 Climate Change and Your Woods, with Kristi Sullivan of Cornell University 4/15/09 Rehabilitating Cutover Stands with Ralph Nyland, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 5/20/09 Ecology and Management of Gypsy Moth in North America with Andrew Liebhold, USDA Forest Service Participation is as easy as a high-speed internet connection via a web browser. There is no charge to participate, but participants must pre-register once at <http://www.forestconnect.info/>www.ForestConnect.info. Email notification of internet URL details for the web conference will be sent to everyone registered. Seminars occur on the third Wednesday of each month and are provided twice: the initial broadcast each month is from noon to 1:00 PM with a repeat broadcast the same day from 7:00 to 8:00 PM, Eastern Time. The ForestConnect Internet Seminar Series is an interactive web conference and was the first of its kind in the US. Each seminar uses the Internet to distribute, or webcast, a live and interactive presentation. Since May 2007, web-based seminars have connected forest owners, managers, and practitioners from throughout the United States and overseas. More than 800 owners and managers from 40 states and three countries are registered and receiving announcements for the monthly webcasts. NOTE: Be sure to visit http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/forestconnect/web/schedule.htm as there are also many archived presentations on forestry topics that can be viewed online, such as Small Scale Firewood Production, Enhancing Biodiversity in your woodlot, Invasive species, and more. Accompanying handouts and fact sheets are available in pdf format, on topics such as Building a Solar Wood Dryer: http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/info/pubs/concircs/CC%20Accelerated%20Seasoning%20of%20Firewood.pdf and How to Choose Firewood Trees:http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/info/pubs/FC%20factsheets/FCFSfirewood. pdf. _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
