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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.
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Webinars Presented by Urban Wood Network, Inc.
Don't miss our 2025 Urban Wood Network Webinars!
April 29, 2025 - 1pm ET - Building Markets for Urban Wood: Seasoned UWN Members Share Successes and Lessons Learned
Other webinars upcoming on June 24, 2025; September 30, 2025; and December 2, 2025. Stay tuned for details.
Catch up on our 2024 Urban Wood Network Webinar Series
All Urban Wood Network webinars available through one year from air date.
April 10, 2024 - NHLA: An Urban Wood Resource
May 8, 2024 - How Anatomical Features of Urban Wood Create Unique Designs
June 12, 2024 - Building an Urban Wood Business: Where to Start and How to Thrive
July 10, 2024 - Incorporating Different Materials into Urban Wood Products
August 14, 2024 - Beyond Lumber: Utilizing Entire Trees to Their Highest Next Use
October 9, 2024 - Urban Wood Success Stories from Churches to Universities
December 11, 2024 - USRW Certified Urban Wood Update
Forest Pollinator Webinar Series
Thank you for joining us for our Forest Pollinator Webinar Series!
All Forest Pollinator Webinars available through one year from air date.
April 18, 2024 - How Forest Restoration Diversifies Pollination Networks Across Multiple Systems
May 16, 2024 - The Role of Management in Structuring Pollinator Communities of Forested Landscapes in the Eastern United States
June 20, 2024 - Effects of Landscape Context, Tree Composition, and Fire on Pollinators in Southeastern U.S. Forests
July 18, 2024 - Pollinators in the Woods? The Place of Wild Bees in a Changing Forested Landscape
August 15, 2024 - Restoring Bee Communities in Harvested Forests
September 19, 2024 - Bringing Forest Ecology to Bumble Bee Conservation
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Community of Interest Webinar Wednesdays
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 04/29/2025 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
Join a team of seasoned urban wood professionals for a discussion about how Urban Wood Network (UWN) is helping to build markets, and how joining UWN can help increase urban wood sales and build brands.
Webinar information
Thanks in no small part to organizations like the Urban Wood Network, the urban wood (UW) supply chain is becoming more robust and steady every day. However, this presents a challenge to the UW industry: How do we use all this wood?
Join a team of seasoned UW professionals for a discussion about how UWN is helping to build markets, and how joining UWN can help to increase UW sales and build the UW brand. This webinar will also provide a “sneak peek” at a comprehensive set of marketing tools that will be available exclusively to UWN members later this year.
Is this webinar for you?
This webinar is intended for arborists, wood workers, urban foresters, and urban wood businesses. Wood producers looking for pathways to enter new markets in urban or built environments may find special value in this webinar. Additionally, students or foresters interested in emerging urban wood markets are welcome, as their work may be touched by these new markets.
Registration
1. Click REGISTER to the right of the webinar title. Be sure to log in with your SAF account username and password.
2. After checking out, the webinar will be available on your MY DASHBOARD page here on ForestEd.
For group registrations or registering someone other than yourself please contact membership@safnet.org or 202-938-3910.
Pricing
SAF and UWN Member: $10
Non-member: $15
UWN Members will receive a promotion code through the UWN listserv, to use for registering at the SAF member price of $10.
Join SAF TODAY to take advantage of the growing member benefits, including course savings, free community of interest webinars, and more. Affiliate membership is now available!
Webinar access
This webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 at 1pm ET.
Webinar duration
The duration of this webinar is 1 hour.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Outline the steps taken to build urban wood markets.
2. Identify useful knowledge to have in order to run a successful urban wood business.
3. Define the ways that Urban Wood Network facilitates the growth of urban wood markets.
Rubric
Successful completion of the webinar is measured by participating in the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help the presenters and webinar partner continually improve webinars for future programming.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
This program is being evaluated for ISA CEUs.
For ISA pre-approved webinars, SAF will report ISA CEU completions on a monthly basis for ISA CEU approved programs.
Certificate
Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning SAF CFEs. CFE certificates will only be available until April 29, 2026 at 12:00 am ET.
Return to Webinar
Once you are registered for the webinar, access this webinar within your MY DASHBOARD. Prior to the start time, the webinar will be listed under "Upcoming Live Events."
Following the day of the webinar, you can return to download your certificate accessing the webinar information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD for 12 months following the webinar. The webinar product will become inaccessible on April 29, 2026 at 12:00 am ET.
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Jennifer Alger
Co-owner and President
Far West Forest Products
Jennifer Alger is CEO of Far West Forest Products and manages Wood-Mizer California. She grew up in a traditional forestry family, and for the last 25 years she’s worked specifically with urban and salvaged trees diverting them from landfills and converting them to lumber. Jennifer is on the Board of Directors for the Urban Wood Network, and led a team to develop the first ever Urban Wood Standards and pathway for certification for Urban Wood Network members. She provides many tools that help sawyers in their lumber businesses, and co-founded AncesTREE™ inventory management app and Urban Lumber Market as a solution to her own urban lumber business that is now helping many others to simplify and improve profits in their sawmill businesses regardless of their source of logs.
