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Newly Launched! - Short Course Remastered for 2025
Come check out the newly remastered Migrating to ArcGIS Pro for Foresters Short Course, now open for registration. This course has been updated for the most recent version of ArcGIS Pro with enhanced audio and video components to ensure the best learning experience. Make the shift from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro today with this course provided by LandMark Spatial Solutions.
$170 Member // $250 Non-member
Registration open through March 31 // Access opens March 25
4 Sections over 4 weeks, limited to 50 registrants
7.5 Category 1 CFEs
USRW Certified Urban Wood Update
This webinar is centered on primary objectives of the Standards for Certification and Chain of Custody for Urban, Salvaged, and Reclaimed Woods pilot test and what the next steps are in the development of these standards.
UWN and SAF Member: $10 // Non-member: $15
1.0 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available
LIVE on December 11, 2024 at 1 pm ET
Needle Diseases in Southern Pines
Join experts as they discuss the current understanding of brown spot needle blight and other needle diseases, and how this emerging issue can be tackled under the Pine Pandemic Preparedness Plan.
Member: FREE // Non-member: $10
1.5 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through November 20, 2025
Urban Wood Success Stories From Churches to Universities
This webinar celebrates the ways in which local communities have honored their fallen trees. Hear from multiple experts who have helped churches and universities utilize their urban wood resources to their fullest extent.
UWN and SAF Member: $10 // Non-member: $15
1.0 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available
Accessible through October 9, 2026
Innovations in Forest Management: Spotlight on California
This webinar highlights three forest-sector innovators supported by the CAL FIRE's Wood Products and Bioenergy Team and how they're addressing the challenges of the increased pace and scale of forest management in California.
Member: FREE // Non-member: $10
1.5 Category 1 CFE
LIVE on October 23, 2024 at 1pm ET
Bringing Forest Ecology to Bumble Bee Conservation
This webinar introduces listeners to bumble bee ecology and conservation and discusses how common ground can be found between forest management and pollinator recovery.
Member: FREE ($0) // Non-member: FREE ($0)
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through September 19, 2025
Importance of Sustainability Measurements for Carbon Markets
This webinar will cover how our panelists define and measure sustainability in their work and the ways they use sustainability to define balanced approaches to decision-making.
Member: FREE // Non-member: $10
1.0 Category 1 CFE
LIVE on September 25, 2024 at 1pm ET
Replacing Tree Marking with Tablets - A Southwestern Example
This webinar will focus on tablet marking or DxP Plus, highlighting the motivation for developing tablet marking, providing an overview of the process, and comparing silvicultural outcomes in comparison to traditional leave tree marking (LTM) or designation by prescription (DxP).
Member: FREE // Non-member: $10
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through August 28, 2025
Restoring Bee Communities in Harvested Forests
This webinar covers techniques for installing floral enhancements in harvested forests to support wild pollinator populations.
Member: FREE ($0) // Non-member: FREE ($0)
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through August 15, 2025
Beyond Lumber: Utilizing Entire Trees to Their Highest Next Use
Hear from Urban Wood Economy’s CEO about UWE’s efforts to facilitate sustainable supply chains by utilizing all of the tree – including trimmings and species not slated for urban wood products.
Member: $10 // Non-member: $15
1.0 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available
Accessible through August 14, 2025
Evolution of Geiger LiDAR and its Commercial Application in Forest Inventory and Biometrics
This presentation explores a wide range of forestry inventory and biometric applications of Geiger-mode LiDAR with three leading experts.
Member: FREE // Non-member: $10
1.5 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through July 24, 2025
Pollinators in the Woods: The Place of Wild Bees in a Changing Forested Landscape
This talk explores the natural history of forest-associated pollinators, highlight threats to pollinators via forest health issues, and suggest management goals for bee-friendly forest stewardship.
Member: FREE ($0) // Non-member: FREE ($0)
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through July 18, 2025
Incorporating Different Materials into Urban Wood Products
This webinar will better equip you to overcome logistical challenges when incorporating new and exciting materials into urban wood products.
Member: $10 // Non-member: $15
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through July 10, 2025
Building an Urban Wood Business
Danny Torres shares his lessons on how he reached success as a new business owner, challenges he faced, and lessons learned in successfully marketing and growing an urban wood business.
