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All webinars at 1 PM ET. Webinar titles subject to change. 

January 10 - We Are the Urban Wood Network Inc.

February 14 - Life of an Urban Tree - We All Play a Part in Urban Wood Utilization

March 13 - Developing and Improving your Urban Wood Business

April 10 - NHLA: An Urban Wood Resource

May 8 - How Anatomical Features of Urban Wood Create Unique Designs

June 12 - Building an Urban Wood Business: Where to Start and How to Thrive

July 10 - Incorporating Different Materials into Urban Wood Products

August 14 - Beyond Lumber: Utilizing Entire Trees to Their Highest Next Use

September 11 - Urban Wood and the Climate

October 9 - Success Stories: How Do I Use My Tree?

November 13 - Funding, Grants, and Investors

December 11 - USRW Standards

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

LIVE on August 14, 2024 at 1 pm ET

All webinars at 3 PM ET. Webinar titles subject to change. 

February 15 - Forest Management Practices to Enhance Wild Pollinators in Southern Pine Forests

March 21 - The Role of Managed Conifer Forests in Supporting Native Bee Communities in the Pacific Northwest

April 18 - How Forest Restoration Diversifies Pollination Networks Across Multiple Systems

May 16 - The Role of Management in Structuring Pollinator Communities of Forested Landscapes in the Eastern United States

June 20 - Effects of Landscape Context, Tree Composition, and Fire on Pollinators in Southeastern U.S. Forests

July 18 - Pollinators in the Woods? The Place of Wild Bees in a Changing Forested Landscape

August 15 - Restoring Bee Communities in Harvested Forests

September 19 - Bringing Forest Ecology to Bumble Bee Conservation

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

LIVE on August 15, 2024 at 3 pm ET

Community of Interest Webinar Wednesdays - These are webinars hosted by SAF Communities of Interest. Keep checking back as new webinars are developed regularly.

February 28 - Exploring Cansiglio: 500 Years of Forestry in the Italian Prealps

April 24 - Decisions in Forestry: A Foundation from Indigenous Points of View

May 29 - Silviculture of Pioneer Forest

July 24 - Evolution of Geiger LiDAR and its Commercial Application in Forest Inventory and Biometrics

This presentation will explore 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

LIVE on July 24, 2024 at 1 pm ET

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

LIVE on July 18, 2024 at 3 pm ET

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This webinar showcases how forest management and forest science has changed over the past 500 years with shifting technology, demands, and management paradigms.

Member: FREE // Non-member: $10

1.0 Category 1 CFE

Accessible through February 28, 2025

This webinar features a panel of experts as they discuss how they collaborate to maximize urban tree benefits, share their unique perspectives on urban wood, and explain their roles in the various lifecycle stages of an urban tree.

Member: $10 // Non-member: $15

1.0 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available

Accessible through February 14, 2025

This webinar focuses on the multi-faceted interactions between forest management practices and wild pollinator populations and communities.

Member: FREE ($0) // Non-member: FREE ($0)

1.0 Category 1 CFE

Accessible through February 15, 2025

This webinar introduces UWN and urban wood utilization as a sustainable, resilient, and enduring environmental solution to ecological, climate-oriented, economic, and societal challenges.

Member: $10 // Non-member: $15

1.0 Category 1 CFE // ISA CEUs Available

Accessible through January 10, 2025

This webinar covers the new FIA national-scale modeling system for predicting tree volume, biomass, and carbon. 

Member: FREE // Non-member: $10

1.5 Category 1 CFE

Accessible through December 13, 2024

This webinar recapped sustainability and forest certification success stories for 2023, provide lessons learned, and give projections of the year ahead.

Member: FREE // Non-member: $10

1.0 Category 1 CFE

Accessible through December 6, 2024

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

Registration open through August 12 - Course access opens August 6

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

Registration open through August 12 - Course access opens August 6

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

Make the shift from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro with this course provided by Landmark Spatial Solutions.

$170 Member // $250 Non-member

4 Sections over 4 weeks, 50 registrant cap

7.5 Category 1 CFEs

Establish new fundamentals in your agroforestry know-how with this microcourse provided by Clemson Cooperative Extension.

Registration open now!

$34 Member // $54 Non-member

1.5 Category 1 CFEs

Get a crash course in hardwood lumber grading in this microcourse provided by Clemson Cooperative Extension.

Registration open now!

$24 Member // $39 Non-member

1 Category 1 CFEs

Learn from conservation districts in Colorado and Maine how they can be vital forestry partners.

Registration open now!

$15 Member // $27 Non-member

0.5 Category 1 CFEs

Gain a broader understanding of the ways that urban wood is being used for good rather than waste.

Free for SAF Members and Non-Members

5.5 Category 1 CFEs

Accessible through December 31, 2024

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