Carmen Rodriguez
Chief Marketing Officer
Eutree, Inc.
Carmen Rodriguez is co-owner and CMO of Eutree Inc., a boutique lumber mill that's revolutionizing the way flooring and other hardwood products are sourced, processed, and supplied through their unique sustainable, integrated Forest Free™ approach to wood products. She leads growth strategies and customer experience across all brand touchpoints and drives development and execution of a comprehensive marketing philosophy, business strategy, and direction of the organization. Carmen holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology, Environmental Sciences, and Entomology from the University of Georgia.
Dwayne Sperber
President
Wudeward Urban Forest Products
Dwayne is the President of Wudeward Urban Forest Products, a purpose-driven producer and supplier of urban lumber and architectural woodwork. He is a champion of the environment and has dedicated himself to advancing the urban wood industry across the United States.
Rick Siewert
Owner/Vice President
Wood From The Hood
Rick is the Vice President and Co-Owner of Wood From The Hood, a producer of reclaimed urban lumber and custom wood products from the Twin Cities urban forest. Today they process over 100,000 board feet of lumber per year, and ship products nationwide.
Kanami Otani (Moderator)
Urban Forest Planner
Dudek
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This webinar will review results from the Forest Resources Chapter of the 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment and highlight an example of this information being applied to support policy or management decisions.
Webinar information
The forest resources of the United States have experienced significant changes because of both natural and human actions, and continual change is expected. This webinar will review results from the Forest Resources Chapter of the 2020 RPA Assessment, summarizing recent trends and future projections of forest resources including forest carbon to 2070 based on RPA scenarios. To highlight the value of the RPA approaches, we will then hear about how investments in the RPA science and the RPA Assessment facilitate regional analyses that inform policy and management decisions.
Is this technical session for you?
This webinar is intended for land managers, scientists, and policy makers—anyone interested in understanding how forest resources in the U.S. have been changing over time and how they are likely to continue to change in the future. Anyone with responsibility for evaluating or managing forest resources would benefit by learning more about ongoing trends and potential futures.
Registration
1. Click REGISTER to the right of the technical session recording title. Be sure to log in with your SAF account username and password.
2. After checking out, this webinar will be available on your MY DASHBOARD page here on ForestEd.
For group registrations or registering someone other than yourself please contact membership@safnet.org or 202-938-3910.
Pricing
This webinar is FREE ($0) for all viewers.
Members and non-members still need to register to gain access to this learning product. To register for a free SAF account, click the 'Log In' button in the top right corner, then click 'Create a new account'.
Join SAF TODAY to take advantage of the growing member benefits, including course savings, free community of interest webinars, and more!
Webinar Access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
Access this learning product within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Explain how forest resources have changed over recent decades.
2. Identify how forest resources are projected to continue to change in the future.
3. Identify ways in which projections of forest resources can be used in policy or management.
Rubric
Successful completion of this learning product is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help us continually improve ForestEd offerings for future programming. Evaluations must be completed to receive CFEs.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this learning product, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the webinar and filling out its evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of this learning product and earning SAF CFEs.
Return to webinar
Once you are registered for the webinar, access it within your MY DASHBOARD. You can return to download your certificate by accessing the webinar information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD through February 11, 2026. Registrants will be notified if that timeline is extended.
Need Help?
For ForestEd questions, visit FAQs, email ForestEdSupport@safnet.org, or check out the registration quick tips in the Handouts tab. For technical assistance and questions about this technical session recording, email ForestEdSupport@safnet.org.
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John Coulston
Supervisory Research Forester
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
John Coulston is a Supervisory Research Forester and Project Leader with the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Integrated Forest Science. After working in both forest industry and academia, Coulston joined the Forest Service in 2006 as part of the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program. He has contributed to both the 2015 RPA Update and the 2020 RPA Assessment.
David Walker
ORISE Research Participant with the Center for Integrated Forest Science
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
David Walker is a Research Fellow with the USDA Forest Service Center for Integrated Forest Science in Blacksburg, Virginia. He has a Master of Science in Forestry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Previously, he was a research associate at Virginia Tech. He has worked extensively on the RPA Forest Dynamics Model in support of the 2020 RPA Assessment.
Daniel McInnis
Shared Stewardship Coordinator
USDA Forest Service Southern Region
Daniel McInnis serves as the Shared Stewardship Coordinator for the USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, located in Atlanta, GA. He is responsible for implementation of the agency’s Shared Stewardship strategy in the southern 13 states and Puerto Rico. Additionally, he serves as regional coordinator and liaison for several conservation initiatives and collaborations, including Keeping Forests.
Claire O'Dea (Moderator)
Resources Planning Act Assessment National Program Leader
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
Kathy Broughton (Moderator)
Assessment Program Manager
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
Tony Mazza (Moderator)
Interim Policy & Public Affairs Director
Society of American Foresters
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This webinar will review results from the Forest Products Chapter of the 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment and highlight an example of this information being applied to support policy or management decisions.