Member: $10 // Non-member: $15
1.0 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available
Accessible through June 12, 2025
Effects of Landscape Context, Tree Composition, and Fire on Pollinators in Southeastern U.S. Forests
This webinar explores the critical importance of forests to pollinators and how management activities can affect these organisms and their services.
Member: FREE ($0) // Non-member: FREE ($0)
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through June 20, 2025
Silviculture of Pioneer Forest
Join Brandon Kuhn, Chief Forester for Pioneer Forest, as he discusses the history and challenges of managing this uneven-aged forest.
Member: FREE // Non-member: $10
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through May 29, 2025
The Role of Management in Structuring Pollinator Communities of Forested Landscapes in the Eastern United States
This webinar introduces a novel perspective of how to manage the natural landscape for robust pollinator communities that is derived through collaborations between land managers and academic researchers.
Member: FREE ($0) // Non-member: FREE ($0)
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through May 16, 2025
How Anatomical Features of Urban Wood Create Unique Designs
This webinar explains urban wood anatomical features and how their beauty translates into marketing and sales.
Member: $10 // Non-member: $15
1.0 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available
Accessible through May 8, 2025
Decisions in Forestry: A Foundation from Indigenous Points of View
Hear from panelists about unique approaches to sustainable land management, the cultural importance with the ecosystem, and the role certifications play in their forest management.
Member: FREE // Non-member: $10
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through April 24, 2025
How Forest Restoration Diversifies Pollination Networks Across Multiple Systems
This webinar analyzes how pollinators respond to various aspects of forest restoration.
Member: FREE ($0) // Non-member: FREE ($0)
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through April 18, 2025
NHLA: An Urban Wood Resource
This webinar will present how the National Hardwood Lumber Association can be a valuable resource for urban wood manufacturers and users.
Member: $10 // Non-member: $15
1.0 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available
Accessible through April 10, 2025
The Role of Managed Conifer Forests in Supporting Native Bee Communities in the Pacific Northwest
This webinar will introduce attendees to native bees and their ecology, and discusses recent research findings aimed at understanding how they respond to wildfire and timber harvest.
Member: FREE ($0) // Non-member: FREE ($0)
1.0 Category 1 CFE
Accessible through March 21, 2025
Developing and Improving your Urban Wood Business
This webinar will provide attendees with guidance on how to establish (or refine) a business model in order to ensure a successful urban wood business.
Member: $10 // Non-member: $15
1.5 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available
Accessible through March 13, 2025
Forest Carbon Markets and Initiatives
Grow your understanding of the relationship between forests, climate, and carbon initiatives such as carbon projects and markets in this short course provided in partnership with Michigan State University.
$175 Member // $220 Non-member
4.5 Category 1 CFEs
This course is not currently open for registration. Stay tuned for future openings!
Physical Science of Forests, Climate Regulation, and Carbon Storage
Develop your foundational knowledge in the relationship between climate regulation, forests, and forest carbon in this short course provided in partnership with Michigan State University.
$175 Member // $220 Non-member
3.5 Category 1 CFEs
This course is not currently open for registration. Stay tuned for future openings!
Teaching Youth and Communities About Forests
Strengthen your outreach and education efforts to youth as well as adult audiences using Project Learning Tree (PLT).
$49 Member // $79 Non-member
4 Category 2 CFEs
Migrating to ArcGIS Pro for Foresters: Basic Short Course
Make the shift from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro with this course provided by Landmark Spatial Solutions. It has been newly remastered for the most recent edition of ArcGIS Pro with improved audio and video.
$170 Member // $250 Non-member
Registration open through March 31 // Access opens March 25
4 Sections over 4 weeks, limited to 50 registrants
7.5 Category 1 CFEs
Agroforestry: A Viable Land Management Option?
This microcourse will give insight on utilizing land for multiple use purposes including row crop production, silvopasture, riparian zone protection, edible/medicinal plants, and mushroom production.
$34 Member // $54 Non-member
1.5 Category 1 CFEs
Understanding Hardwood Log/Lumber Grades for Foresters: In the Field & at the Mill
This microcourse will present a general overview of hardwood product classes, the US Forest Service process for grading standing timber, NHLA guidelines for grading lumber, discussion of internal and external log defects, sawn board defects, and pricing comparison between grades.
$24 Member // $39 Non-member
1.0 Category 1 CFE