Webinar information
The United States and the world have undergone economic, social, and economic changes over the 10 years since the last Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment, all of which have impacts on production and consumption of forest products. This webinar will review results from the Forest Products Chapter of the 2020 RPA Assessment, summarizing recent trends and presenting economic projections of production, consumption, net trade, timber harvest levels, and timber prices. Projections are based on varying assumptions on plausible rates of change in population, aggregate income, climate, and technology, as well as on the evolution of bioenergy markets and international trade policies through 2070. To highlight the value of the RPA approaches, we will then hear from Dr. Justin Baker of North Carolina State University about the value of the RPA Assessments as a resource for educators and researchers. In particular, data and findings from the Forest Products chapter of the Assessment are an example of the application of economic principles to the forest sector, including how socioeconomic dynamics, climate dynamics, technology change, and policies lead to national and global outcomes today and in the future.
Is this technical session for you?
This webinar is intended for land managers, scientists, and policy makers—anyone interested in understanding how forest product markets in the United States and globally have been changing over time and how they may continue to change into the future. Anyone with responsibility for evaluating or managing forest product markets would benefit by learning more about ongoing trends and potential futures.
Registration
1. Click REGISTER to the right of the technical session recording title. Be sure to log in with your SAF account username and password.
2. After checking out, this webinar will be available on your MY DASHBOARD page here on ForestEd.
For group registrations or registering someone other than yourself please contact membership@safnet.org or 202-938-3910.
Pricing
This webinar is FREE ($0) for all viewers.
Members and non-members still need to register to gain access to this learning product. To register for a free SAF account, click the 'Log In' button in the top right corner, then click 'Create a new account'.
Join SAF TODAY to take advantage of the growing member benefits, including course savings, free community of interest webinars, and more!
Webinar Access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Friday, January 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
Access this learning product within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of viewing this recording, you will be able to:
1. Explain how forest product markets have changed over recent decades.
2. Describe how forest product markets are projected to continue to change in the future across a variety of plausible futures for population, income, climate, technology, wood-based bioenergy, and trade policies.
3. Identify ways in which projections of forest product markets can be used in policy or management.
Rubric
Successful completion of this learning product is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help us continually improve ForestEd offerings for future programming. Evaluations must be completed to receive CFEs.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this learning product, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the webinar and filling out its evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of this learning product and earning SAF CFEs.
Return to technical session
Once you are registered for the recording, access this technical session recording within your MY DASHBOARD. You can return to download your certificate by accessing the technical session information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD through February 11, 2026. Registrants will be notified if that timeline is extended.
Need Help?
For ForestEd questions, visit FAQs, email ForestEdSupport@safnet.org, or check out the registration quick tips in the Handouts tab. For technical assistance and questions about this technical session recording, email ForestEdSupport@safnet.org.
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Jeff Prestemon
Senior Research Forester
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
Jeff Prestemon is a Senior Research Forester with the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service. His research focuses on forest product markets, international trade policy, and the economics of forest-based disturbances. Dr. Prestemon has a B.S. in Forest Management from Iowa State University, M.S. in Forest Economics from North Carolina State, and a Ph.D. in Forest Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Justin Baker
Associate Professor
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University
Justin Baker, Economist, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University. His areas of interest include market modeling, international trade, the economics of forest and wood-based carbon, and the forestry aspects of climate change.
Claire O'Dea (Moderator)
Resources Planning Act Assessment National Program Leader
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
Kathy Broughton (Moderator)
Assessment Program Manager
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
Tony Mazza (Moderator)
Interim Policy & Public Affairs Director
Society of American Foresters
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This webinar will review results from the Disturbance Chapter of the 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment and highlight an example of this information being applied to support land management planning.
Webinar information
As climate, other biophysical factors, and management regimes change, disturbance regimes are being altered, with the possibility of some disturbance types becoming more frequent, severe, or longer in duration. These alterations have the potential to drive changes in the distribution, structure, species composition, or function of forest and rangeland ecosystems, putting those ecosystems at risk and presenting challenges for management. Identifying trends in disturbances on forests and rangelands enables examination of effects on forest and rangeland resources and can inform regional and national management and policy. This webinar will review results from the Disturbance Chapter of the 2020 RPA Assessment, summarizing recent changes in forest and rangeland exposure to fire and drought, and presenting future projections to 2070 based on RPA scenarios. To highlight the value of the RPA approaches, we will then hear about the ways in which RPA information on disturbance, in particular projected trends in drought, were used to inform the Forest Plan Revision process for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in western North Carolina.
Is this technical session for you?
This webinar is intended for land managers, scientists, and policy makers—anyone interested in understanding how the exposure of forests and rangelands to disturbances in the U.S. has been changing over time and how it is likely to continue to change in the future. Changes in disturbances can have substantial effects on resources, so anyone with responsibility for evaluating or managing resources would benefit by learning more about ongoing trends and potential futures.
Registration
1. Click REGISTER to the right of the technical session recording title. Be sure to log in with your SAF account username and password.
2. After checking out, this webinar will be available on your MY DASHBOARD page here on ForestEd.
For group registrations or registering someone other than yourself please contact membership@safnet.org or 202-938-3910.
Pricing
This webinar is FREE ($0) for all viewers.
Members and non-members still need to register to gain access to this learning product. To register for a free SAF account, click the 'Log In' button in the top right corner, then click 'Create a new account'.
Join SAF TODAY to take advantage of the growing member benefits, including course savings, free community of interest webinars, and more!
Webinar Access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
Access this learning product within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of viewing this recording, you will be able to:
1. Explain how the exposure of forests and rangelands to disturbances including fire and drought has changed over recent decades.
2. Describe how the exposure of forests and rangelands to fire and drought is projected to continue to change in the future.
3. Identify ways in which projections of disturbance exposure can be used in policy or management.
Rubric
Successful completion of this learning product is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help us continually improve ForestEd offerings for future programming. Evaluations must be completed to receive CFEs.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this learning product, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the webinar and filling out its evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of this learning product and earning SAF CFEs.
Return to technical session
Once you are registered for the recording, access this technical session recording within your MY DASHBOARD. You can return to download your certificate by accessing the technical session information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD through February 11, 2026. Registrants will be notified if that timeline is extended.
Need Help?
For ForestEd questions, visit FAQs, email ForestEdSupport@safnet.org, or check out the registration quick tips in the Handouts tab. For technical assistance and questions about this technical session recording, email ForestEdSupport@safnet.org.
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Jen Costanza
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
Dr. Jen Costanza is a Research Ecologist in the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Integrated Forest Science in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Her research focuses on understanding how forests and landscapes have changed in the past, and the ways in which they may change in the future. Her recent and ongoing work includes quantifying the effects of climate and land-use change on forest disturbances and modeling the impacts of changing disturbances and management on forest ecosystems.
Shelley Crausbay
Climate Adaptation Specialist
USDA Forest Service, Office of Sustainability and Climate
Dr. Shelley Crausbay is a Climate Adaptation Specialist in the USDA Forest Service, Office of Sustainability and Climate. Her work focuses on getting climate considerations into the Forest Plan Revision process, developing drought vulnerability assessments, and engaging with Tribes in climate adaptation. Her areas of expertise include the role of drought in a changing climate, the likelihood of ecological transformation with climate change, and conceptual frameworks to aid natural resource management decisions.
Claire O'Dea (Moderator)
Resources Planning Act Assessment National Program Leader
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
Kathy Broughton (Moderator)
Assessment Program Manager
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
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This webinar will review results from the Land Resources Chapter of the 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment and highlight an example of this information being applied to support policy or management decisions.
Webinar information
Human activities and natural processes have significantly altered the land resources of the United States, and these changes are expected to continue influencing most landscapes into the future. This webinar will review results from the Land Resources Chapter of the 2020 RPA Assessment, summarizing recent land use and land cover changes and their effect on landscape patterns including forest fragmentation. Future projections of land use to 2070 will be presented based on RPA scenarios of climatic and socioeconomic change. To highlight the value of the RPA approach, we will hear about how landscape pattern metrics developed for the RPA Assessment have been adopted in European and global assessments and learn how to access and explore RPA projection data.
Is this technical session for you?
This webinar is intended for land managers, policy makers, and researchers—anyone interested in understanding how the U.S. land base has been changing over time and how it is likely to continue to change in the future. Changes in the land base can have significant effects on the resources these lands provide, so anyone with responsibility for evaluating or managing resources would benefit by learning more about ongoing trends and potential futures.
Registration
1. Click REGISTER to the right of the technical session recording title. Be sure to log in with your SAF account username and password.
2. After checking out, this webinar will be available on your MY DASHBOARD page here on ForestEd.
For group registrations or registering someone other than yourself please contact membership@safnet.org or 202-938-3910.
Pricing
This webinar is FREE ($0) for all viewers.
Members and non-members still need to register to gain access to this learning product. To register for a free SAF account, click the 'Log In' button in the top right corner, then click 'Create a new account'.
Join SAF TODAY to take advantage of the growing member benefits, including course savings, free community of interest webinars, and more!
Webinar Access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
Access this learning product within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of viewing this webinar recording, you will be able to:
1. Explain how the U.S. land base has changed over recent decades and the major land use drivers of forest area changes.
2. Describe how the U.S. land base is projected to continue to change in the future—specifically how certain land uses are projected to increase while others decrease.
3. Identify new ways in which land cover metrics can be used in policy or management.
4. Access and explore the 2020 RPA Assessment's land use change projections.
Rubric
Successful completion of this learning product is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help us continually improve ForestEd offerings for future programming. Evaluations must be completed to receive CFEs.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this learning product, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the webinar and filling out its evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of this learning product and earning SAF CFEs.
Return to technical session
Once you are registered for the recording, access this webinar recording within your MY DASHBOARD. You can return to download your certificate by accessing the webinar information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD through February 11, 2026. Registrants will be notified if that timeline is extended.
Need Help?
For ForestEd questions, visit FAQs, email ForestEdSupport@safnet.org, or check out the registration quick tips in the Handouts tab. For technical assistance and questions about this technical session recording, email ForestEdSupport@safnet.org.
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Kurt Riitters
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
Kurt Riitters is a member of the Forest Health Monitoring Team within the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center. He joined the Forest Service in 2000 after 15 years of research in quantitative forest ecology and inventory with Federal Agencies and forest industry. He has contributed to RPA assessments since 2000, focusing on the status and trends of landscape patterns.
Peter Vogt
Research Scientist
European Commission Joint Research Centre
Peter Vogt is a research scientist in the field of remote sensing applications focusing on the field of digital image analysis and program development for the exploitation of remote sensing data. He has worked in a variety of fields including the detection of burnt areas, forest fragmentation analysis, oil spill detection, and desert locust monitoring. He developed software that is employed in European and global forest assessments.
Chris Mihiar
Research Economist
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
Chris Mihiar is a Research Economist with the Forest Service’s Center for Economics and Social Science. He specializes in domestic U.S. land use modeling and led the development of the 2020 RPA county-level land use change projections. Recently, he has expanded his research to a global scale by utilizing cloud computing and machine learning algorithms to model the complex interactions between natural and human disturbances, such as climate change impacts and adaptation. His work plays a critical role in informing policy makers, land managers, and the public.
Shivan Gc
Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Environmental Policy
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Shivan Gc is an Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Environmental Policy in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University. She has a Ph.D. in Forestry and Environmental Science and Policy. Earlier, she worked as an ORISE research fellow with the US Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Her research interest lies in understanding forest landowners’ management decisions, implications of forestry taxes on landowners, biomass and bioenergy, forest products industry supply chain analysis, economic contribution and impact analysis of forest products industry, and forest carbon.
Claire O'Dea (Moderator)
Resources Planning Act Assessment National Program Leader
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
Kathy Broughton (Moderator)
Assessment Program Manager
USDA Forest Service Research & Development
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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.
Webinar information
The Urban Wood Standards for North America have been created to help ensure traceability and credibility of urban wood products as well as the organizations providing them; they are intended to be easy to use, time saving and value adding. The insights gained from a pilot test of such standards will be instrumental for Urban Salvaged and Reclaimed Woods Inc. (USRW), helping them to deliver enhanced value to the sector. The pilot is intended to identify issues or obstacles in adopting the Standards for Certification and Chain of Custody for Urban, Salvaged, and Reclaimed Woods as well as any revisions that may be needed to the first version of these standards. The pilot process will aid in identifying strengths, weaknesses, and gaps, providing valuable insights on the most effective methods to implement the standards on a larger scale. Then, reviews and feedback from pilot testers will be taken into consideration when making revision recommendations. This webinar will review primary objectives of this pilot as well as speak to next steps in this pilot program.
Speaker
- Jennifer Alger, USRW Director and UWN Board Member, Urban Salvaged and Reclaimed Woods Inc.
Is this webinar for you?
This webinar is intended for those looking for a co-beneficial approach to the utilization of urban wood in the built environment. Wood producers looking for pathways to enter new markets in urban or built environments may find special value in this webinar. Additionally, students or foresters interested in the development of new wood standards should attend, as it may affect their field in the near future.
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Pricing
SAF and UWN Member: $10
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Webinar access
The recorded webinar is accessible through December 11, 2025.
Webinar duration
The duration of this webinar is 1 hour.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Outline the Standards for Certification and Chain of Custody for Urban, Salvaged, and Reclaimed Woods.
2. Describe the pilot process for testing these standards.
3. Identify next steps for USRW Certified Urban Wood, the Standards, and the pathway for certification.
Rubric
Successful completion of the webinar is measured by participating in the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
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CFEs
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
This program is approved for 1 ISA CEU in the following categories: ISA BCMA Management, ISA Certified Arborist, and ISA Municipal Specialist.
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Certificate
Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning SAF CFEs. CFE certificates will only be available until December 12, 2025 at 12:00 am ET.
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Jennifer Alger
Co-owner and President
Far West Forest Products
Jennifer Alger is CEO of Far West Forest Products and manages Wood-Mizer California. She grew up in a traditional forestry family, and for the last 25 years she’s worked specifically with urban and salvaged trees diverting them from landfills and converting them to lumber. Jennifer is on the Board of Directors for the Urban Wood Network, and led a team to develop the first ever Urban Wood Standards and pathway for certification for Urban Wood Network members. She provides many tools that help sawyers in their lumber businesses, and co-founded AncesTREE™ inventory management app and Urban Lumber Market as a solution to her own urban lumber business that is now helping many others to simplify and improve profits in their sawmill businesses regardless of their source of logs.
Kanami Otani (Moderator)
Urban Forest Planner
Dudek
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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.
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Fungal needle diseases that cause premature shedding or death of the needles, including brown spot needle blight (BSNB), are a growing threat to forest health, particularly to loblolly pine forests in the southeastern U.S. Brown spot needle blight is a native disease of pines caused by the fungus Lecanosticta acicola. While typically not a major disease on loblolly pine, the disease has recently caused greater damage to southeastern U.S. forests. Currently, there are no management recommendations to reduce BSNB occurrence or damage on loblolly pine. However, BSNB is a top research priority in the Southeast. We'll discuss what we currently understand about BSNB and other needle diseases and how this emerging issue can be used as a test case for the recently developed Pine Pandemic Preparedness Plan (P4) - a collaborative effort with University, private, and federal researchers alongside industry.
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Is this webinar for you?
This webinar is appropriate for working foresters and forestry professionals interested in forest health threats, specifically needle diseases in the southeastern U.S. Students and academic professionals will find of interest the current extent of study and need for more research in this area. Those managing southern pine forests may gain insight in managing for these diseases.
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Webinar access
The webinar is archived for recorded viewing through November 20, 2025.
The webinar is accessible within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Identify threats to the southern pine resource posed by invasive pests and pathogens and the role of differential fungal organisms in recent loblolly pine needle disease outbreaks.
2. Describe the brown spot needle blight phenomenon in the southeastern United States and the factors associated with these outbreaks.
3. Summarize ongoing efforts aimed at evaluating the long-term impacts of loblolly pine needle disease outbreaks.
4. List some of the strategies currently being developed to reduce damage cause by loblolly pine needle disease outbreaks.
Rubric
Successful completion of the webinar is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
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CFEs
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.5 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org.
Certificate
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Kamal Gandhi
Director
Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative - University of Georgia
Dr. Kamal JK Gandhi is the Wheatley Distinguished Professor of Forest Health and the Director of the Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative at the Warnell School of Forestry, University of Georgia. She earned her M.S. from the University of Alberta and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Her lab’s mission is to understand the principles of community and population ecology of forest insects and to provide real-life solutions for forest conservation and sustainability. She works on a variety of insect taxa with a focus on terrestrial ecosystems, and on both integrated pest management and insect conservation and biodiversity issues. Her research program is multi-disciplinary, multi-national, and she collaborates with many scientists, and state and federal agencies across the world.
Kier Klepzig
The Jones Center at Ichauway
Dr. Kier D. Klepzig is the Director of the Jones Center at Ichauway in southwest Georgia since July of 2017. This privately funded ecological research center and conservation forest employs 85 (including 8 PhD scientists, land managers, technical support, conservation workers and outreach staff), as well as 30 graduate students. The property consists of over 29,000 acres of longleaf pine, rivers, wetlands, agriculture fields and more. Kier received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, both degrees with a double major in Entomology and Plant Pathology in forests. His personal research focuses on bark beetle-fungal symbioses, insect biodiversity and functions, and medicinal compounds from plants in longleaf pine forests. Formerly, he was the Assistant Director of Research for the USDA Forest Service in Asheville, NC, and before that a Research Entomologist for the USDA Forest Service in Pineville, LA.
Caterina Villari
Associate Professor
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
Dr. Villari is an Associate Professor of Forest Pathology at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, and a Co-Director of the Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative. In her research, she focuses on both basic and applied forest pathology, and her main scientific interest is the interaction among trees, fungal pathogens, and insect herbivores, and the related chemical ecology aspects. In her work, she uses an interdisciplinary approach that involves ecological, metabolomic, and molecular analyses. She leads an active laboratory and works in close collaboration with the USDA Forest Service, the Georgia Forestry Commission, and the private industry sector. In the last few years, the major focus of her program has been the brown spot needle blight epidemic on loblolly pine.
Ben Thesing (Moderator)
Communications Specialist
The Jones Center at Ichauway
Ben Thesing became a Communications Specialist at The Jones Center at Ichauway in 2024. He completed his B.S. in 2018 in Forest Resources with an emphasis in Fisheries and Wildlife and an M.S. in Forest Resources in 2023, both from the University of Georgia. His current work includes managing Ichauway Center digital communications such as social media, field photography, and assisting with Education and Outreach programming.
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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.
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California's forests and communities are facing unprecedented threats from catastrophic wildfire in the face of a changing climate. In response, the State of California, in partnership with the United States Forest Service, has made a commitment to increase the pace and scale of forest management in California to 1 million acres annually. CAL FIRE's (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Wood Products and Bioenergy Team is addressing the challenges of growing the forest-sector infrastructure and workforce needed to accommodate this increase in pace and scale with both grants and technical support. The Team has supported approximately 100 projects totaling nearly $100 million in investment since 2022. This webinar highlights three of the brightest forest-sector innovators that the Wood Products and Bioenergy Team is supporting.
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This webinar is appropriate for working foresters and forestry professionals both. Anyone invested in emerging forestry innovations, or just curious about the application of technology in the industry, are welcomed to learn more.
Registration
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Pricing
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Webinar access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on October 23, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
The webinar is accessible within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Discuss how CAL FIRE programs are contributing to the increase in pace and scale of forest management in California.
2. Explain how public-private partnerships have been employed in California in order to increase forest sector capacity.
3. Highlight specific examples of how public-private partnerships are bolstering California's forest sector.
Rubric
Successful completion of the webinar is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help the Community of Interest and presenters continually improve webinars for future programming.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.5 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org.
Certificate
Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning CFEs. CFEs will be uploaded to participant CFE records by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
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Webinar Resources
Additional resources are available within the Resources tab and within the Contents tab.
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Anukool Lakhina
CEO
BurnBot
Anukool Lakhina holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is the co-founder & CEO of BurnBot, a company accelerating fuels treatment to prevent destructive wildfires. Prior to BurnBot, Anukool was the founder & CEO of a data analytics company, Guavus, which was acquired by Thales in 2017. Since 2017, Anukool has been focused on solutions to the wildfire crisis. In addition to BurnBot, Anukool and his wife run Wonder Labs, a social enterprise supporting communities on the front-line of wildfire impacts. Anukool is also a Partner at Convective Capital, a venture capital fund backing entrepreneurs tackling the wildfire crisis.
Andy Miller
CEO
Loamist
Andy Miller is the CEO & Co-Founder of Loamist along with Pete Christensen. As CEO, Andy leads product, engineering, and strategy for the company. With a background in bioengineering and industrial design, Andy brings a unique blend of engineering, design, and entrepreneurship to the table, having been a founder or early hire at four successful mission-driven startups prior to Loamist. He received his B.S. in Bioengineering from Rice University. He then spent two decades making impactful products that have been featured in Vogue, CNN, Wired, the New York Times. He has acquired 18 patents, and his products are recognized by three Red Dot Design Awards.
Merritt Jenkins
CEO
Kodama Systems
Merritt Jenkins is Co-Founder and CEO of Kodama Systems, a Sonora-based forestry technology company developing tools to improve the productivity of forest thinning and logging operations. Kodama is leveraging machine autonomy and satellite connectivity to enable operators to control machines off-site, improving both safety and economics of logging operations. Merritt has a B.S. from Dartmouth College, an M.S. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon, and an M.B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Justin Britton (Moderator)
Wood Products Operations Forester
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Justin Britton is the Operations Forester for CAL FIRE’s Wood Products and Bioenergy Team. He supports project management efforts with interested existing business and workforce development grantees. Justin joined CAL FIRE in 2019 as an inaugural forester in the Climate and Energy Program. Prior to CAL FIRE, Justin practiced as a Registered Professional Forester in California’s private industry, managing timberlands in northern California. Justin earned a B.S. in Forestry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a M.S. in Forest Ecology from Utah State University.
Adam Polinko (Moderator)
Silviculture Community of Interest Chair-elect
Mississippi State University
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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.
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Every year, countless tons of community trees fall or are cut down due to storm damage, insect and disease outbreaks, or conflicts with either power lines or personal and commercial property needs. When community members have strong ties to the once standing trees, they demonstrate much creativity in how they choose to honor those memorable trees. Woodworkers are unique artists who can bring almost any vision to life with their skillful hands. They are also excellent teachers, who can inspire today's youth to think differently about what should happen to a community tree that reaches the end of its life. This webinar celebrates the creative spirit of community members, university leaders and woodworkers so that you may recognize new ways to honor the trees in your own neighborhood when they can no longer stand upright.
Speakers
- Joe Lehnen, Forest Utilization and Marketing Specialist, Virginia Department of Forestry
- Chad F. Niman, Forest Products Specialist and Director of the Robinson Wood Utilization Center
- Andy Spears, Fabrication Lab Technician and Sawmilling Coordinator at the University of Virginia
- Patricia Layton, Director of Wood Utilization and Design Institute, Clemson University
Is this webinar for you?
This webinar is intended for foresters, city foresters, tree debris producers, and municipalities. It is intended for those curious about all the ways urban wood can be used to its fullest extent.
Registration
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Pricing
SAF and UWN Member: $10
Non-member: $15
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Webinar access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 1 pm ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
Access this webinar within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
The duration of this webinar is 1 hour.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Identify the ways in which repurposing of urban wood adds value to local communities.
2. Describe how universities can develop a partnership across departments to repurpose the wood of fallen campus trees.
3. Explain how students can acquire hands-on learning experiences in wood processing and wood product design.
Rubric
Successful completion of the webinar is measured by participating in the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help the presenters and webinar partner continually improve webinars for future programming.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
This program has been approved for 1.0 ISA CEU in the following categories: ISA BCMA Management, ISA Certified Arborist, ISA Municipal Specialist
For ISA pre-approved webinars, SAF will report ISA CEU completions on a monthly basis for ISA CEU approved programs.
Certificate
Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning SAF CFEs. CFE certificates will only be available until October 10, 2025 at 12:00 am ET.
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Joseph Lehnen
Forest Utilization & Marketing Specialist
Virginia Department of Forestry
After earning his forestry degree from Purdue University, Joe Lehnen began working for the Virginia Department of Forestry as an area forester. He left that 37 year position in 2016 to assume forestry utilization and marketing oversight for the agency. He also oversees the Virginia Urban Wood Group. Today, Joe is recognized as a national leader in the urban wood movement and has joined efforts with others to establish certification standards for salvaged, reclaimed and urban wood.
Chad Niman
Forest Products Specialist and Director of the Robinson Wood Utilization Center
University of Kentucky
Chad received his forestry degree from the University of Kentucky and natural resources stewardship degree from Colorado State University. In addition to working as a forester in both states, Chad has operated his own carpentry business and dappled in landscape maintenance. Today, Chad works for the University of Kentucky to wood products research and extension agent duties within the private and public forest sectors. He is a Certified Forester and Certified Hardwood Lumber Inspector.
Andrew Spears
Fabrication Lab Technician and Sawmilling Coordinator
University of Virginia
Andrew is passionate about material lifecycle creativity and community connections. He seeks opportunities to connect the dots between departments and organizations, particularly in the wood and arboriculture community, while helping others create value from waste streams. He demonstrates this passion while overseeing the salvaging and repurposing of urban wood on the University of Virginia campus. Andy received his applied biophysics degree from William & Mary College and his landscape architecture degree from the University of Virginia.
Kathryn Reis
Conservation Educator Coordinator
Randolph County Soil and Water Conservation District
Kathryn is a Conservation Educator Coordinator with Randolph County's Soil and Water Conservation District in North Carolina. She teaches youth about various natural resource conservation issues in North Carolina's piedmont region while interacting with local farmers who engage in select Conservation Title Programs of the Farm Bill.
Judith Ntow Oppong (Moderator)
Precision Agriculture and Remote Sensing Researcher
Tennessee State University
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This webinar covers how our panelists define and measure sustainability in their work and the ways they use sustainability to define balanced approaches to decision-making.
Webinar information
Sustainability has a wide variety of meanings and uses depending on its context. During this webinar, attendees will hear how our panelists define sustainability in their work and for various audiences. Panelists will discuss the ways they use sustainability to define balanced approaches to decision-making. These approaches may include the social, environmental, and economic interests of stakeholders. This focused discussion will provide attendees with valuable frameworks for thinking about how their own definition of sustainability may affect their work.
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This webinar is intended for professionals who are interested in the multiple ways sustainability can be considered when building and growing carbon and certification programs. Those interested in translating qualitative ideas of sustainability into quantitative data-driven metrics will find value in the perspectives from this panel. Students, professional working foresters, and those involved in forest certification work can gain valuable insight from this webinar.
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Webinar access
The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on September 25, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.
The webinar is accessible within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Webinar duration
This webinar is 1 hour.
Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Compare different ideas of sustainability.
2. Describe sustainability in terms of social, environmental, and economic interests.
3. Identify sustainable approaches to forestry on social, environmental, and economic levels.
Rubric
Successful completion of the webinar is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help the Community of Interest and presenters continually improve webinars for future programming.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org.
Certificate
Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning CFEs. CFEs will be uploaded to participant CFE records by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).
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Webinar Resources
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Sloane Ortel
Co-Founder and Board Member
Woodcache PBC and Responsible Alpha
Sloane Ortel is the Chief Investment Officer of Ethical Capital and architect of its investment process. She is known for managing long-term investment portfolios with industry-leading moral and material rigor. Prior to starting her own firm, she spent close to nine years on staff at CFA Institute where she published hundreds of essays on investment topics and created educational materials aimed at advancing the craft of investment management. Prior to CFA Institute, she managed investment portfolios at Oppenheimer & Co in New York and a Bangalore-based family office. Sloane is a graduate of Fordham University and a member of both CFA Institute and CFA Society Salt Lake.
Robert Hrubes
Executive Vice President Emeritus
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Global Services
Dr. Robert Hrubes is Executive Vice-President Emeritus of SCS Global Services, a leading environmental certification and verification business. A California Registered Professional Forester, Dr. Hrubes is a founding member of the Forest Stewardship Council® and the Forest Stewards Guild. He spent 18 years with the USDA Forest Service as a research scientist and over 30 years in the private sector focusing on the development and operation of market-based mechanisms for assuring responsible natural resource management.
Steve Zwick (Moderator)
Host and Senior Lead
Bionic Planet and Responsible Alpha
Steve Zwick produces the popular Bionic Planet podcasts and serves as director of media relations for standard-setting body Verra. Before launching Bionic Planet in 2016, he served as Managing Editor of Ecosystem Marketplace, covering all aspects of environmental finance – including carbon markets, but also mitigation banking, green bonds, and performance-based payments. Previously, he was the radio host and producer at Duestche Welle Radio reaching over 20 million listeners, a contributing writer to Time Magazine, and a futures trader and broker in Chicago.
Tom Kain (Moderator)
Senior Manager for Forest Management Certification Markets
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Tom has been an SAF member since 1992. He earned my BS in Forestry and an MS in Natural Resources from Cal-Poly Humboldt in 1995 and 1996 respectively. Tom has worked in both the land management and wood procurement areas of forestry. His career started on the West Coast, but he has lived and worked in Eastern Tennessee for the past 18 years. Tom was the Tennessee Tree Farm Chair from 2007 through 2008, the Tennessee SFI SIC Chair from 2014-2017, KT Vice-Chair in 2018, KT chair in 2019, KT Policy Chair for 2020, and the E6 Sustainability and Certification Community of Interest Vice-Chair in 2022. In his current role for the Forest Stewardship Council US, he assists the forest management certificate holders in the US.
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Short Courses and Microcourses
Teaching Youth and Communities About Forests
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?
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
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